Comparison

Viticulture vs Critical Mass 2

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

Head to head
About

Viticulture

Manage a vineyard in pre-modern Tuscany, allocating workers and visitors to tasks across seasons. Expand your estate, plant vines, and fulfill wine orders to become the top winery owner. Enjoy single-player or multiplayer modes with global competition.

Highlights
  • Worker and visitor allocation
  • Seasonal tasks
  • Vineyard expansion
  • Wine order fulfillment
  • Single-player vs AI
  • Online multiplayer
  • Asynchronous gameplay
Features
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You find yourself in rustic, pre-modern Tuscany, where you’ve inherited a meager vineyard. You own a few plots of land, an old crush pad, a tiny cellar, 3 workers…and the dream of owning the best winery in Italy. Your job is to allocate your workers and helpful visitors to complete various tasks throughout the year. Each season is different on a vineyard, so the workers have different tasks they can take care of in the summer and winter. There’s competition over those tasks, and often the first worker to arrive at each one has an advantage over the rest. Using those workers and visitors, you can expand your vineyard by building structures, planting vines, and filling wine orders as you work towards the goal of owning the most successful winery in Tuscany. Features: • 1 to 6 players • Family friendly – non violent theme • Cross Platform • Easy tutorial to learn the game from scratch. • Single-player mode with 3 challenging levels of computer opponents. • Multiplayer games against your friends in friendly games. • Face players from all over the world in ranked multiplayer games online! • Worlwide leaderboard • Take your time in asynchronous game mode with push notifications and never miss a turn. • Analyze your best games or learn tricks from the best with playback • Uses the newest rules of the board game.

About

Critical Mass 2

Features
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One move. A chain reaction. A completely different game. Critical Mass 2 is a strategy game of charged cells and explosive reversals. Build your strength, capture your opponents’ cells and set off cascades that can turn the board in your favour. Every move counts—and a commanding lead can disappear in a flash. Play solo against four AI difficulty levels, from Easy to Expert, or share a device with friends in games for up to four players. TWO WAYS TO PLAY Choose Classic for explosive chain reactions, or try Critical Mass 2 Go—a distinctive twist on Go, with its own strategic challenges. MAKE EVERY MATCH YOUR OWN Mix and match gameplay options, including Power, Timer, Proximate and Pre-fill, to find your favourite way to play. STRATEGY WITH SPARK Luminous cells, flowing energy and a moving cosmic backdrop bring every contest to life. Reduced-motion options let you dial back the animation. Easy to pick up, with plenty to discover as you learn when to build, when to strike and when to set the whole board in motion. Featuring original music composed by Gabriel Berger.

Screenshots

Viticulture4 screens
Critical Mass 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Critical Mass 2 at $0.99 against Viticulture's $8.99. Critical Mass 2 also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Viticulture's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 70 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On ads 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

Viticulture costs $8.99 and Critical Mass 2 $0.99 up front. Viticulture sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Critical Mass 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Viticulture ships an update every 3 weeks, Critical Mass 2 every 70 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Viticulture versus Critical Mass 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterViticultureCritical Mass 2
Price$8.99$0.99 — better
Rating3.6 (94 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews54.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings94 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 70 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size322 MB106 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDIGIDICEDRichard Berger

Bugs and requests

Viticulture

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • Game crashes on startup or during gameplay
  • Unable to plant grapes despite having buildings
  • Special workers cannot be selected at correct times
  • Merchant worker action not functioning
  • Game hangs when multiple human players with AI
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  • AI gets stuck and requires force quit to progress
  • Blank tableau display
  • Missing windmill points for summer actions
  • Visitor cards appearing back-to-back duplicates
  • Motivator card not allowing all players to respond
  • Summer volunteer crew card not functioning
  • Build button greyed out despite sufficient coins
  • Cannot purchase multiple workers in one season
  • Game ends abruptly without warning
  • Undo function causes game freeze
  • Games not syncing across devices
  • Main screen cannot find games that side menu shows
  • Card selection prompts disappear too quickly
  • Unclear when multi-action cards end turn
  • Loading screen hangs indefinitely

Requested features

16 requests
  • Tuscany expansion (now available)
  • Moors and Visitors expansion
  • Auto-save functionality for crashes
  • Improved notification system
  • Configurable turn timers for casual play
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  • Separate volume controls for music and effects
  • Replay button for quick rematches
  • Better game history and turn tracking
  • Simultaneous action selection (not turn-based)
  • Clearer worker placement location labels
  • Guided tutorial for UI elements
  • Pause functionality for async games
  • Undo multiple moves (not just current decision)
  • Dark mode option
  • Better iPad optimization
  • Improved app icon design

Critical Mass 2

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Viticulture

One-time1
  • Tuscany Essential Edition$8.99
None

Critical Mass 2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Viticulture free?
Viticulture costs $8.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Critical Mass 2 free?
Critical Mass 2 costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Viticulture or Critical Mass 2 have ads?
Neither Viticulture nor Critical Mass 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Viticulture or Critical Mass 2?
Viticulture ships an update every 3 weeks, and Critical Mass 2 every 70 months. Most recently, Viticulture was updated on October 21, 2026 and Critical Mass 2 on October 22, 2026.

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