Comparison

Pocket City 2 vs War Mongrels

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

Head to head
About

Pocket City 2

Construct and explore a vibrant 3D metropolis, managing zones, landmarks, and special buildings. Live the life of a mayor, from building your own house to surviving disasters and hosting events. Enjoy a dynamic world with seasons, a day-night cycle, and engaging minigames.

Highlights
  • Build unique cities with zones and special buildings
  • Explore your city as an avatar
  • Dynamic environment with seasons and day/night cycle
  • Play minigames like street racing and plane flying
  • Survive disasters and host fun events
  • Customize avatar and become a homeowner
  • Collaborate on cities in real-time
Features
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Build and explore your own city in this 3D sequel to the original Pocket City! Create using roads, zones, landmarks, and special buildings. Drop your avatar into the world and roam freely. Buy your own house, host events, survive disasters, and live the life of a successful mayor! No microtransactions or long wait times, everything is unlocked and rewarded through gameplay! FEATURES - Build a unique city by creating zones and new special buildings - Explore your city by controlling your avatar directly - Enjoy a dynamic environment with seasons and a day night cycle - Play minigames like street racing, plane flying, and much more - Trigger fun events like block parties, or disasters like tornadoes - Complete quests to earn XP and money - Customize your avatar with clothing and tools - Become a homeowner and furnish your own house - Visit buildings in your city to buy items and find loot - Invest and build long-term mega projects - Encounter and help NPCs around your city - Spend research points to gain valuable perks - Invite a friend to collaborate on your city in real-time - Unlock special rewards by competing against rival towns - Unleash your creative side in Sandbox Mode - Play in both landscape and portrait mode

About

War Mongrels

Experience an isometric real-time tactics game set on the Eastern Front of WWII. Guide a team of evolving guerilla fighters against expanding Nazi forces, utilizing unique character skills and an interactive environment. The game offers a grim, historically inspired narrative with a focus on tactical gameplay and replayability.

Highlights
  • Isometric real-time tactics gameplay
  • Historically inspired WWII Eastern Front setting
  • Unique characters with distinct skills
  • Interactive environment for tactical options
  • Stealth, distraction, and combat mechanics
  • High audio-visual quality
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———————————————————— EASTERN · FRONT · OF · WORLD · WAR · II ———————————————————— War Mongrels, or WM, is an isometric real-time tactics game that takes place on the eastern front of World War II. This part of the war has been receiving less attention in gaming, even though it ended or changed a considerable number of lives and brought forward many stories of courage, comradery, but also further proof of twisted societies and the darkest parts of the human character. War Mongrels builds its foundations on these two opposing mental forces. First driven by propaganda, our heroes soon find their purpose in fighting back the expanding Nazi forces that entangled them in the international conflict in the first place. From boys to men in days, they open their eyes to the atrocities of war and find their purpose in the fight to prevent further meaningless killing. ——————————— AMBIGUOUS · HEROES ——————————— The heavily history-inspired storyline guides players through the journey of two Wehrmacht soldiers as they go from deserters to hefty guerilla fighters. Their team expands as they meet new characters who support the same cause. As the goal of every hero is to save others and hopefully survive, our heroes strive to prevent the deaths of innocent people instead of getting away from the war as originally intended. And as each character has their own set of skills and advantages, players must learn to combine them effectively to outsmart the enemy during a variety of missions in a changing environment. Sneaking, distraction, silent kills, and using the environment are some of the main skills players will have to take to heart, but a stock of firearms will also be available and useful in completing mission objectives. ————————— MAIN · FEATURES ————————— Historical lesson – Events, dates, locations, weapons, uniforms, in-game historical articles, and much more. Use force! – Have you been spotted? Draw your weapon and try to shoot your way out! Unique team - Each character has their own personality, background, and skills to use during the journey. Take or break – Interactive environment that opens up many tactical options. Replay value – Try different tactics in each mission, play alone, or with different friends. Dark world – War is hell, and War Mongrels doesn’t sugar coat anything. Infernal storyline – As grim as the bloody trenches where dead soldiers remain after battle. Just wow! – Audio-visual quality like you’ve never seen in an RTT game before.

Screenshots

Pocket City 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pocket City 2 at $4.99 against War Mongrels's $19.99. Pocket City 2 also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.2) and review sentiment (80% vs 54%). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

Pocket City 2 costs $4.99 and War Mongrels $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pocket City 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket City 2 has 809 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Pocket City 2's written reviews are positive against 54% of War Mongrels's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Pocket City 2 versus War Mongrels: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket City 2War Mongrels
Price$4.99 — better$19.99
Rating4.6 (809 ratings) — better3.2 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews79.7% of reviews — better54.2% of reviews
Number of ratings809 — better12
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank#31 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad, Mac
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size304 MB3.7 GB
Age rating9+17+
DeveloperCodebrew Games Inc.Virtual Programming Ltd

Customer experience

Pocket City 2

All ratings800 ratings
Positive90.3%
Neutral4.8%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews536 reviews
Positive79.7%
Neutral10.4%
Negative9.9%

War Mongrels

All ratings11 ratings
Positive45.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative54.5%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive54.2%
Neutral12.5%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Pocket City 2

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Crashes when entering certain buildings
  • Graphical glitches and disappearing elements
  • Freezing and performance issues with larger cities
  • Bugs with regional city and money transfer features
  • Issues with road building and placement

Requested features

6 requests
  • More building styles and architectural variety
  • Improved traffic management and transportation options
  • Expanded regional city functionality
  • Mayor customization and more interactive features
  • Better save/load and cross-device syncing
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  • Optimization for older devices

War Mongrels

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Pocket City 2

No in-app purchases

None

War Mongrels

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pocket City 2 free?
Pocket City 2 costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is War Mongrels free?
War Mongrels costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pocket City 2 or War Mongrels?
Pocket City 2 is rated higher. Pocket City 2 averages 4.6 out of 5 from 809 ratings, while War Mongrels averages 3.2 from 12 ratings.
Do Pocket City 2 or War Mongrels have ads?
Neither Pocket City 2 nor War Mongrels shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pocket City 2 or War Mongrels?
Pocket City 2 ships an update weekly, and War Mongrels weekly. Most recently, Pocket City 2 was updated on November 11, 2026 and War Mongrels on November 3, 2026.

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