Christmas Train vs googolChooChoo3D2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Christmas Train
Experience a festive train simulation designed for children. Control various trains through a magical Christmas world filled with holiday elements and Santa. Build your own custom environments and enjoy a completely free, ad-free experience.
- 17 fun train types
- Christmas-themed levels
- 4 additional pre-made levels
- Build custom environments
- No in-app purchases
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Christmas Train is a Train Simulator for kids set in a Christmas themed scene. Kids can control a train as it goes around magical world that includes Snowman, Christmas Trees, Presents and most importantly Santa. FEATURES: 17 Fun Train Types Fun Christmas Level 4 Additional Pre-made Levels Build Custom Environments No In-App Purchasing!
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 ads: Christmas Train at none against googolChooChoo3D2's shown. Christmas Train also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.6). googolChooChoo3D2's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 47 months) and review sentiment (77% vs 58%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Christmas Train against 4.0 for googolChooChoo3D2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 36 and 35 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 58% of Christmas Train's written reviews are positive against 77% of googolChooChoo3D2's.
Christmas Train ships an update every 47 months, googolChooChoo3D2 monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Christmas Train | googolChooChoo3D2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (36 ratings) — better | 4.0 (35 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews | 76.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | 35 |
| Update frequency | Every 47 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 119 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 1788918 Alberta Ltd | Kouichi Hayashi |
Customer experience
Christmas Train
googolChooChoo3D2
In-app purchases
Christmas Train
No in-app purchases
googolChooChoo3D2
No in-app purchases
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