Comparison

Urban City Stories vs Field Notes Study Guide

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

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About

Urban City Stories

Explore a vibrant city, create unique stories, and live out different roles. Customize characters with fashionable outfits and share your adventures with friends. Enjoy a safe, ad-free environment designed for family fun.

Highlights
  • Free play mode
  • Interactive city locations
  • Character customization
  • New camera mode
  • Family-friendly environment
Features
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Break your daily routine, escape to a new city and create a whole new life in Urban City Stories where you will live unprecedented and exciting experiences. Amazing places to explore await you, full of secrets to discover and new neighbors to meet. Welcome to your very own city! Experience the freedom to play your way and with your rules in everyday life in a vibrant metropolis, where its captivating places will inspire your imagination to create the most unforgettable stories. Take charge of the day-to-day life of a family in their urban apartment, take care of replenishing the products of the supermarket, be the police chief, or a banker, would you like to escape to the youth club and organize an unforgettable party? Or would you rather become a superhero and save the whole city? You will have at your disposal the most fashionable clothing store, where you can experiment with dozens of different clothes, accessories and hairstyles. And because urban life is always better when you share it, show off your outfit with friends and family using the new camera feature, where you can capture the magical moments that occur in Urban City Stories. Features - Free play mode without specific pressures or objectives. Your city, your rules. - Locations full of characters and interactions: A huge city with police station, supermarket, bank, café, fashion store, metro station, apartment, traditional house and a youth club. - 30 different characters that you can customize as you want with different hairstyles and colors of hair and skin, and dozens of clothes and accessories such as hats and shoes so you can create thousands of different combinations. - New camera mode so you can save and share the best moments that happen in your stories. The free game includes the city streets, 2 indoor locations and 10 characters for you to play unlimited and try the possibilities of the game. Once you're sure, you'll be able to enjoy the full version with a unique purchase, which will unlock all locations and characters in the game forever. About SUBARA   SUBARA games have been developed to be enjoyed by all members of the family, regardless of their age. We promote responsible social values and healthy habits in a safe and controlled environment without violence or advertisements from third parties.

About

Field Notes Study Guide

Explore quantum field theory through interactive labs and an AI tutor. Learn physics concepts from basic oscillators to the Standard Model with explanations, real-time simulations, and progress tracking based on understanding.

Highlights
  • Interactive physics labs
  • AI-powered tutor
  • Math-honest explanations
  • Real-time simulations
  • Progress tracking by understanding
  • Full curriculum access
Features
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Field Notes rebuilds quantum field theory the way it was actually discovered — starting from something you can see and calculate: a mass on a spring. From that single oscillator, you follow one continuous thread through normal modes, Fourier synthesis, continuum fields, Lagrangian mechanics, canonical quantization, and on to particles as excitations of a field — and, in the full curriculum, gauge fields and the Standard Model. Every concept pairs three things: - A clear, math-honest explanation with properly typeset equations - An interactive lab you manipulate in real time — change a mass, a spring constant, or a wave number and watch the physics respond - A grounded AI tutor that answers using an approved physics source packet, and returns uncertainty instead of inventing citations Progress is paced by understanding, not seat time. Each concept asks you to predict, calculate, and explain to earn mastery evidence, so you always know what you actually understand. Field Notes is for people who want the real thing — undergraduates, self-learners, and the endlessly curious — not another set of surface-level animations. Create a free account with Sign in with Apple or Google to start, including a free preview of the first concept. Field Notes Pro - Unlocks the full guided curriculum and the AI tutor - $0.99 per month, with a 7-day free trial - Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription auto-renews monthly unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://fieldnotestudy.guide/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Urban City Stories4 screens
Field Notes Study Guide3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Urban City Stories at Free against Field Notes Study Guide's $0.99. Urban City Stories also leads on ratings volume (55K vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). Field Notes Study Guide's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.4). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and iOS requirement 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

Urban City Stories is free to download; Field Notes Study Guide costs $0.99 up front. Urban City Stories sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Field Notes Study Guide sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Field Notes Study Guide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Urban City Stories has 55K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Urban City Stories versus Field Notes Study Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUrban City StoriesField Notes Study Guide
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.4 (55K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings55K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size228 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSUBARA LimitedAndres Salazar

Bugs and requests

Urban City Stories

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Characters reset after exiting the game
  • Glitches with character movement and interactions

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free locations and buildings
  • Character creator and customization
  • Ability to save progress
  • Additional gameplay modes and activities

Field Notes Study Guide

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Urban City Stories

One-time1
  • Full offline game for kids$5.99
1 purchases

Field Notes Study Guide

Subscriptions1
  • QFT Guide7 Days trial$0.991 Month

Questions

Is Urban City Stories free?
Urban City Stories is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Field Notes Study Guide free?
Field Notes Study Guide costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Urban City Stories or Field Notes Study Guide?
Field Notes Study Guide is rated higher. Urban City Stories averages 4.4 out of 5 from 55K ratings, while Field Notes Study Guide averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Urban City Stories or Field Notes Study Guide have ads?
Neither Urban City Stories nor Field Notes Study Guide shows ads.

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