SpeedTrains vs Design & Run Train
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SpeedTrains
Navigate a train through intricate tracks, collecting diamonds to progress. Strategically switch junctions and flip trains to control direction. Avoid collisions with incorrect switches as you ascend through increasingly complex levels.
- Drive the SpeedTrain
- Collect diamonds
- Switch junction points
- Flip trains
- Use TrainLifters
- 45 challenging levels
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Drive the SpeedTrain around the train tracks and collect all the diamonds to advance through levels! Control the path of the SpeedTrain by switching the junction points, and by flipping the trains to go either backwards or forwards. Go up and down levels with the super TrainLifters! Don't crash into a incorrectly switched junction point! 45 levels! Each level gets more and more complex and difficult. The controls are very simple to operate. SpeedTrains is easy to play, but not so easy to master....
Design & Run Train
Design and build custom trains from various parts and templates. Then, drive your creations on tracks, controlling speed, horns, and switches while experiencing realistic station announcements.
- Design and build custom trains
- Control train speed and horns
- Use railroad switches
- Experience realistic station announcements
- Add and remove train wagons
- Craft train parts from brick pieces
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Design & run train games allow you to play and learn everything about train craft and driving. You will learn how to control a train as it goes around a track, activate different horns, control speed, add and remove wagons, use railroad switches, listen to real train station announcements, and train riding around tracks. Design & craft all the parts of the train to ride on railway tracks. You can build unique trains by putting together pieces of colorful bricks like a puzzle. You can select from multiple varieties of classical locomotive templates, which range from old steam train to powerful diesel locomotive to modern high-speed train. Optionally, they can create entirely new designs using various brick styles and train parts. Once a train has been built, you can thus go on the railway and experience exciting train riding adventures.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SpeedTrains at 4.1 against Design & Run Train's 1.8. SpeedTrains also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (33% vs 0%). Design & Run Train's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8). On price, ratings volume and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. SpeedTrains sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Design & Run Train asks for nothing beyond the download.
SpeedTrains holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of SpeedTrains's written reviews are positive against 0% of Design & Run Train's.
SpeedTrains ships an update every 6 weeks, Design & Run Train every 47 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SpeedTrains | Design & Run Train |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (16 ratings) — better | 1.8 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 47 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 360 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kathrin Brock | Farrukh Ahmad |
Customer experience
SpeedTrains
Design & Run Train
In-app purchases
SpeedTrains
- No Ads$0.99
- Extra Life$0.99
- Extra Missiles$0.99
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- NuclearMissiles$1.99
- Infinite Missiles$3.99
- Access All Levels$3.99
- Infinite Life$3.99
- Everything!$5.99
Design & Run Train
No in-app purchases
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