Comparison

CityPainter vs Only One

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

Only One

This is a minimalist logic puzzle game where each level requires you to find a unique solution related to the number one. Explore diverse puzzles and receive hints if you get stuck for over 45 seconds.

Highlights
  • Minimalist logic puzzles
  • Unique solutions per level
  • Theme based on the number one
  • Variety of fun puzzles
  • In-game hints after 45 seconds
Features
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Let there be one! Only One is a minimal logic puzzle game where each level has it's own logic to be solved. Every level's solution has to do with something related to the number 1. One color? One piece? or even the number one itself. Just let it be one. Explore a variety of fun puzzles. And if in any case you get stuck on a level after 45 seconds a hint icon would be available to provide you with some help. Can you make it Only One?

Screenshots

CityPainter4 screens
Only One4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Only One at $0.99 against CityPainter's $1.99. CityPainter's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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

CityPainter costs $1.99 and Only One $0.99 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 Only One. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CityPainter ships an update every 38 months, Only One every 39 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
CityPainter versus Only One: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCityPainterOnly One
Price$1.99$0.99 — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 38 months — betterEvery 39 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB65 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperIvan Cerra de CastroKofi Austin

Customer experience

CityPainter

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

Only One

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

CityPainter

No in-app purchases

None

Only One

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CityPainter free?
CityPainter costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Only One free?
Only One costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CityPainter or Only One?
CityPainter and Only One are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do CityPainter or Only One have ads?
Neither CityPainter nor Only One shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CityPainter or Only One?
CityPainter ships an update every 38 months, and Only One every 39 months. Most recently, CityPainter was updated on November 7, 2026 and Only One on November 3, 2026.

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