Train Station vs Model Railways
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.
Model Railways
Build and expand your dream model railway system. Collect and merge trains to level up, earn money, and unlock new track layouts. Experience the joy of creating your own miniature world.
- Build model railway systems
- Collect and merge trains
- Level up trains
- Earn in-game money
- Unlock new layouts
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Fulfill your childhood dream of building a wonderful model railways system! This is the game you’ve been waiting for the whole time! Add trains, merge them to level up, make tons of money and unlock magnificent railways layouts! What are you waiting for?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Train Station at 63% against Model Railways's 24%. Model Railways's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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 10 one-off in-app purchases and Model Railways sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Model Railways holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.9K and 2.4K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of Train Station's written reviews are positive against 24% of Model Railways's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Train Station ships an update every 2 months, Model Railways every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on September 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Train Station | Model Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2.9K ratings) | 4.7 (2.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.8% of reviews — better | 24.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.9K — better | 2.4K |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 161 MB | 444 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pixel Federation Games | Linh Vu Pham |
Customer experience
Train Station
Model Railways
User reviews
Train Station
From 2.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Detailed train models
- 🚂 Variety of trains and eras
- 🕰️ Relaxing time-based gameplay
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
- 🕰️ Slow progression without spending
- 🤖 Repetitive and grindy
Model Railways
From 2.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Good game
- 🚀 Lovely game to play
Room to improve
- 🐛 Lots of bugs
- 🔒 Ads not removed despite purchase
- 🐛 Unable to unlock third area/track
- 🐛 Rewards not granted after watching ads
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
Model Railways
Reported bugs
4 issues- Unable to unlock third area/track
- Rewards not granted after watching ads
- Inconsistent progression and maxed out trains
- Game crashes after unlocking second track
Requested features
3 requests- More levels/areas
- Fix bugs and issues
- Improve progression and unlock system
In-app purchases
Train Station
- Beginners Package$2.99
- Special Pack I$2.99
- Special Pack XIII$4.99
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- Daily Gems - 30 Days$4.99
- Starter Bundle$9.99
- Special Pack XIV$9.99
- Economy Pack$19.99
- Special Pack VI$19.99
- Business Kit$49.99
- Corporate Package$99.99
Model Railways
- Engineer of Train$0.99
- Engineer of Roller Coaster$0.99
- Accountant of Train$0.99
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- Accountant of Roller Coaster$0.99
- Money Pack 1$0.99
- CEO of Train$1.99
- CEO of Roller Coaster$1.99
- Super Deal of Train$2.99
- Epic Deal of Roller Coaster$2.99
- Super Deal of Roller Coaster$2.99
- Epic Deal of Train$2.99
- Coin Pack 3$3.99
- Money Pack 3$3.99
- No Ads$4.99
- Coin Pack 6$14.99
Questions
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