Comparison

Brictopia vs Brick Forge

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

Head to head
About

Brictopia

Design and construct your dream brick city from scratch. Create detailed buildings and share your urban masterpieces with friends. Enjoy a creative building experience without any in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • Build detailed brick cities
  • Drag-and-drop interface
  • No in-app purchases
  • Share creations with friends
  • Collaborate with Wi-Fi
Features
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Welcome to Brictopia! Have you ever wanted to build your very own brick city but don't have the space? Build and share your very own cities by creating every detail from the ground up - skyscrapers, fire stations, taxis - if you can dream it you can build it in Brictopia! * No in-app purchases - everything is unlocked by playing the game and exploring! * Build together with Wi-Fi - use BrictopiaTV to show your city on the big screen and collaborate with family and friends. * Share your creations with friends. Brictopia is brought to you by the creators of Bricasso, and uses the same easy-to-build interface that made Bricasso so popular. Build individual models or the layout to your city using the same easy drag-and-drop interface.

About

Brick Forge

Create anything imaginable in a 3D brick-building sandbox, then explore your creations in first-person Walk Mode. Features hundreds of pieces, themed collections, and adjustable glowing parts. Offers creative freedom with no timers or pressure.

Highlights
  • 3D brick-building sandbox
  • First-person Walk Mode exploration
  • Hundreds of building pieces
  • Themed collections
  • Adjustable glowing parts
  • Philips Hue smart light integration
  • Unlimited creation saving
Features
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Brick Forge — build it, then walk inside it. Brick Forge is a 3D brick-building sandbox where you create anything you can imagine, brick by brick — from cozy houses and city streets to floating castles, race cars, neon-lit diners, and tiny dioramas. Then step into your build in first-person Walk Mode and explore it like a real space. NEW IN 1.2.6 • 75+ NEW pieces across every category • Animals: dogs, cats, rabbits, deer • Glowing parts: neon signs, disco balls, lighthouses, marquee lights, candles, paper lanterns • Kitchen, modern decor, vehicles, domes, and more • Walk through doors, arches, and gates in Walk Mode • Customizable light colors for lamps, signs, sirens, and bonfires WALK MODE — STEP INTO YOUR BUILD Switch from build view to first-person Walk Mode and explore your creation as if you were really there. Walk down city streets, climb ramps, open doors, and watch how light, scale, and detail come alive. Build a town, then take a stroll through it. HUNDREDS OF BRICKS, INFINITE POSSIBILITIES • Hundreds of pieces: bricks, plates, slopes, wedges, curves, tiles, doors, windows, vehicles, animals, plants, decor, electronics, and lights • Themed collections: city, building, vehicles, nature, decor, robotics, electronics • Glowing parts with adjustable colors — paint your night • Realistic shadows, dynamic lighting, smooth physics • Free placement, snap-to-grid, color picker, mirror tools CREATIVE FREEDOM, ZERO PRESSURE • No timers, no quests, no forced tutorials • Save unlimited creations to your gallery • Share screenshots in seconds • Family-friendly — no violence, no scary content • Perfect 5-minute breaks or hours-long deep builds PERFECT FOR • Creative builders of all ages • Fans of construction toys, brick-building games, voxel sandboxes, and dollhouses • Diorama makers, miniature city builders, and architects-in-training • Solo creators or families building together INTUITIVE 3D CONTROLS Designed for touch from day one. Pinch to rotate, drag to place, tap to paint. No menus to wrestle with — just build. FREE TO PLAY Brick Forge is free to download and play. Optional brick packs unlock premium themed collections to expand your creative possibilities. PRIVACY-FIRST No sign-up, no personal accounts, no nonsense. Manage all preferences in Settings → Ad Privacy Settings. Build your world. Walk into it. One brick at a time. PHILIPS HUE SYNC — LIGHT UP YOUR ROOM Bring your builds into the real world. Connect Philips Hue smart lights through your Hue Bridge on the same Wi-Fi network, then turn on Hue Sync from the home screen. Your room follows the action — brick colors as you place pieces, scene ambience in Walk Mode, soft celebration lighting when you finish a chapter, and animated effects for glowing signs, traffic lights, and weather builds. Pause or remove Hue Sync anytime. — Need help? Visit forgeharborstudios.com or email forgeharborstudios@gmail.com Follow Brick Forge: • Website: forgeharborstudios.com

Screenshots

Brictopia4 screens
Brick Forge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Brick Forge at Free against Brictopia's $0.99. Brick Forge also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and update cadence (weekly vs every 20 months). Brictopia's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

Brick Forge is free to download; Brictopia costs $0.99 up front. Brick Forge sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Brictopia asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Brick Forge holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Brictopia's written reviews are positive against 100% of Brick Forge's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brictopia ships an update every 20 months, Brick Forge weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Brictopia versus Brick Forge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrictopiaBrick Forge
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 20 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB146 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLemur SoftwareErhan Kuzey

Customer experience

Brictopia

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Brick Forge

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Brictopia

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Brick Forge

One-time6
  • City Pack$0.49
  • Vehicle Pack$0.49
  • Nature Pack$0.49
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  • Building Pack$0.49
  • Decor Pack$0.49
  • Bundle All Themes$1.95

Questions

Is Brictopia free?
Brictopia costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Brick Forge free?
Brick Forge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Brictopia or Brick Forge?
Brick Forge is rated higher. Brictopia averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Brick Forge averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Brictopia or Brick Forge have ads?
Brick Forge shows ads; Brictopia does not.
Which is updated more often, Brictopia or Brick Forge?
Brictopia ships an update every 20 months, and Brick Forge weekly. Most recently, Brictopia was updated on October 7, 2026 and Brick Forge on October 2, 2026.

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