Comparison

Mini Motorways vs Mafia Origin

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

Head to head
About

Mini Motorways

Design road networks to manage traffic in a growing city. Strategically build roads, manage upgrades, and adapt to evolving urban demands to keep traffic flowing. Explore unique maps and unlock new challenges.

Highlights
  • Draw roads in dynamic, growing cities
  • Explore unique maps inspired by global cities
  • Manage road upgrades like highways and roundabouts
  • Creative Mode for unlimited city design
  • Endless Mode for relaxed gameplay
  • Expert Mode for ultimate challenges
  • Colorblind and night modes
Features
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Have you ever been stuck in traffic and wished you could do something to fix it? In Mini Motorways, the city’s traffic problems are in your hands. From the makers of Mini Metro, Mini Motorways is a game about drawing the roads that drive a growing city. Build a road network, one road at a time, to create a bustling metropolis. Redesign your city to keep the traffic flowing, and carefully manage upgrades to meet the changing demands. How long can you keep the cities of the world moving? Features: • Draw roads in dynamic cities that grow and change—every game is unique! • Explore stunning maps inspired by cities all around the world. • Choose from a variety of upgrades to meet the demands of your ever-expanding road network: highways, roundabouts, and more! • Build without limits in Creative Mode—design your dream city exactly how you want it with unlimited upgrades and editing tools. • Stress-free Endless Mode offers you a relaxing gameplay experience, plus you can continue building your city after Game Over. • Tackle our Expert Mode, which features twists such as permanent roads and limited upgrades for the ultimate challenge. • Select different color palettes on every map including colorblind and night modes. • Relax to a responsive soundtrack from Disasterpeace that grows along with your city. • Unlock new maps and achievements as you achieve mastery. • Export GIFs of your city layouts to share with your friends. • Compete against other players in Daily and Weekly Challenges. • Compatible with Siri Remote, Bluetooth and MFi controllers.

About

Mafia Origin

Reclaim your city from the mafia in this strategy game. Recruit mercenaries, rebuild urban areas, and engage in turf wars to become the ultimate Godfather. Forge alliances or make enemies in a lawless land where only the strongest survive.

Highlights
  • Turf War with the Mafia
  • Rebuild the city
  • Recruit mercenaries
  • Form or join gangs
  • Conquer city centers
  • Become the Godfather
Features
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With family being killed and land being invaded by Mafia, Godfather was forced to leave Liberty City. 10 years of hiding, recruiting heroes and reorganizing the force, Godfather returns to Liberty City today, swearing to take back everything that was taken by Mafia even with his life hanging by a thread. This is about honor and revenge. Will Liberty City still be controlled by Mafia or evolve into a new city, or will Godfather become the head of Mafia? We don’t know yet and we leave you to decide. ●●Game Features●● •Turf War with the Mafia• •To take back territory from the Mafia that once belonged to you 10 years ago. •Reconstruction, the exploitation from your opponent has made urban development much worse than before. It's imminent to rebuild the city of waste. •Conspiracy, in a city where conspiracy is rife and crime is a daily occurrence, you need to establish your own power to survive. •This is an outlaw land• •Mercenaries. As Godfather, you can pay thugs to have them carry guns and artillery. •Conflict, turf wars with other mafia gangs. •Wealth, in the city where freedom and crime coexist, chances to get loads of money are at hand. •Rules. The law of the jungle. Winner takes all. •Either friends or enemies• •Friends? It’s a place where you can start your own gang, to take over other top gangs, and command them. Or join them. Or cooperate with them. •Enemies? In this profit-driven city, anything can happen. There are mafia friends from all over the world. What would your story with them be like? • Turf War for City Centers • •Mafia City, whoever takes over city center, will be the godfather of the mafia. • Mafia godfather, become godfather to command all mafia hitmen, killers, and drug dealers in the city. Facebook fan page: https://www.facebook.com/MafiaOrigin

Screenshots

Mini Motorways4 screens
Mafia Origin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Mini Motorways at 4.1 against Mafia Origin's 2.8. Mini Motorways also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 18) and ads (none vs shown). Mafia Origin's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On price, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mafia Origin sells 18 one-off in-app purchases. Mini Motorways asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mini Motorways holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mini Motorways has 7K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of Mini Motorways's written reviews are positive against 70% of Mafia Origin's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mini Motorways ships an update every 3 weeks, Mafia Origin every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and August 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Mini Motorways versus Mafia Origin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMini MotorwaysMafia Origin
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (7K ratings) — better2.8 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews63.4% of reviews70.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7K — better9
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size193 MB534 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperDinosaur Polo ClubTOP GAMES INC.

Customer experience

Mini Motorways

All ratings7,014 ratings
Positive75.5%
Neutral12.4%
Negative12.1%
Written reviews1,872 reviews
Positive63.4%
Neutral16.4%
Negative20.2%

Mafia Origin

All ratings29 ratings
Positive55.2%
Neutral3.4%
Negative41.4%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive70.4%
Neutral3.7%
Negative25.9%

User reviews

Mini Motorways

From 7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun game
  • 👍 Relaxing and addictive
  • 🚀 Quick and easy gameplay
  • 👍 Great graphics and sound design
  • 👍 Accessibility features for colorblind users

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Car routes are inefficient
  • 🐛 Traffic lights are ineffective
  • 🐛 Game can be too difficult and frustrating
  • 🐛 Progress and scores not saving properly
  • 🔋 Game drains battery quickly

Mafia Origin

From 9 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Practical software
  • 👍 Good content
  • 👍 Fresh application
  • 👍 Great service
  • 👍 Easy to use

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Game freezes frequently
  • 🐛 Cannot progress in game
  • 🐛 Rewards not collected
  • 🐛 Support unresponsive
  • 🐛 In-game issues

Bugs and requests

Mini Motorways

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Bridge icon not working
  • Game freezing and crashing on newer iOS versions
  • Cars getting stuck at intersections

Requested features

5 requests
  • Sandbox/free play mode to build cities
  • Ability to move/rotate building entrances
  • More infrastructure options like roundabouts, one-way roads
  • Difficulty settings or casual mode
  • Ability to pause and resume games

Mafia Origin

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • Game freezes after first mission/task
  • Scroll function doesn't work for scouting
  • Cannot collect rewards for the first chapter on iOS
  • Random translation crashes
  • Game crashes randomly
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  • In-game text appears in Chinese or Japanese
  • Gold balance shows 0 until reload
  • Resources randomly go missing
  • Items go missing after research completion
  • 7-day speed-ups go missing
  • Events do not work
  • Constantly getting kicked out of the game
  • Cannot click buttons on iPad
  • Stuck on reward screen after completing a task
  • Cannot move on to chapter 2
  • Player lost account with no response from support
  • Avatar changes are confusing and swapped with existing heroes

Requested features

6 requests
  • Improve support response time
  • Fix scroll function for scouting
  • Revert avatar changes or provide clear explanation
  • Address in-game language inconsistencies
  • Ensure rewards are collected properly
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  • Allow progression past initial tasks/screens

In-app purchases

None

Mini Motorways

No in-app purchases

18 purchases

Mafia Origin

One-time18
  • 0.99$ packet speed$0.99
  • 0.99$ packet gem$0.99
  • 0.99$ packet gold$0.99
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  • packet speed$4.99
  • packet gem$4.99
  • packet forge$4.99
  • 4.99$ packet qiri$4.99
  • 4.99$ packet active$4.99
  • week card$4.99
  • Stamina gift pack$4.99
  • packet speed$9.99
  • packet gem$9.99
  • $9.99 Hero Awakening$9.99
  • $9.99 Refining Package$9.99
  • packet gem$19.99
  • packet speed$19.99
  • packet speed$49.99
  • packet resource$99.99

Questions

Is Mini Motorways free?
Mini Motorways is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mafia Origin free?
Mafia Origin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mini Motorways or Mafia Origin?
Mini Motorways is rated higher. Mini Motorways averages 4.1 out of 5 from 7K ratings, while Mafia Origin averages 2.8 from 9 ratings.
Do Mini Motorways or Mafia Origin have ads?
Mafia Origin shows ads; Mini Motorways does not.
Which is updated more often, Mini Motorways or Mafia Origin?
Mini Motorways ships an update every 3 weeks, and Mafia Origin every 10 days. Most recently, Mini Motorways was updated on October 21, 2026 and Mafia Origin on August 31, 2026.

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