Comparison

Rip Them Off vs Multi Modal Transit

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

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About

Rip Them Off

A minimalistic puzzle game where players manage a business empire. Strategically place shops in urban environments to maximize profits and advance through increasingly challenging levels. The game features a unique 1960s art style and a jazzy soundtrack.

Highlights
  • Economic management gameplay
  • Tower defense mechanics
  • Strategic shop placement
  • Increasingly difficult challenges
  • Minimalistic 1960s art style
  • Jazzy soundtrack
Features
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Rip Them Off is a minimalistic new puzzle game of economic management and tower defense. The Board needs its profit, and it’s up to you to line the streets with shops the masses can’t resist. Choose your locations, pick your stores and earn enough to advance up the corporate ladder with its increasingly difficult challenges! -- PRESS -- • Pocket Gamer's Top 25 best tower defense games for iPhone and iPad • "With a gorgeous visual aesthetic, a jazzy soundtrack, and smart puzzle-play, it's hard to find too much fault with Rip Them Off" - Pocket Tactics • "With a minimalist 1960s art style, a capitalist-sceptic theme, and jazzy soundtrack it’s got style" - Metro.co.uk • "Rip Them Off features a beautiful, minimalistic aesthetic” - The Gamer • "Coupled with the lovely 1950s aesthetic it's definitely a game worth keeping an eye on.” - Pocket Gamer -- AWARDS -- • “Pocket Gamer Awards 2021” Finalist for the most innovative game • "TIGA Games Industry Awards 2020" Finalist for best puzzle game, best strategy game & game of the year • "GDC Summer 2020" Artwork selected at GDC Artists gallery --- Message from the Board: --- Welcome [New Hire Name Here]. We’re proud¹ to have you as the newest member² of our [Product Name Here] sales team. Here at [Subsidiary Company Name Here] we’re passionately committed to [Vague Passionate Commitment Here] and we know you are too³. Here at [Company Name] we’re all about giving the people what they want, and what they want is [Product Name] (the ad boys have seen to that!⁴). As a valuable member of our [Company] family⁵ this is where you come in. ¹ Any assertion of pride is purely performative and does not reflect the Board’s opinion of individual employees ² Unless otherwise stated new employees shall be referred to as “Office Drone” ³ Please see Standard Employee Contract section 11b Subsection 12: “Your New Personal Opinions” ⁴ Any suggestion of consumer manipulation by [Company Name] advertising practices is purely hypothetical ⁵ [Company Name] is a registered corporation and not a familial unit. Please see Employee Contract section 154a, “Knowing Your {Lack Of} Rights” -- Choose Maximising profit and satisfying the board will require planning. In each city, utilise suspiciously* empty locations and create an inescapable maze of retail opportunities the masses simply won’t be able to refuse! *not suspicious at all -- Spend Those stores aren’t gonna build themselves*! Make sure to prioritise your earning potential by managing your budget: buy the right stores in the right locations at the right price. *Self-building stores coming in [Unobtainable Release Date Here]! -- Earn Once you build it, they will come. And keep coming! But it’ll take more than one location to satisfy the Board’s exponential profiteering*. Combine locations and store types to really take them for all they’re worth and open up exciting new opportunities around the world! *Year on year growth is currently set at a more-than-reasonable 3015% --- FEATURES --- - An innovative new type of game: Combining puzzle mechanics with tower defence games, Rip Them Off is a new breed of challenge, easy to pick up but hard to master. - Gorgeous design: Evoke your inner Mad Man with 1950s inspired music and graphics. - Addictive gameplay: Each new city provides an increasingly devilish challenge. Can you make it all the way to the biggest metropoles? - Challenge your friends: Who’s the best rip off merchant? Compete against your friends and/or rivals with the leaderboard feature to find out who comes out on top. - Map of the Moment: Hone your capitalistic edge post-launch with Map of the Moment, showcasing revamped versions of your favourite maps with fun modifiers to keep you on your toes. - Go fast or slow: Control the flow of time to make sure your strategies unfold with perfection. - iCloud sync Choose your location, choose your stores, give the people what they want. And of course, don’t forget to… RIP THEM OFF

About

Multi Modal Transit

A traffic and transit puzzle strategy game where you plan and build diverse transportation networks to keep a growing city moving. Overcome traffic jams by strategically placing roads, buses, trains, and more across eleven unique cities.

Highlights
  • Plan roads, bus, tram, train, boat, and monorail networks
  • Solve traffic jams in expanding cities
  • Eleven unique cities with distinct challenges
  • Seven transport modes
  • Sandbox and Custom city design modes
  • Free to play tutorial and campaigns
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Plan roads, build bus, tram, train, boat and monorail networks, and keep a growing city moving. Multi Modal is a traffic and transit puzzle strategy game for iPhone, iPad and Mac. BUILD THE NETWORK BEFORE THE CITY BREAKS Roads fill, traffic builds and the city keeps expanding. Build your road network and public transport network to beat the traffic jams. FREE TO PLAY, NO ADS, NO SUBSCRIPTIONS Play the guided tutorial and the entire London and Stockholm campaigns free, with no time limit, no ads and no account required. One optional purchase permanently unlocks the other cities, plus Sandbox and Custom. ELEVEN CITIES London, Las Vegas, Venice, Rio, Stockholm, Mexico City, San Francisco, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, New York and Medellin. Each has its own geography, layout and transport challenges, from canals and ferries to hills and desert. SEVEN TRANSPORT MODES Car, Bus, Tram, Underground Train, Boats, Monorail and Cable Car. Mix them to serve the city. BEYOND THE CAMPAIGN • Sandbox: play across the cities with no fail state and no limits. Build without the clock. • Custom: design your own city. Choose the terrain, the look, the transport modes and the kinds of buildings that grow. Can you build a network that keeps the city moving?

Screenshots

Rip Them Off4 screens
Multi Modal Transit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Multi Modal Transit at 100% against Rip Them Off's 36%. Multi Modal Transit also leads on price (Free vs $3.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.6). Rip Them Off's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (17 vs 5). On ads and 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

Multi Modal Transit is free to download; Rip Them Off costs $3.99 up front. Multi Modal Transit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Rip Them Off asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Multi Modal Transit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Rip Them Off's written reviews are positive against 100% of Multi Modal Transit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rip Them Off ships an update every 11 days, Multi Modal Transit every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Rip Them Off versus Multi Modal Transit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRip Them OffMulti Modal Transit
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating3.6 (17 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews35.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size180 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLozange LabPatrick Doig

Customer experience

Rip Them Off

All ratings17 ratings
Positive52.9%
Neutral23.5%
Negative23.5%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive35.7%
Neutral21.4%
Negative42.9%

Multi Modal Transit

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Rip Them Off

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Multi Modal Transit

One-time1
  • Multi Modal — The Full Game$3.99

Questions

Is Rip Them Off free?
Rip Them Off costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Multi Modal Transit free?
Multi Modal Transit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Rip Them Off or Multi Modal Transit?
Multi Modal Transit is rated higher. Rip Them Off averages 3.6 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Multi Modal Transit averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Rip Them Off or Multi Modal Transit have ads?
Neither Rip Them Off nor Multi Modal Transit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rip Them Off or Multi Modal Transit?
Rip Them Off ships an update every 11 days, and Multi Modal Transit every 2 days. Most recently, Rip Them Off was updated on November 3, 2026 and Multi Modal Transit on November 6, 2026.

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