Settlement Survival vs Vicinity Online
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Settlement Survival
Lead your people in a survival city-builder focused on management and production. Reclaim land, gather resources, construct buildings, and develop trade to ensure your settlement's prosperity. Manage your population's growth and choose your development path to success.
- Population and production management
- Multiple development paths (mining, agriculture, construction, trading)
- Resource gathering and construction
- Caravan trading system
- Unlock unique technologies and items
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Settlement Survival is a survival city-builder with a focus on management and production. Lead your people as they reclaim land, sow crops, hunt beasts, gather resources, construct buildings, trade valuable resources, and expand their homes. Their success is the key to your settlement's prosperity. [POPULATION AND PRODUCTION] Your population is the core element of production and development, but beware — plagues from other lands, an aging population, or baby booms could upend your society. [CHOOSE YOUR DEVELOPMENT] Mining, agriculture, construction, trading — each development path offers its own benefits. Choose freely and play to your strengths to build your industry step by step. [DEVELOP YOUR TRADE] Short on resources? No need to worry! Just send a caravan to trade with various nearby powers. Trade is key to your population's survival, all while unlocking unique technologies and items.
Vicinity Online
Build a vast space empire in this persistent sci-fi MMO. Construct planetary infrastructure, command fleets, trade resources, and engage in player-driven conflict to control a living galaxy. Focuses on long-term progression and strategic planning.
- Build and expand space empire
- Construct planetary infrastructure
- Mine and manage resources
- Command specialized ship fleets
- Scan systems for intelligence
- Player-driven economy and trading
- Engage in player vs. player combat
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Build your empire among the stars. Vicinity Online is a persistent sci-fi MMO where players construct powerful economies, command fleets, trade resources, and compete for control across a living galaxy. Humanity has reached deep space, but expansion is no longer peaceful. Every star system holds opportunity. Every resource has value. Every fleet movement can shift the balance of power. Develop your planetary infrastructure, extract valuable resources, manage energy production, and expand your influence across star systems. Build mines, depots, energy facilities, and production chains to fuel your growing empire. Command fleets of specialized ships and send them across the galaxy to defend your territory, support your allies, or strike at your enemies. Battles are shaped by preparation, intelligence, fleet composition, and strategic timing. The galaxy is driven by players. Trade resources, scan star systems, monitor fleet activity, compete over valuable positions, and participate in an evolving economy where every decision matters. Explore a universe built around long-term progression, strategic planning, and player conflict. Features: • Build and expand your space empire • Construct buildings and develop planetary infrastructure • Mine and manage resources used for growth, trade, and warfare • Build and command fleets of specialized ships • Scan systems and gather intelligence on planets and enemy activity • Trade resources and participate in a player-driven economy • Fight other players for resources, influence, and strategic control • Progress through long-term upgrades, skills, and empire development The stars are open. The galaxy is waiting. Build, trade, scout, command, and conquer in Vicinity Online.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Vicinity Online at Free against Settlement Survival's $5.99. Vicinity Online also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.1) and review sentiment (67% vs 34%). Settlement Survival's advantage is ratings volume (49 vs 3) and chart position (#108 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Vicinity Online is free to download; Settlement Survival costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Vicinity Online holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Settlement Survival has 49 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of Settlement Survival's written reviews are positive against 67% of Vicinity Online's.
Settlement Survival ships an update fortnightly, Vicinity Online every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Settlement Survival | Vicinity Online |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.1 (49 ratings) | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.3% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 49 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #108 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 572 MB | 129 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | X.D. Network Inc. | Konrad Machlowski |
Customer experience
Settlement Survival
Vicinity Online
Bugs and requests
Settlement Survival
Reported bugs
18 issues- Game crashes every 5-15 minutes during gameplay
- Crashes specifically when building pastures
- Crashes during auto-save process
- UI freezes and becomes unresponsive
- Build bar disappears randomly
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- Cannot interact with UI elements after certain actions
- Save function crashes without saving progress
- Game crashes on settlement creation
- Progress deleted after crashes
- Trees remain visible after being felled
- Graves invisible in graveyards
- UI text displays in Chinese despite language settings
- Bonus spots not showing on new maps
- Tooltip/help menu gets stuck and blocks interaction
- Controls are backwards for zoom and rotate
- Buttons positioned off-screen on certain devices
- No weather effects displaying in-game
- Inconsistent auto-save timing causes progress loss
Requested features
13 requests- Fix crashing at higher population levels
- Add weather system (rain, thunderstorms, day/night cycle)
- Include combat mode from PC version
- Implement manual save button
- Improve UI scaling for different screen sizes
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- Add offline play capability
- Improve tutorial for mobile controls
- Add search function for buildings
- Make UI elements resizable or minimizable
- Cross-save support between iPhone and iPad
- Port to Nintendo Switch
- Add enemy towns or alliance system
- Extend technology tree beyond Renaissance age
Vicinity Online
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Settlement Survival
No in-app purchases
Vicinity Online
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Settlement Survival free?
Is Vicinity Online free?
Which has better reviews, Settlement Survival or Vicinity Online?
Do Settlement Survival or Vicinity Online have ads?
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