Comparison

Train Conductor World vs Surviving LA

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Train Conductor World

Manage international railway traffic by building rail networks and solving complex puzzles. Drive trains, transport passengers and goods, and navigate challenging terrain. Master the chaos to become the richest rail manager.

Highlights
  • Build rail networks
  • Solve railroad puzzles
  • Transport passengers and goods
  • Control train movements
  • Navigate tunnels, mountains, and obstacles
  • Experience various weather conditions
  • Customize trains
Features
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Master and manage the chaos of international railway traffic as the ultimate railroad tycoon. Build the rail network of your dreams; lay rails to solve the railroad puzzle with branching and forking roads at every turn. Pick your path and become the richest rail manager! Get in the driver's seat and take passengers to their destinations, dropping them at stations, and haul goods to ports and factories. Control and conduct the trains, marshalling them through tunnels, around obstacles and over mountains in this thrilling, fast-paced action arcade videogame. Connect your express trains across the railyard at breakneck speed. Try to avoid crashing, but I bet you can't. You'll need snappy strategy to master the chaos! Be on high-alert for explosive crashes, near-misses and split-second situations. Ring the bell and toot your horn while playing in all types of weather conditions. Find bullet trains, diesel trains, modern electric trains and trams. Customise your trains and pick your favourite train carriage style. It all counts when you're growing the biggest railway in the world. Let the locomotives loose! "Incredibly good looking. Supremely satisfying." - Touch Arcade "A brilliant mashup of genres that's wonderfully addictive." - Pocket Gamer "So tactile and satisfying" - Penny Arcade "A really well thought out puzzle game." - SlideToPlay "Train Conductor is a work of art." - Hittin Crits

About

Surviving LA

Navigate Los Angeles and Southern California for 52 weeks in this single-player survival and trading strategy game. Manage cash, debt, health, and inventory while reacting to shifting market prices and random events. Engage in trading, work, or investments to achieve your goals.

Highlights
  • 52-week survival challenge
  • Dynamic market trading
  • Job and investment opportunities
  • Resource and debt management
  • Random events and survival diary
  • Multiple save slots
  • Optional story adventures
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Surviving LA is a fictional, single-player survival and trading strategy game. You have 52 weeks to cross Los Angeles and Southern California, watch prices shift between 15 distinct locations, and choose whether to trade, work, or invest. Cash, debt, health, inventory, and random events shape every run. Features: • 15 Southern California locations with distinct market tendencies • Trading, jobs, and investments as weekly actions • Banks, clinics, storage upgrades, and debt repayment • Random events and a survival diary you can revisit • Three independent save slots • Optional one-time story adventures available as consumable in-app purchases • No ads or account required All goods, currencies, investments, winnings, and story events are fictional game content. The game does not offer real-money gambling, cash prizes, brokerage, or financial advice.

Screenshots

Train Conductor World4 screens
Surviving LA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Surviving LA at none against Train Conductor World's shown. Surviving LA also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Train Conductor World's advantage is ratings volume (5.1K vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Train Conductor World sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Surviving LA sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Surviving LA holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Train Conductor World has 5.1K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Train Conductor World versus Surviving LA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrain Conductor WorldSurviving LA
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (5.1K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings5.1K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size322 MB42 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTHE VOXEL AGENTS PTY. LTD.Gongming Liu

Customer experience

Train Conductor World

All ratings5,066 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral2.8%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews663 reviews
Positive62.7%
Neutral11.6%
Negative25.6%

Surviving LA

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Train Conductor World

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Tracks not properly registering in the track bar
  • Trains spawning in impossible-to-fix situations
  • Ads not closing properly, causing game to freeze
  • Inconsistent performance on newer devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more cities and stations beyond Europe
  • Implement a track piece trading or crafting system
  • Introduce new train types and customization options
  • Improve the daily challenge and reward system

Surviving LA

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Train Conductor World

One-time9
  • Pack of 12 Wooden Track Tiles$2.49
  • Urban Rolling Stock$3.99
  • Pack of 12 Mystery Containers$3.99
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  • Diesel Trains$3.99
  • Pack of 8 Iron Track Tiles2 variants$4.99
  • Ad Removal Tool + free undos$7.99
  • Pack of 8 Iron Track Tiles$9.99
  • Pack of 12 Iron Containers$9.99
  • Pack of 12 Alloy Containers$29.99
4 purchases

Surviving LA

One-time4
  • 奇遇礼包:雪中送炭$1.99
  • 奇遇礼包:便利店幸运刮卡$2.99
  • 奇遇礼包:匿名券商提示$5.99
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  • 奇遇礼包:车库旧表$9.99

Questions

Is Train Conductor World free?
Train Conductor World is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Surviving LA free?
Surviving LA is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Train Conductor World or Surviving LA?
Surviving LA is rated higher. Train Conductor World averages 4.7 out of 5 from 5.1K ratings, while Surviving LA averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Train Conductor World or Surviving LA have ads?
Train Conductor World shows ads; Surviving LA does not.

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