Comparison

CityPainter vs Radar Game

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

Head to head
About

CityPainter

Race through famous cities worldwide, painting roads while evading police. Use oil cans to disable pursuers and jump over obstacles. Collect balloons to warp to new countries for bonus points and extra lives.

Highlights
  • Global city locations
  • Police pursuit evasion
  • Oil can combat
  • Jumping mechanics
  • Balloon collection bonuses
  • Collectible oil cans
Features
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Controls -------------- · GamePad MFI Compatible: Joystick, change car direction. Button A,B: oil shooting and jump (press short jump, press and hold large jump). · Screen Controls: Left Joystick, change car direction. Right Buttons, oil shooting and jump (tap short jump, tap and hold large jump). The Game -------------- Must paint all the road throughout countries, each taking place in a famous city from around the world (USA, Spain, UK, France, Australia,...). Your car is constantly under pursuit by police and taxi cars, which you can take out by launching oil cans at them, stunning them, and then ramming into them with your car. Your car can jump over large gaps to reach higher sections of the stage. By collecting oil cans found in each stage, the player can shoot these at other cars. If the player remains on the same stage for an extended period of time, spikes will extrude from the ground... be careful with spikes and cats. Balloons may appear in the stage. The player should collect three of these balloons, they will be warped to a new country and be granted with a large sum of bonus points. Extra life each 100.000 Points! Enjoy!!!!

About

Radar Game

A simple and fun game for Apple Watch where you rotate the crown to detect enemies and tap to fire. Defend your base for as long as possible.

Highlights
  • Apple Watch exclusive gameplay
  • Crown rotation for enemy detection
  • Tap to fire combat
  • Base defense gameplay
  • Simple and fun mechanics
Features
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Radar Game is a game designed exclusively for the Apple Watch. Killing a few minutes has never been easier. Rotate the crown on your watch to detect enemies and tap to fire. Simple and fun. How long can you defend the base?

Screenshots

CityPainter4 screens
Radar Game4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Radar Game at Free against CityPainter's $1.99. Radar Game also leads on update cadence (every 6 months vs every 38 months) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On rating, review sentiment, ads 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

Radar Game is free to download; CityPainter costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CityPainter against 5.0 for Radar Game. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CityPainter ships an update every 38 months, Radar Game every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
CityPainter versus Radar Game: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCityPainterRadar Game
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyEvery 38 monthsEvery 6 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB4 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperIvan Cerra de CastroTalking Chicken Friend

Customer experience

CityPainter

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Radar Game

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

CityPainter

No in-app purchases

None

Radar Game

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CityPainter free?
CityPainter costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Radar Game free?
Radar Game is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CityPainter or Radar Game?
CityPainter and Radar Game are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do CityPainter or Radar Game have ads?
Neither CityPainter nor Radar Game shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CityPainter or Radar Game?
CityPainter ships an update every 38 months, and Radar Game every 6 months. Most recently, CityPainter was updated on September 21, 2026 and Radar Game on October 24, 2026.

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