Comparison

Virtual City Playground HD vs BacteriAR

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

Head to head
About

Virtual City Playground HD

Design and manage your dream metropolis by constructing diverse buildings, setting up transportation, and organizing public events. Grow your city with unique landmarks and complete hundreds of quests and achievements.

Highlights
  • Build dwellings and industrial buildings
  • Manufacture and deliver retail goods
  • Set up mass transit systems
  • Recycle garbage and plant trees
  • Construct unique skyscrapers and landmarks
  • Complete over 500 quests
  • Earn nearly 200 achievements
Features
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Build the city of your dreams… and then run it in Virtual City Playground®: Building Tycoon! ● Build dwellings and industrial buildings. ● Manufacture a variety of retail goods and deliver them to your sleek and enticing shopping malls. ● Set up a mass transit system to transport your city dwellers to parks, cinemas, stadiums and more. ● Make your city greener and healthier by recycling garbage, planting trees, upgrading buildings and adding hospitals and fire stations. ● Reward your happy, responsible citizens by organizing truly spectacular public events for them! ● Take your city to towering new heights! Construct well-designed Apartment Towers, an Eco Skyscraper, an Airport, a Stadium, a Casino, a Hangar, an Ice Castle and even a Shuttle Launch Pad. While this game is absolutely free to play, you have the ability to unlock optional bonuses via in-app purchases from within the game. You may disable in-app purchases in your device settings. You can play this game whether you’re offline or online. Includes: ● Over 500 uplifting quests to tackle as you grow and enhance your city ● Nearly 200 buildings, landmarks and decorations for city beautification ● About 100 challenging achievements to earn and celebrate with your friends ***Did you know? Your minimized game continues transporting goods, making you money while you sleep!*** ____________________________ Game available in: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish. Compatibility notes: This game performs best on high-end smartphones and tablets. ____________________________ Sign up now for a weekly round-up of the best from G5 Games! https://www.g5.com/e-mail ____________________________ G5 Games — World of Adventures™! Collect them all! Search for "g5" in the Apple App Store! ____________________________ Visit us: https://www.g5.com Watch us: https://www.youtube.com/g5enter Find us: https://www.facebook.com/g5games Join us: https://www.instagram.com/g5games Follow us: https://x.com/g5games Game FAQs: Terms of Service: https://www.g5.com/termsofservice G5 End User License Supplemental Terms: https://www.g5.com/G5_End_User_License_Supplemental_Terms

About

BacteriAR

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How long will you survive! Defend your red blood cells from deadly bacteria with your natural defences. Strategically use antibiotics to keep them working! All in augmented reality! BacteriAR has been made in collaboration between Innovation Lab and the University of Central Lancashire's School of Dentistry. This game has been made to help raise awareness for national antibiotic awareness week 2019. In an aid to help educate younger audiences, the dangers of antibiotic resistance and the practices of over prescribing antibiotics in the UK. Developed for The NHS, UCLan School of Medicine by The Innovation Lab.

Screenshots

BacteriAR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BacteriAR at none against Virtual City Playground HD's 10. BacteriAR also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and iOS requirement 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. Virtual City Playground HD sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. BacteriAR asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Virtual City Playground HD versus BacteriAR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVirtual City Playground HDBacteriAR
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (2.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.5K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size405 MB199 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperG5 Entertainment ABUCLan

Bugs and requests

Virtual City Playground HD

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes and freezes
  • Wheel of Fortune feature not working
  • Losing progress after crashes
  • Incompatibility with some devices

Requested features

7 requests
  • More ways to earn diamonds/gems
  • Ability to use coins/cash for expansion
  • Rotate camera view
  • Easier land expansion
  • More buildings and decorations
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  • Improved energy system
  • Reduce social media integration

BacteriAR

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Virtual City Playground HD

One-time10
  • Deal of the day$0.99
  • Few city credits$1.99
  • Handful of Diamonds$1.99
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  • Handful of city credits$4.99
  • Deck of Diamonds$4.99
  • Pile of city credits$9.99
  • Three decks of Diamonds$9.99
  • Sack of city credits$19.99
  • Briefcase of Diamonds$19.99
  • Heap of Diamonds$49.99
None

BacteriAR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Virtual City Playground HD free?
Virtual City Playground HD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BacteriAR free?
BacteriAR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Virtual City Playground HD or BacteriAR have ads?
Virtual City Playground HD shows ads; BacteriAR does not.

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