Virtual Cities vs The Savings Game
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Virtual Cities
A game designed for students to learn about the circular economy. Players manage cities, making them more circular by implementing projects and understanding economic principles. It aims to educate on strategies for increasing global circularity.
- Circular economy simulation
- Resource management
- City building
- Educational gameplay
- Multiplayer mode
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Virtual Cities is a game for high school and university students, about circular economy. Groups of 3-5 players play to make their world as circular as possible by following circular economy principles. Each player has a city that spends and generates resources both natural and man-made, in a linear fashion. The goal is to combine different projects to make their city more circular, and contribute the most to the global circularity, enlightening the players on the way. Virtual Cities aims to educate players on circular economy (CE) principles in cities, and to understand how CE principles can be used as strategies to increase circularity.
The Savings Game
Engage in a financial simulation game where you guide a fictional family through responsible budgeting and investment decisions. Learn about sustainable financial planning and the role of financial institutions in a fun, interactive experience.
- Financial decision-making simulation
- Budget planning
- Investment guidance
- Single-player mode
- Financial education
- Savings skills development
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How do I plan my budget sustainably? How and why should I invest? In what way can a Sparkasse help me? The app offers answers to these questions. In the game users take on the role of a family in the fictional city of Garton-Town. They are to make responsible financial decisions for a fictional family. German Sparkassenstiftung for International Cooperation aims to provide financial education and access to financial products for people all over the world. Players can work on their financial and savings skills in single-player mode.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: The Savings Game at 5.0 against Virtual Cities's 3.0. The Savings Game also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). Virtual Cities's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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.
The Savings Game holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Virtual Cities ships an update every 5 months, The Savings Game fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Virtual Cities | The Savings Game |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 412 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Serious Games Interactive | Deutsche Sparkassenstiftung fuer internationale Kooperation e.V. |
Customer experience
Virtual Cities
The Savings Game
In-app purchases
Virtual Cities
No in-app purchases
The Savings Game
No in-app purchases
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