Train Station vs Metro Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Train Station
Manage your own train station, collect thousands of real-life trains, and fulfill cargo contracts. Build and decorate your station, compete with friends, and discover train stories. Enjoy regular updates and seasonal events.
- Collect thousands of real-life trains
- Manage and build your train station
- Fulfill cargo contracts and earn rewards
- Compete with friends and global leaderboards
- Participate in seasonal events
- Learn real-life train stories
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Join hundreds of thousands train dispatchers, collect thousands of trains and learn real-life stories about them. Manage your station, earn resources by managing transport of passengers and gain various materials with freight trains. Use them to build up your train station and to purchase more passenger and cargo trains! Become a railway magnate in this awesome train simulator, finish hundreds of achievements, ship cargo to contract partners to gain awesome rewards. Cooperate with your friends to become a railroad tycoon, or compete with them in leaderboards to show off the power of your train fleet. Explore the largest collection of steam, diesel, electric, maglev and hyperloop trains from manufacturers all over the world, including Northern America, Germany, India, Australia and more. TrainStation Features: ▶ Enjoy regular weekly updates full of wonderful content ▶ Discover new achievements, contract partners and trains in seasonal events ▶ Find new friends among train enthusiasts from all over the world ▶ Build your station to gain bonuses for your freight trains ▶ Send passengers to various destinations and earn gold ▶ Collect real life locomotives, learn about them through information about them in museum ▶ Compete with people from all around the world, your country or friends in leaderboards ▶ Challenge yourself in strategic planning ▶ Explore the world of railway trade ▶ Show your unique station to the world Personalize your station with colorful railroad themes like Western, San Francisco, Orient, London, New York and many more. Engage in fascinating story based quests provided by numerous contract partners and earn experience points and awesome rewards in return. Build hundreds of different buildings and decorations and create your dream station, let your friends admire it and visit their own stations for inspiration, Collect real-life trains and learn about them in your Museum. Enjoy many events throughout the year, including spring, Halloween and Christmas events, each containing unique achievements, seasonal contract partners and themed locomotives, buildings and decorations. PLEASE NOTE! TrainStation is an online free simulation game to download and play that requires a network connection to play. Some in-game items can also be purchased for real money. if you don't want to use this feature please disable in-app purchases in your device's settings. Do you have any suggestions or problems in your train station? Our caring community managers would love to hear from you, visit https://care.pxfd.co/trainstation! Terms of Use: http://pxfd.co/eula Privacy Policy: http://pxfd.co/privacy Do you enjoy our train simulator game? Follow @TrainStation on social media to get the latest news and updates.
Metro Control
Direct trains through a metro network, rerouting them around closed lines and other trains. The challenge increases as lines become busier, testing your ability to prevent crashes. Compete with other players on GameCentre.
- Direct trains on closed lines
- Reroute trains to avoid obstacles
- Increasingly challenging gameplay
- Compete on GameCentre
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Take control of your metro network. Direct trains around closed lines to get them safely to their destinations. Starts easy but prepare for more of a challenge when the lines get busier! Trains must finish on their own coloured lines. While passing through your network they can use other coloured lines to avoid closed lines and other trains. How long can you last without causing a crash!? Download now and compete with other players on GameCentre!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Metro Control at every 6 days against Train Station's every 2 months. Metro Control also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 63%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Train Station sells 14 one-off in-app purchases and Metro Control sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Train Station ships an update every 2 months, Metro Control every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Train Station | Metro Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2.9K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 62.8% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.9K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 161 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pixel Federation Games | Jonathan Meikle |
Customer experience
Train Station
Metro Control
Bugs and requests
Train Station
Reported bugs
3 issues- Lost progress and saved data
- Login and connectivity issues
- Freezing and performance problems
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to customize train consists
- More social features and multiplayer
- Improved tutorial and onboarding
- Offline mode or reduced internet dependency
Metro Control
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Train Station
- Beginners Package$2.99
- Special Pack I$2.99
- Special Pack II$3.99
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- Special Pack XIII$4.99
- Daily Gems - 30 Days$4.99
- Special Pack III$7.99
- Starter Bundle$9.99
- Special Pack XIV$9.99
- Special Pack IV$11.99
- Special Pack V$17.99
- Economy Pack$19.99
- Special Pack VI$19.99
- Business Kit$49.99
- Corporate Package$99.99
Metro Control
- Pack of 5 Credits$0.99
- Unlock Full Version$0.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
Questions
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