Doodle Mafia Blitz vs Root Growth
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Doodle Mafia Blitz
Engage in crime-themed puzzle-solving and city-building gameplay. Choose to play as a gangster or a cop, solve over 500 puzzles, and create items to advance through multiple storylines. Watch your crime city evolve as you complete heists and battles.
- Over 500 puzzles to solve
- Create items
- Play as gangster or cop
- Crime city simulation
- Multiple game modes
- Mini-game for earning rewards
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Crime Does Pay! Play as a Gangster or Cop. Over 500 Puzzles to Solve & Items to Create WATCH YOUR CRIME CITY COME ALIVE AS YOU PLAY! Doodle Mafia is the biggest “Doodle” game ever! Over 500 puzzles to solve and items to create as you play the role of Crime Boss or Cop. You decide how you want to play as you play through multiple hard-nosed storylines & play modes. As you build your Gang and make your fortune you must evade the Cops as well as fight off rival games in order to become the “Big Boss” of the City. In the “City” mode watch your Crime City come alive as you successfully pull off heists, escape the Cops or beat-off rival gangs. But you gotta watch your back because behind every corner there is a good Cop trying to make a name for himself or a rival Gangster trying to take your turf! In the “Campaign” mode, nab the bad guys or pull off heists to build your fortune. Can you successfully rob the bank and escape the Cops? Are you tough enough to defeat the rival boss and be the Crime Big Boss of the City? We shall see how good you are…. Remember Crime Does Pay! GAMEPLAY FEATURES - The biggest “Doodle” game ever! - OVER 500 Puzzles to Solve & Items to Create. - Play as a Gangers or Cop - Watch your Crime City come alive as you play - Multiple Game Modes and Storylines to play through - Earn money and weapons in the “Crime Slots” mini-game - Available in 6 languages: English, German, French, Russian, Chinese & Portuguese. Follow us to get early access to exclusive content, price drops and updates: LIKE: www.facebook.com/doodlegod FOLLOW: www.twitter.com/joybitsmobile Check out our other exciting games! Doodle Devil™ & Doodle Farm™
Root Growth
Guide roots to grow and reach water sources, transforming them into large trees. Expand your reach to conquer entire planets and see how many you can occupy.
- Grow roots strategically
- Reach water sources
- Develop into large trees
- Conquer planets
- Expand your territory
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The roots keep growing, reach the water source, and eventually grow into a big tree and take over a planet. Come on, try to see how many planets you can occupy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Root Growth at none against Doodle Mafia Blitz's 9. Root Growth also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (1.4K vs 126). Doodle Mafia Blitz's advantage is review sentiment (35% vs 15%) and rating (4.3 vs 4.1). On price, ads, monetization model and device support 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. Doodle Mafia Blitz sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Root Growth asks for nothing beyond the download.
Doodle Mafia Blitz holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Root Growth has 1.4K ratings behind it against 126, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of Doodle Mafia Blitz's written reviews are positive against 15% of Root Growth's.
Doodle Mafia Blitz ships an update every 11 months, Root Growth monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Doodle Mafia Blitz | Root Growth |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (126 ratings) — better | 4.1 (1.4K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 35.3% of reviews — better | 14.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 126 | 1.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 231 MB | 134 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | JoyBits Co Ltd. | 妮 赵 |
Customer experience
Doodle Mafia Blitz
Root Growth
Bugs and requests
Doodle Mafia Blitz
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Root Growth
Reported bugs
2 issues- Spelling mistakes in UI
- Inconsistent gameplay mechanics
Requested features
2 requests- More levels and content
- Option to remove ads for a fee
In-app purchases
Doodle Mafia Blitz
- Bundle of 200 buxes$0.99
- Starter Kit$1.99
- Bundle of 450 buxes$1.99
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- Remove ads$1.99
- Bundle of 1000 buxes$3.99
- Bundle of 3000 buxes$9.99
- Bundle of 10000 buxes$20.99
- Bundle of 30000 buxes$49.99
- Infinite buxes$99.99
Root Growth
No in-app purchases
Questions
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