Comparison

Urban Rivals vs Codex GameHawk

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

Head to head
About

Urban Rivals

Build a strategic deck of cards to battle opponents in fast-paced matches. Collect and trade over 2500 unique characters, each with their own evolutions and stories. Progress through various game modes, complete missions, and earn rewards to upgrade your collection.

Highlights
  • Strategic deck building
  • Fast-paced card battles
  • Collectible characters
  • Trading and collection
  • Multiple game modes
  • Character evolution and upgrades
Features
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SIMPLE A surprisingly simple concept: boost your cards' power with PILLZ! Starting from this solid foundation, build the most strategic deck to triumph over your opponents in no less than six varied game modes, with a maximum duration of 4 minutes per match! DYNAMIC In Clint City, play solo with Rift mode and the Training Bot, or multiplayer with the classic Pillz mode. No matter what, you'll make progress and reach new heights! Collection and trading are everywhere, and every 2 weeks, new characters make their debut! UNIQUE Urban Rivals stands out for its variety of gameplay and artistic direction. With its bold style, the imaginary city of Clint City will never leave you indifferent. Whatever your play style, Urban Rivals will offer you a unique collectible card game experience. ADDICTIVE Urban Rivals offers you more than 2500 characters, each with their own evolutions and stories. The more missions you complete, the more rewards you earn to upgrade your characters, boost your Collection Grade, and increase your Season Level! JOIN THE URBAN RIVALS COMMUNITY on Discord: https://discord.gg/CryCgjWjnb For any issues with Urban Rivals, feel free to contact support here: moderator@urban-rivals.com Describe the issues you’re experiencing, and let us know the device and operating system version you’re using. Languages available: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese (European and Brazilian), Polish, Russian, Dutch, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Japanese.

About

Codex GameHawk

Features
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GameHawk keeps a hawk's eye on every deal. Connect your Steam, GOG, PlayStation and Nintendo accounts and get one overview of the games you own, one wishlist across your stores, key prices from trusted shops, and a push notification the moment a game drops to the price you want. YOUR WHOLE LIBRARY IN ONE VAULT • Every game you own on Steam, GOG, PlayStation and Nintendo in a single cover grid • Playtime per game and total hours played (Steam and PlayStation) • Find your backlog: filter to unplayed games or sort by most played • Search your library and filter by store ONE WISHLIST ACROSS YOUR STORES • The wishlists of all your connected stores merged into one list • Current price, regular price and discount for every game • All-time low badges, so you know when a price is as good as it has ever been REAL DEALS, RANKED BY WHAT YOU SAVE • The Deals tab shows the wishlist games that are on sale right now • Sort by biggest saving, lowest price or title, and see which deals are all-time lows • Open any game in its store with one tap KEY DEALS • See the cheapest game key or code for every game on your wishlist • Compare it with the store price and see how much you save • Every offer shows the shop, where the key activates and its region • Authorized shops only by default; turn on marketplaces in Settings for more offers • Tap an offer to open it on GG.deals PRICE ALERTS THAT WATCH FOR YOU • Set the price you are willing to pay for any game on your wishlist • GameHawk checks store prices for you every day and sends a push when a game hits your price • Tap the bell on your Wishlist to see which alerts have been met and which are still waiting GAME DETAILS • Tap a game for its description, developer, publisher, release date, supported systems and languages ALSO ON THE WEB • See your Vault, Wishlist and deals on a big screen at game-hawk.com • Signing in on the web is approved from your phone, so no password is typed in a browser PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Sign in with Apple or Google • You connect your stores on your own device. Your store logins stay on your phone and are never sent to GameHawk • Delete your account and its data at any time from Settings HAWK TIERS GameHawk is free to use as a Bronze Hawk: one connected store at a time and up to two deal alerts a day. • Silver Hawk (auto-renewing subscription, billed every 3 months): all your stores at once, every deal alert, custom price alerts and Key deals • Golden Hawk (one-time purchase): everything in Silver Hawk, for life Silver Hawk is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase and renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel the subscription in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://shin.ro/toc Privacy Policy: https://shin.ro/codex-gamehawk-privacy-policy GameHawk is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Valve, Steam, GOG, Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, Epic Games, CD PROJEKT or GG.deals. Key prices are provided by GG.deals. All trademarks belong to their owners.

Screenshots

Urban Rivals4 screens
Codex GameHawk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Urban Rivals at 15.0 against Codex GameHawk's 26.2. On price, update cadence, ads 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. Urban Rivals sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Codex GameHawk sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 3 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Urban Rivals ships an update every 3 weeks, Codex GameHawk every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Urban Rivals versus Codex GameHawk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUrban RivalsCodex GameHawk
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (541 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings541 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size375 MB16 MB
Age rating+124+
DeveloperAcute GamesShinro OU

Bugs and requests

Urban Rivals

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to create or edit decks on mobile
  • Frequent crashes and network issues
  • Incorrect card information and banned cards

Requested features

4 requests
  • VR mode
  • Cross-platform play
  • Better deck building and card management tools
  • Improved tournament and event systems

Codex GameHawk

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Urban Rivals

One-time10
  • 30 credits$0.99
  • 90 credits$3.99
  • Bundle 1$9.99
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  • 270 credits$9.99
  • bundle 2$19.99
  • Bundle 8$22.99
  • Bundle 3$29.99
  • 810 credits$29.99
  • Bundle 4$49.99
  • 2430 credits$79.99
2 purchases

Codex GameHawk

Subscriptions1
  • Silver Hawk$5.993 Months
One-time1
  • Golden Hawk$29.99

Questions

Is Urban Rivals free?
Urban Rivals is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Codex GameHawk free?
Codex GameHawk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Urban Rivals or Codex GameHawk have ads?
Neither Urban Rivals nor Codex GameHawk shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Urban Rivals or Codex GameHawk?
Urban Rivals ships an update every 3 weeks, and Codex GameHawk every 2 weeks. Most recently, Urban Rivals was updated on November 6, 2026 and Codex GameHawk on November 5, 2026.

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