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Thomas & Friends Minis – Education Game Review
Thomas & Friends Minis is a Education game from Budge Studios, first launched in 16th September 2017.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 45,214+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Thomas & Friends Minis Stand Out
Create your very own train set piece by piece and bring it to life with Thomas and all his friends. Customize tracks and let your imagination run free with whirly waterslides, frozen loops, rainbow bridges and more! Climb aboard your favorite Minis engine and experience every twist, turn and stunt! Ready, set, build! Fun train games for kids of all ages!
THE ULTIMATE TRAIN SET BUILDER GAME FOR KIDS
• BUILD tons of exciting tracks, from twisting turns to rattling ramps
• ROCKET yourself through spectacular stunts, bold boosts and raging rollercoasters!
• DECORATE your train set with tall trees, beautiful buildings and dazzling decorations
• PAINT your set’s terrain with sandy beaches, bubbling lava and snowy blizzards
• DRIVE through your creations in 3rd person
• CREATE your world from scratch or play with one of our awesome pre-made sets!
GET CREATIVE WITH UNIQUE WORLDS TO DISCOVER
• THOMAS’ COUNTRYSIDE: Explore the windmills, train stations and workshops of verdant Sodor!
• GORDON’S WINTER WONDERLAND: Ride over frozen bridges and crash through ice walls!
• PERCY’S SPOOKY FOREST: Dare you enter the hollow log tunnel and haunted mansion?
• SPENCER’S AQUA PARK: Dive through the whirlpool tunnel and slide down the waterslide loop!
• EMILY’S COASTER CITY: Embark on a rollercoaster adventure at the fair
PRIVACY & ADVERTISING
Budge Studios takes children's privacy seriously and ensures that its apps are compliant with privacy laws. This application has received the “ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board) Privacy Certified Kids’ Privacy Seal”. For more information, please visit our privacy policy at: https://budgestudios.com/en/legal/privacy-policy/, or email our Data Protection Officer at: [email protected].
Before you download this app, please note that it is free to try, but some content may only be available via in-app purchases. In-app purchases cost real money and are charged to your account. To disable or adjust the ability to make in-app purchases, change your device settings. This app may contain contextual advertising (including the option to watch ads for rewards) from Budge Studios regarding other apps we publish, from our partners and some third parties. Budge Studios does not permit behavioral advertising or retargeting in this app. The app may also contain social media links that are only accessible behind a parental gate.
Please note that this app gives users the ability to take and/or create photos in-app that can be saved locally to their devices. These photos are never shared with other users in-app, nor are they shared by Budge Studios with any unaffiliated third party companies.
TERMS OF USE / END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
This application is subject to an End-User License Agreement available through the following link: https://budgestudios.com/en/legal-embed/eula/
ABOUT BUDGE STUDIOS
Budge Studios was founded in 2010 with the mission to entertain and educate boys and girls around the world, through innovation, creativity and fun. Its high-quality app portfolio consists of original and branded properties, including Bluey, PAW Patrol, Barbie, PAW Patrol, Hot Wheels, Transformers, My Little Pony, Strawberry Shortcake, Hello Kitty and Crayola. Budge Studios maintains the highest standards of safety and age-appropriateness, and has become a global leader in children’s apps for smartphones and tablets. Budge Playgroup™ is an innovative program that allows kids and parents to actively participate in the creation of new apps.
HAVE QUESTIONS?
Contact us 24/7 at [email protected]
BUDGE and BUDGE STUDIOS are trademarks of Budge Studios Inc.
Thomas & Friends™ Minis © 2017-2025 Budge Studios Inc. All rights reserved
This Education game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Thomas & Friends Minis is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 15th December 2025
Recent improvements include:
Welcome back! A new game update is here with performance improvements and bug fixes.
Download & Availability
Thomas & Friends Minis is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Thomas & Friends Minis on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
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It is so so so so so so so so so good it is the best and Roblox.
This game is a mazing its a really good game everyone should try this if anyone says this is a bad game dont trust them Because everyone knows this is the best game in the world we like The game because you can make lots of tracks in the game and then look and view Amazing way to help kids to engineer.
Time is your favorite is great everybody like this game.
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee this game is so much fun.
Love that this game is simple but keeps our 3 year old engaged and excited when he accomplishes finishing the tracks! Is there a way to buy an add free version for the Apple platform. We have it on his Kindle and its much more enjoyable Bc it has a lot less ads. We would mind paying for the game to make it ad free.
Ive had this game for about 3 years, and have some tips to make it better, have a unlock all button where you can unlock all the packs, make it so when you complete all the blueprints, and get all the engines, decorations, and track things, you unlock a new pack instead of buying them. Thats a way we think of improving this app, Thank you, -Collin.
We love this game, there is so many things to build.
Its very fun! Thank you for doing this game.
Our son absolutely loves this game.
Hi we can pick up a couple ThomasMinis tomorrow.
Its so cool and the new 2 sets are amazing.
We love the game but make some things free and make a create your own Engine tracks and terrain! Also can you add a story mode and animate the Engine body like the episodes and add to Spencers box a little. Including muddy spencer, christmas spencer and oily spencer and add a new James mini here comes James or black James for short. And make a online racing center. Where you can play online races mini games and saves the saves are when you save an Engine from an accident. Last thing re-name hero the master of the railway. Thank you other than that we love the game and Im sorry for asking for everything to be free.
This is the best app ever! We love Tobys Busy City/Tobys City Block even though we just bought it. Anyways, you should make a pack with Stephen! Anyways BEST THOMAS GAME EVER.
We want henry in the game it will be called henrys big load But we love this game we give it 5 stars.
We think this game should have a story mode and a online mode Im not gonna talk about what we think youre doing what you have and all that valley something more than you build track and search how are you like to see year fixed on track and do maybe some tiny vases we dont see other minis we dont know something that like is is that Im just building drag like maybe having to fix Jacks games are in parts for surgeons youll be able to customize your engines like that we want to have a little bit we can drive out your. Microphone doesnt work the best.
Its fun and Thomas magic tracks to.
Our grandson really enjoys playing this game.
Our 3 year old son and we love to play this together. He has earned all the add on pieces (add on purchases as well) and the game loses a lot of its excitement to him once there are no more prize bags to collect. We also wish there was an option of much larger game boards to design a superset. With all the awesome settings, having enough room to have a beach, an ocean and then a grassland would open up possibilities for a LOT of train building fun.
This is a fantastic game for kids. Its easy to use and keeps them entertained. Biggest issue is the advertising ads. Developers need to be more responsible as children are playing this. An ad pops up almost everytime you click on a different item. Also when you purchase DLC you shouldnt have to be subjected to ads.
HOW TI ROTATE THE COASTER BRIDGE? Thats all :).
When we got this app for our son the first few days he was getting the little packets by getting the gears. Then he started asking us to pay for the packets and to us that is not fair to pay 4.99 for only four trains and a booster you need to fix this. Also please if youre going to charge please at least lower the prices.
Add a new engine: Michael! The pack: Michaels Autumnal crunch.
Ive been deleting this and getting this game like ten times to try to fix this problem. When we get a couple of pieces we get blueprints that dont go to the theme like when we get a couple of pieces for Percy we get one of Tobys blueprints.can you fix this.thank you for fixing this the only thing that seems of is that Thomas doesnt really have a good sodor.
Our son loves it, but you only get basic things. Everything else you have to buy. We wish they would do ways for them to earn other trains rather than spending 4-10 for a set.
Our son and we love the app but the only concern is how to get rid of the ads? Each time he's trying to build a track he gets a new one. One after another. We'll change the star review once we figure it out.
We tried to place a palm tree and it took us 10 times to place it.
The purchase system is way too hard to figure out, its not that its complicated, it just doesnt work, nonetheless the game is still fun and we enjoy it.
Does it cost $39.99 to remove ads? Or will that not remove ads.
Our kid has this on his fire tablet. There he can unlock everything but here he has to pay piecemeal for all the DLC. Deleting this right now.
We spent a lot of money in this game for our son and now it keeps closing out for no reason. Im not impressed at all something needs to be done for the money we paid and our autistic son cant even play very disappointing…. This game still isnt working now all the money we spent it wont restore so we lost it all very very disappointed we would give you zero stars.
If we could write this zero stars we im 13 and we really dont get a lot of enjoyment out of this game specially just building paths and things for the chance to go on and watching them go around not our favorite.
Is there a way to buy all at once.
This is AWESOME! Over a year ago we purchased the unlock everything for $20, and whenever they add a new character, we get it for free! This app is % worth the money.
Im not gonna lie, this app is crazy F.U.N.! However, we think you can add another set and that set could be called Ducks Musical Ride with 5 minis and 3 blue prints. Forgive us for this. P.S. Happy 80th anniversary.
We need Edward!!! The pack:Edwards safari cruiser.
This game is so fun and we love the trains in the game.
This was our child hood when we were a little.
We love the game its creative and fun and you can get more Thomas and friends minis but the problem is that you have to pay it for everything we wish it was free for kids but the game is fun tho.
We like this game but we liked it better when we could buy things individually please get rid of the intro offer.
This game reminds us of all the Thomas memories we had growing up.
This game is AWESOME and it helps people soothe when their having a rough day.
This is really cool and we love this game.
This game just unlocked everything.
We got the premium with this game and now its so fun theres like to much to get and like idk Ty budge games this game was a Awsome ideas and also we think forcing ppl to purchase should be only if they click on a locked item we mean the purchases arent a problemo But at least this game is good enough to be popular hit that helpful button if you love trains.
Make it free we want to play pretty pretty please And thank you.
We love the game it is creative but we dont like that it has the unlock everything.
This game is so fun and we remember having when we were 3-4 years old its so fun you will love it trust us.
Fun kids game for Thomas and friends lovers.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2025.3.0
- Size: 201.84 MB
- iOS: 13.0 or later
- Languages: NL, EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, RU, ZH, ES, ZH
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Budge Studios
Last updated: 15th December 2025 | Genre: Education | Developer: Budge Studios