Bus Simulator vs Metro Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bus Simulator
Experience realistic city driving as a bus driver. Choose from various bus types, customize them, and complete routes in diverse global locations. Enjoy career, free-ride, and multiplayer modes with detailed interiors and advanced physics.
- Realistic global maps
- Variety of bus types
- Bus customization
- Career, Free-ride, and Multiplayer modes
- Detailed interiors
- Bus company management
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Bus Simulator : EVO puts you in the driver’s seat and lets you become a real Bus Driver! Featuring detailed maps all over the world, a wide variety of modern city buses, coach buses and school buses with realistic interiors and a groundbreaking 1:1 physics engine. Get behind the wheel and drive your bus to complete all the routes! Drive a diesel, hybrid, electric, articulated, coach bus or school bus and customize your bus as you wish. This bus simulation game features next-gen graphics, a wide variety of buses to choose from, and multiple cities from around the world to explore in career mode, freeride, and online multiplayer with friends. Completely realistic Coach Bus Simulator. Features: - Realistic intracity and outside of city maps: United States of America (San Francisco,Texas, Boston, and Interstate 95), South America (Buenos Aires), Europe (Germany, Spain, Berlin, London, Prague, St. Petersburg), Dubai, Shanghai and more… - Multiple diesel, hybrid, electric, articulated, coach bus and school buses to choose from. - Six real coach bus - Career, Free-ride and Multiplayer modes. - Lots of bus customization options including paint, accessories, body parts, air conditioning, flags, decals and many more. - Detailed and customizable interiors. - Open/Close Doors button, animated people entering/exiting the bus - Steering wheel, buttons or tilting controls. - Locations of any kind: city, countryside, mountain, desert and snow - Multiple time of day and weather conditions to choose from. - Drive kids to school using three different school bus models. - Bus company management system with hired drivers for your buses and custom route scheduling. - Intelligent Traffic System - Immersive online multiplayer cooperative gameplay. - Add your friends, use live chat and invite them to play in coop bus routes. - Leaderboards, achievements and rankings. Become the best bus driver in the world with Bus Simulator : EVO! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Official website: https://www.ovilex.com/ TikTok : https://www.tiktok.com/@ovilexsoftware Follow us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@OviLexSoft Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OvilexSoftware Privacy Policy - https://www.ovilex.com/privacy-policy/
Metro Connect
Build and manage your own subway empire by designing intricate lines, connecting stations, and upgrading them for efficiency. Experience satisfying gameplay with numerous trains and explore dozens of states in this city-building simulation.
- Build and upgrade metro networks
- Optimize train routes and passenger flow
- Connect stations strategically
- Satisfying display of long trains
- Dozens of states to explore
- Simple and intuitive controls
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Welcome to Metro Connect: Train Simulator! Immerse yourself in the captivating world of subway station management and train operation. Build, connect and upgrade your very own metro network, transforming stations into bustling hubs of transportation excellence. Your strategic thinking and management skills will be put to the test as you optimize routes, enhance stations, and keep the trains running smoothly. Design intricate subway lines that weave through New York City. Link stations strategically to ensure efficient passenger flow and create a seamless transit experience. Embark on an exhilarating journey of city-building and transportation management in Metro Connect: Train Simulator! Download now and start crafting the ultimate metro experience. Giving connection is very easy and impressively enjoyable to play. To build train track- just slide you finger from one station to another and the highway will build! Do not forget to upgrade your stations for longer trains and earn more money. Game features: - Satisfying display of a large number of long trains moving at the same time - Addictive gameplay - Dozens of states to explore - Simple and intuitive controls - Relaxing music to keep you calm More than a 50 states to unlock and even more subways. Create a subway system in the city that connects every state territory! Download Metro Connect and play this stress free idle train management game for free.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bus Simulator at 4.6 against Metro Connect's 3.6. Bus Simulator also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 8 months) and review sentiment (68% vs 40%). Metro Connect's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 17). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Bus Simulator sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Metro Connect asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bus Simulator holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bus Simulator has 23K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Bus Simulator's written reviews are positive against 40% of Metro Connect's.
Bus Simulator ships an update monthly, Metro Connect every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and August 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bus Simulator | Metro Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (23K ratings) — better | 3.6 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.3% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #116 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.2 GB | 107 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexandru Marusac | Playnoob |
Customer experience
Bus Simulator
Metro Connect
Bugs and requests
Bus Simulator
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game progress and purchases not carrying over between updates
- Crashes and glitches when switching between game modes
- Inconsistent performance and loading issues on some devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add more cities and countries to drive in
- Introduce a free roam mode with open doors
- Implement a fuel system and refueling stations
- Add more interactive features like wheelchair ramps
- Improve traffic light and stop sign detection
Metro Connect
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bus Simulator
- VIP Membership2 variants$4.991 Month
- 200.000 money + 350 coins$0.99
- Winter Special Offer$2.99
- 250.000 money + 450 coins$2.99
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- Get 50,000 money!$2.99
- Get 200 coins!$3.99
- Unlock all levels!$4.99
- Get 100,000 money!$4.99
- Get this articulated bus now!$6.99
- Get 500 coins!$7.99
- Get this articulated bus now!$7.99
- Get 250,000 money!$9.99
- Get 1000 coins!$12.99
Metro Connect
No in-app purchases
Questions
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