Comparison

Cities Mosaics vs Moonlight

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

Head to head
About

Cities Mosaics

Engage your mind with logic-based mosaic puzzles set against the backdrop of the world's most iconic cities. Discover fascinating facts as you complete over 100 animated levels across three unique puzzle types.

Highlights
  • Logic-based mosaic puzzles
  • Over 100 animated levels
  • Three distinct mosaic puzzle types
  • Discover city facts
  • Brain-teasing challenges
Features
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Explore the world’s most stunning cities while solving challenging logic-based mosaic puzzles. Test your puzzle solving skills with over 100 levels and three distinct mosaic puzzle types while discovering interesting facts along the way! Play World’s Greatest Cities Mosaics today! Solve brain-teasing mosaic puzzles Choose from 3 different game modes Piece together over 100 mosaic levels Learn about the greatest cities in the world

About

Moonlight

Solve logic puzzles to uncover a heartwarming story about a wolf and a girl. Explore beautiful scenery and enjoy a variety of puzzle sizes and difficulty levels with helpful tools.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of puzzles
  • Story-driven gameplay
  • Beautiful scenery
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Auto-save
  • Hint function
  • One-handed mode
Features
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Once upon a time, beyond a valley there lived a wolf who was considered to be a monster. For a long time he lived, biding his time, all alone. One day a girl who lived in a village under the wolf’s mountain went up into the mountain to collect herbs. She went deep in the woods and by chance she encountered the wolf. What’s the story spun between the wolf, who was seen as a monster, and the girl? What future waits before them? Solve the puzzles and complete their story. Enjoy the beautiful scenery while solving the puzzles. *Special features* - Hundreds of puzzle games are available. - Great color dot design to match the map’s themes. - Detailed puzzle logic check. - Auto-save for puzzles in play. - Various level of difficulty (5x5, 10x10, 15x15, 20x20) - Convenient interface using touch & pad simultaneously. - Various plays available through single map and big map. - Hint function. - Provides a variety of functions for user convenience (auto answer check, Undo / Redo) - Zoom-in, zoom-out and move function using two fingers. - One-handed mode support for using in public/crowded places.

Screenshots

Cities Mosaics4 screens
Moonlight4 screens

Verdict

The call

Cities Mosaics and Moonlight both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 90% of Moonlight's written reviews are positive against 33% of Cities Mosaics's. Cities Mosaics's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (151 vs 16). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Cities Mosaics sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Moonlight sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Moonlight holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cities Mosaics has 151 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Cities Mosaics's written reviews are positive against 90% of Moonlight's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cities Mosaics ships an update every 7 months, Moonlight every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Cities Mosaics versus Moonlight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCities MosaicsMoonlight
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (151 ratings)4.9 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews90.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings151 — better16
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size161 MB93 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOleksiy ShtykovKWANG YEOUL YOO

Customer experience

Cities Mosaics

All ratings146 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral3.4%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative50.0%

Moonlight

All ratings16 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Cities Mosaics

One-time1
  • Unlock Cities Mosaics$5.99
1 purchases

Moonlight

One-time1
  • Remove Ad$2.99

Questions

Is Cities Mosaics free?
Cities Mosaics is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Moonlight free?
Moonlight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cities Mosaics or Moonlight?
Moonlight is rated higher. Cities Mosaics averages 4.7 out of 5 from 151 ratings, while Moonlight averages 4.9 from 16 ratings.
Do Cities Mosaics or Moonlight have ads?
Moonlight shows ads; Cities Mosaics does not.
Which is updated more often, Cities Mosaics or Moonlight?
Cities Mosaics ships an update every 7 months, and Moonlight every 5 months. Most recently, Cities Mosaics was updated on October 23, 2026 and Moonlight on October 24, 2026.

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