Roco NEXT Generation vs googolChooChoo3D2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Roco NEXT Generation
This app merges real model train control with digital games, including targeted travel and logic quizzes. Players can immerse themselves in narrative worlds and extend them with craft activities, offering a unique interactive experience for families.
- Digital control of real model trains
- Targeted travel games
- Logical quizzes
- Multiplayer games
- Narrative-driven gameplay
- Craft worksheets and instructions
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Roco NEXT Generation is an entirely new concept that combines the most diverse elements: The real model train can be digitally controlled by means of an app that offers various games, such as precise targeted travel or logical quizzes to be solved by one or more players. And naturally with railways always in focus. These games are part of exciting narratives, and the players can immerse in these narrative worlds; giving free reign to the power of their imagination, they can even extend them with craft worksheets and instructions. With NEXT Generation, Roco offers a whole new gateway to the exciting world of model railways for the entire family: countless hours of interactive game fun and excitement – unique in this form. Once you have downloaded the app from the store, another 600 MB will need to be downloaded. Downloading this data volume may cause additional cost depending on the tariff of your mobile network operator.
googolChooChoo3D2
Design and build your own 3D model railroad layouts with customizable tracks, structures, and terrain. Experience your creations from various viewpoints, including the driver's seat of a running train.
- 3D model railroad simulation
- Customizable track and structure placement
- Terrain creation and editing
- Multiple viewing perspectives
- Automatic tunnel generation
- Driver's seat view
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googolChooChoo3D2 is a 3D model railroad simulation program. It is easy to make your own layout. You can add tracks and structures freely to the layout. You can also make a terrain on the layout. You can see the layout in 3D from driver's seat of a running train or from several other locations. New features -The terrain has become editable. -A tunnel is automatically generated. System Requirements -iOS 10.0 or later. -64bit CPU. (recommended A8 or higher)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: googolChooChoo3D2 at 77% against Roco NEXT Generation's 0%. googolChooChoo3D2 also leads on rating (4.0 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (35 vs 1). Roco NEXT Generation's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
googolChooChoo3D2 holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: googolChooChoo3D2 has 35 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Roco NEXT Generation's written reviews are positive against 77% of googolChooChoo3D2's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Roco NEXT Generation | googolChooChoo3D2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.0 (35 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 76.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 35 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 5.1.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Modelleisenbahn GmbH | Kouichi Hayashi |
Customer experience
Roco NEXT Generation
googolChooChoo3D2
In-app purchases
Roco NEXT Generation
No in-app purchases
googolChooChoo3D2
No in-app purchases
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