Comparison

Simulation City® vs Fluid Art!

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Simulation City®

Design and manage your ideal city, from rural towns to bustling metropolises. Expand infrastructure like airports and seaports, trade goods, and develop land to increase its value. Strategically plan your growth to overcome rising land prices and create a unique urban landscape.

Highlights
  • City development and management
  • Infrastructure expansion (airports, seaports)
  • Trade and resource management
  • Land value development
  • Strategic planning
  • Rural to metropolis transformation
Features
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Shape your dream city with visionary management and strategy. Transform quiet rural towns into bustling metropolises, or craft cities that match your unique vision — whether vertical skylines or charming countrysides. Expand airports to attract waves of new residents, export grain via railway, and import goods through your busy seaports. Master the grain market's ups and downs to turn profits. As each district grows in population, soaring high-rises will begin to emerge. Purchase farms, develop the land, and watch its value rise — but beware: with growth comes rising land prices. Plan wisely, build boldly, and create a city like no other.

About

Fluid Art!

Unleash your creativity by painting unique artworks. Sell your creations to customers with diverse preferences, building your fame and attracting more buyers. Enjoy a relaxing, timer-free experience with realistic fluid simulation and the freedom to reimagine famous paintings.

Highlights
  • Create unique masterpieces
  • Multiple creative tools
  • Total creative freedom
  • Real-time fluid simulation
  • Reimagine famous paintings
  • Customer preference evaluation
  • ASMR experience
Features
Currently charting
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Are you ready to unleash your inner artist and discover your creativity? Paint whatever you like and sold them to customers after getting an offer from each of them based on their preferences. Establish your fame with the each sale and get more customers to your sales! - Create your own masterpieces with multiple creative tools to choose from. - Total creative freedom, no forced colors or templates to follow. - Realtime fluid simulation, harness the true power of your latest iPhone! - Modify or deform and re-sell famous paintings. - Each potential buyer has a different taste and preference based on a unique evaluation logic. - True ASMR experience, no timers, no levels.

Screenshots

Simulation City®4 screens
Fluid Art!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fluid Art! at 82% against Simulation City®'s 0%. Fluid Art! also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Simulation City®'s advantage is ads (none vs shown). On monetization model, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Simulation City® costs $6.99 and Fluid Art! $0.99 up front. Simulation City® sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Fluid Art! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fluid Art! holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fluid Art! has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Simulation City®'s written reviews are positive against 82% of Fluid Art!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simulation City® ships an update every 20 months, Fluid Art! every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and August 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Simulation City® versus Fluid Art!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimulation City®Fluid Art!
Price$6.99$0.99 — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.5 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews81.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings111 — better
Update frequencyEvery 20 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#197 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB120 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperDomyung KimPixel Envision Ltd.

Customer experience

Simulation City®

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Fluid Art!

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Simulation City®

One-time1
  • 500,000 Money$1.99
None

Fluid Art!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simulation City® free?
Simulation City® costs $6.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Fluid Art! free?
Fluid Art! costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Simulation City® or Fluid Art!?
Fluid Art! is rated higher. Simulation City® averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Fluid Art! averages 4.5 from 11 ratings.
Do Simulation City® or Fluid Art! have ads?
Fluid Art! shows ads; Simulation City® does not.
Which is updated more often, Simulation City® or Fluid Art!?
Simulation City® ships an update every 20 months, and Fluid Art! every 2 days. Most recently, Simulation City® was updated on September 29, 2026 and Fluid Art! on August 6, 2026.

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