Comparison

Car Smashers vs Squirrel City

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

Head to head
About

Car Smashers

Features
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You are constantly moving a vehicle with a fixed steering wheel back and forth with right-left or joystick control. You constantly crash into the enemy vehicle, inflicting damage and taking damage. Just because your opponents are good at you doesn't mean you are good. You have to get better by constantly upgrading. Come on, show them whose car is better. Have fun

About

Squirrel City

Build a charming treetop town for a community of squirrels. Manage their unique personalities, jobs, and relationships while navigating seasonal changes and gentle politics. Visit friends' towns and leave gifts.

Highlights
  • Build treetop structures
  • Manage squirrel personalities and relationships
  • Engage in seasonal activities and festivals
  • Participate in gentle town politics and elections
  • Visit and gift friends' towns
  • Experience dynamic weather and day/night cycles
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A cozy game about a small town in the trees and the squirrels who live there. Build a treetop town. Place burrows, leaf tents, lanterns, benches, twig bridges, and a growing list of community structures — apothecaries, hot springs, meeting trees, trading posts, watchtowers, storm cellars, acorn libraries, memorial groves. Three structures bring your first squirrel. After that, more arrive when there is room. Meet the squirrels. Each one has a unique personality drawn from eighteen traits — Romantic, Industrious, Forgetful, Brave, Loud, Anxious, Loyal, Storyteller, Hoarder, Generous, Lookout, and more. They form friendships, develop rivalries, fall for each other, and sometimes cannot stand each other. They want things from you. They have jobs that matter. The journal keeps you posted on the small dramas: "Hazel and Pip have started exploring together most days." "Mochi and Sorrel sit near each other quietly. Neither of them has to say much." "Pip wants more storage. They've outgrown their burrow." Gather. Take walks to meadows, creeks, the old oak. Try the Acorn Toss for rhythm catches. Run a Bird Heist for premium materials. Each style favors different traits — Athletic squirrels excel at the Toss, Brave squirrels at the Heist, Sleepy ones still love a long walk. Weather. Storms roll in occasionally. You have a minute to reinforce, then the storm hits. Buildings can be damaged. The city repairs them. Late summer brings a drought. Winter brings stillness. The light changes through the day — dawn warm, midday bright, dusk amber, night cool. Politics, gently. As your city grows, squirrels with shared traits coalesce into Coalitions: Pip's Saving Society, Hazel's Open Hand, Bramble's Wandering Order. They form positions, deliver respectful petitions, and have quiet words at the Meeting Tree. Every fourteen days, an election. Squirrels declare. Coalitions endorse. You vote alongside the city. The winning Mayor proposes decrees — rationing, repair days, festivals, night watches. You accept or veto. The city remembers both ways. Visiting strangers pass through. Welcome them. Help them along with a small donation. Or let them quietly move on. Festivals. Bloom in late spring. The Long Day in midsummer, when the sun never quite sets. Harvest in autumn — the gathering games yield more, and the city celebrates. The Lantern Vigil in winter, when the memorials glow and the city remembers each squirrel who came before, by name. Visit your friends. Trade your invite code with a real friend. Visit their city in 3D. Leave a bench, a lantern, or a small note as a gift. They get notified. Your contributions live in their world. Your name stays attached. Remember. Squirrels age. When one passes, a small wooden marker stays where they were last seen, glowing softly in the city forever. On the anniversary of their passing, the Memorial Grove glows. The journal honors who they were. If they were Mayor, the city invokes their decrees specifically. Their causes can outlive them — when a Coalition's anchor passes, sometimes a successor emerges and the cause continues, just quieter now. The tone, always. Earnest, never cynical. Personal, never abstract. Tender, never aggressive. Squirrels disagree; they don't fight. They have "words." They go home sad or lighter or thoughtful. Even rivalries are loving — they care enough to disagree. Squirrel City is free. No ads. No in-app purchases. No tracking. No data sold. Designed for daily check-ins, not all-day playing. Your city syncs across your devices. Made by one person who cares about cozy games.

Screenshots

Car Smashers4 screens
Squirrel City4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Squirrel City at none against Car Smashers's shown. Squirrel City also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 20 months). Car Smashers's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.6). On price and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Car Smashers ships an update every 20 months, Squirrel City weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Car Smashers versus Squirrel City: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCar SmashersSquirrel City
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 20 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size125 MB5 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developeromer cetinKevin Stewart

In-app purchases

None

Car Smashers

No in-app purchases

None

Squirrel City

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Car Smashers free?
Car Smashers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Squirrel City free?
Squirrel City is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Car Smashers or Squirrel City have ads?
Car Smashers shows ads; Squirrel City does not.
Which is updated more often, Car Smashers or Squirrel City?
Car Smashers ships an update every 20 months, and Squirrel City weekly. Most recently, Car Smashers was updated on November 7, 2026 and Squirrel City on October 31, 2026.

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