Drop Flip vs Close Cities
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drop Flip
Engage in a physics-based puzzle game where you manipulate objects to guide a ball into a bucket. With 128 levels of increasing difficulty, enjoy colorful visuals and catchy audio. It's designed for everyone, offering both physics and timing challenges.
- Object manipulation
- Physics-based puzzles
- Timing-based puzzles
- 128 fun levels
- Minimalistic visuals
- Game Center integration
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Drop Flip is a delightful game chock-full of silly physics contraptions! Move, flip and manipulate obstacles of every shape and size as you accomplish the not-so-simple task of dropping a ball into a bucket. - 128 crazy fun levels ranging from easy to near-impossible - Complex gameplay wrapped in colorful, minimalistic visuals - Joyful music with catchy sound effects - Game Center leaderboards and achievements - Attempt to get a “Ball-in-One” or “Ball-in-Two” - Synchronize progress across devices via iCloud - Made for absolutely everyone! Please note - there are both physics-based and timing-based puzzles, and everything in between! This is part of the design. Rest assured, every level is 100% solvable - and quite fun!
Close Cities
Build beautiful cities on diverse worlds by solving unique puzzles. This relaxing game guides you through 160 levels with a simple tap or drag interface, requiring no architectural knowledge. Conquer each world's challenges and travel through time with its calming soundtrack.
- Build cities on empty maps
- Solve 160 unique puzzle levels
- Intuitive tap and drag controls
- No architectural knowledge needed
- Travel through different worlds
- Relaxing music and pace
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Close Cities is a relaxing puzzle game in which you will have to build cities in different worlds over time. Find a road and start there. Solve all 160 levels and become a Close Cities legend! UNIQUE PUZZLES You will start each level with an empty map that you will have to fill with beautiful cities. Choose the right road, choose the area and tap or drag with your fingers! DOES NOT REQUIRE KNOWLEDGE OF ARCHITECTURE Close Cities offers a fun experience even if you don't know the difference between a square and a bevel. The game's tutorial will show you everything you need to know at a relaxed pace. CONQUER ITS 160 LEVELS Each world has its king and 16 levels that you must solve to build his empire. TRAVEL THROUGH TIME During the course of the game you will discover different worlds over time with relaxed music to let you go.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Drop Flip at none against Close Cities's shown. Drop Flip also leads on ratings volume (9.9K vs 356) and review sentiment (87% vs 69%). Close Cities's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Drop Flip sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Close Cities sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Close Cities holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drop Flip has 9.9K ratings behind it against 356, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 87% of Drop Flip's written reviews are positive against 69% of Close Cities's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Drop Flip ships an update every 2 weeks, Close Cities every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drop Flip | Close Cities |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (9.9K ratings) | 4.8 (356 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.3% of reviews — better | 69.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9.9K — better | 356 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | 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 | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 120 MB | 158 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BorderLeap | Juan Manuel Altamirano Argudo |
Customer experience
Drop Flip
Close Cities
Bugs and requests
Drop Flip
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes or freezes
- Inconsistent ball behavior
- Restart button not working as expected
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and challenges
- Ability to replay completed levels
- Improved restart/reset functionality
- Customization options (e.g., themes)
Close Cities
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Drop Flip
- Unlock Game + 8 Bonus Levels$2.99
Close Cities
- Hints - Small Pack$0.99
- Hints - Medium Pack$2.99
- Remove Ads + Hints$2.99
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- Hints - Big Pack$5.99
