Sato Code vs City Chase
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sato Code
Embark on a city-wide adventure game where you solve puzzles and follow clues to reach a final challenge. Gather a team and use your phone to navigate and interact with installations.
- City-wide adventure game
- Sequential puzzle solving
- Clue-based progression
- Team play (2-4 players)
- Interactive installations
- 24/7 access to trails
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Like an Escape Room, but instead of one Room, it goes over a whole City. The adventure usually starts somewhere in the center. At the start, you will discover the first clue. When you solve that puzzle, it points you to the second challenge. Each challenge will be a bit more difficult than the last one. And the final station will be the hardest. You have to find all the station to succeed. And the clues can be anywhere: A particular piece hanging in a gallery. A hidden message on a tape in a record store. A code between the lines of a graffiti. This app will help you on your way. It shows when you’re close to a station. And you can control some installations. To start, gather a team of 2-4 players. Each player shuld be equipped with the app on his phone and charged batteries. All trails are open 24/7. Good luck.
City Chase
This game transforms your city into a real-life hide-and-seek arena. One player is Mr. X, trying to evade Detectives who must work together to find and capture them. It's a fun way to get active outdoors with friends.
- Real-life hide-and-seek gameplay
- Outdoor city exploration
- Mr. X vs. Detectives roles
- Live location tracking
- Capture mechanics
- Group play for 3+ players
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One of you is Mr X. Everyone else is out to catch you. Your whole city is the board. City Chase turns real streets into a live game of hide and seek. Mr X has to survive. The detectives have to hunt them down, but Mr X only flashes onto their map for a second every few minutes. The rest of the time you're guessing where they went. It's good for birthdays, parties, team events, or a normal afternoon with friends. You need one phone each and a bit of nerve. HOW IT WORKS • Draw your play area on the map. A park, a few streets, or the whole city centre. Any shape you like, not a fixed circle. • Pick roles: one Mr X, everyone else detectives (3+ players). • Mr X gets a head start to disappear. • Every few minutes Mr X's location shows on the live map, then it's gone again. • Get close enough and a detective makes the catch. Last until the timer runs out and Mr X wins. WHY PEOPLE PLAY IT • Your city, your rules. Draw any shape of play area, not the fixed circle other apps force on you. • Real running around, not tapping a screen. Hide and seek at the scale of a whole city. • A live map for every detective, with timed reveals that keep it close to the last second. • Set your own area and game length, from ten minutes to a full afternoon. MORE CHAOS WITH BOOSTERS Unlock the boosted game and add 10 boosters: make Mr X vanish off the map, set traps, freeze the detectives, or reveal their location early. Round up your friends, pick your patch, and find out who catches Mr X. Note: City Chase uses your precise location (including in the background) to run the game in real time. Keep an eye on real traffic while you play. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Sato Code and City Chase both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Sato Code's written reviews are positive against 60% of City Chase's. Sato Code also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. City Chase sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Sato Code asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Sato Code against 5.0 for City Chase. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Sato Code's written reviews are positive against 60% of City Chase's.
Sato Code ships an update every 3 weeks, City Chase fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sato Code | City Chase |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 242 MB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | ocha | Mykhailo Liutov |
Customer experience
Sato Code
City Chase
In-app purchases
Sato Code
No in-app purchases
City Chase
- Mini Pack$0.99
- Single Game$1.99
- Super Pack$1.99
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- Hyper Pack$2.99
- Day Pass$4.99









