Skate City vs Snake Vortex!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Skate City
Experience the thrill of street skating with intuitive controls and hundreds of trick combinations. Explore diverse global cities, from sunny Los Angeles to vibrant Tokyo, and customize your skater's skills and gear. Enjoy a chill soundtrack and capture your best moves to share.
- Master hundreds of trick combinations
- Explore global skate spots
- Accessible controls for all skill levels
- Challenge and Endless Skate modes
- Upgrade skills and customize gear
- Original lo-fi soundtrack
- In-game recording and sharing tools
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Capture the heart and soul of street skating in a style that’s all your own. Push to perfect your flow and improve your skills while mastering hundreds of trick combinations. Immerse yourself in the dynamic environments as morning fades to night, and the weather shifts unexpectedly. Features: Do you even skate? Now you do! We want everyone to enjoy the feeling of cruising the city streets. What once seemed like a concrete jungle will soon become your playground. No Passport required. Explore the streets of Los Angeles, Oslo, Barcelona, Tokyo, Venice beach and Miami. Begin your journey along the sun-soaked streets of LA before unlocking your next destination. Fake it til you make it. Nail your favourite tricks or get creative with the ones you haven’t tried yet! Whether you’ve never set foot on a skateboard or have been riding for years, our accessible controls will test your mind, not your body. Challenge or chill. Ride like a local through each city’s Challenge mode or take it at your own pace in Endless Skate. Level up. Upgrade your skills and gear in our custom skate shop to suit your individual style and abilities. Here you’ll find everything from decks & trucks to streetwear along with options to change hairstyles, skin tone, and gender. Feel Good Music Zen out to an original soundtrack of atmospheric lo-fi beats that are sure to set the right vibe for all your skate sessions. Plug in headphones for the ultimate mellow mood. Snap and Share. Capture your best tricks with our in-game recording tools and share your skate videos online. Your social media has never looked better.
Snake Vortex!
Control a snake by swiping the screen to collect balls and grow longer. A longer snake allows you to break through more obstacles and achieve higher scores. Enjoy this classic arcade-style challenge.
- Swipe controls
- Collect balls to grow longer
- Break through obstacles
- Achieve high scores
- Simple arcade gameplay
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Swipe the screen to control the snake to collect more balls to make the snake longer. Longer snakes allow you to pass more obstacles and get higher scores. GOOD LUCK!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Skate City at none against Snake Vortex!'s shown. Skate City also leads on ratings volume (48K vs 5). Snake Vortex!'s advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs paid) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Snake Vortex! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Skate City has 48K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Skate City ships an update every 2 months, Snake Vortex! every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Skate City | Snake Vortex! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (48K ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 48K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.2 GB | 185 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Snowman | 广杰 周 |
Customer experience
Skate City
Snake Vortex!
Bugs and requests
Skate City
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game freezes during tutorial
- Disappearing skateboard glitch
- Inconsistent trick registration
- Graphical issues on larger screens
Requested features
6 requests- Multiplayer mode
- More customization options
- Additional maps and locations
- Ability to change camera angles
- Improved trick registration
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- Increased in-game currency earnings
Snake Vortex!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Skate City
No in-app purchases
Snake Vortex!
No in-app purchases









