Rytmos vs Close Cities
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rytmos
Solve maze puzzles to create evolving musical compositions. Explore planets, discover new sounds, and unlock musical toys. This relaxing game also offers insights into music history.
- Maze puzzle gameplay
- Music creation
- Planet exploration
- Unlockable musical toys
- Music history facts
- Expansion pack included
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Rytmos is a relaxing puzzle game, where you create music by solving maze puzzles. Travel from planet to planet and discover new music. Solve the puzzles on each side of the cubic planets and create small musical loops that slowly evolves into full music compositions. Unlock 20+ musical toys and jam on top of the planet music. Learn a bit of rare music history while playing the game. This version of the game now includes a large expansion pack.
Close Cities
Build beautiful cities on diverse worlds by solving unique puzzles. This relaxing game guides you through 160 levels with a simple tap or drag interface, requiring no architectural knowledge. Conquer each world's challenges and travel through time with its calming soundtrack.
- Build cities on empty maps
- Solve 160 unique puzzle levels
- Intuitive tap and drag controls
- No architectural knowledge needed
- Travel through different worlds
- Relaxing music and pace
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Close Cities is a relaxing logic puzzle: build cities along the roads and give every road exactly the cities it needs. Easy to learn, hard to put down. HOW TO PLAY • The number next to each road shows how many cities it needs. • Every city must touch a road, and it can't be on two roads at once. • Cities can't touch side by side; diagonally is fine. • Tap or drag to build. When a city is valid, it lights up in color. 480 LEVELS, TWO MODES • Kingdoms: travel through different eras of history and build each king's empire. • Empires: cities of different sizes and roads that ask for new combinations. AT YOUR OWN PACE • No timer, no rush: think every move through calmly. • Relaxing music and a clean, charming art style. • Play offline: on the subway, while traveling or before bed. • Stuck? Ask for a hint. FOR EVERYONE • A quick tutorial teaches you the rules in a minute. • If you like sudoku and logic puzzles, you'll love it. • Free, with a one-time purchase to remove ads. Close Cities is made by The Pangry, the creators of Broki.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Close Cities at 4.8 against Rytmos's 3.6. Close Cities also leads on review sentiment (69% vs 48%) and ratings volume (365 vs 62). Rytmos's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#172 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Rytmos sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Close Cities sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Close Cities holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Close Cities has 365 ratings behind it against 62, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Rytmos's written reviews are positive against 69% of Close Cities's.
Rytmos ships an update every 2 months, Close Cities monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rytmos | Close Cities |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (62 ratings) | 4.8 (365 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.7% of reviews | 69.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 62 | 365 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #172 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 730 MB | 165 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Floppy Club | Juan Manuel Altamirano Argudo |
Customer experience
Rytmos
Close Cities
Bugs and requests
Rytmos
Reported bugs
15 issues- App crashes on startup
- Black screen on launch
- Game freezes during purchase process
- Purchases not syncing across devices
- No sound issues
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- Levels not clickable after completion
- Graphical clipping issues
- Unintended solutions in puzzles
- Input latency in jam section
- Slider cube off-screen on certain devices/planets
- Words/text not displaying correctly
- Game not loading on older iPhones
- App closes unexpectedly
- Purchase verification issues
- Demo version not unlocking full game after purchase
Requested features
10 requests- Add multi-touch functionality for instruments
- Improve jam section responsiveness
- Allow viewing instrument history after unlock
- Port to VR
- Add more free levels or planets
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- Fix display issues with button text
- Improve clarity on how sounds overlap
- Make the game more accessible to non-musicians
- Add challenges to extend playtime
- Consider a full game with ads instead of a high upfront cost
Close Cities
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rytmos
- Unlock the galaxy$4.99
Close Cities
- Hints - Small Pack$0.99
- Hints - Medium Pack$2.99
- Remove Ads + Hints$4.99
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- Hints - Big Pack$5.99
