iBuilder vs Surf Station
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iBuilder
This is a creative building game where you can construct anything you imagine using over 60 block types. Design entire cities with customizable terrain, realistic graphics, and dynamic environmental effects.
- Build castles, docks, mansions, and more
- Over 60 different block types
- Random terrain generation
- Customizable island size and vegetation
- 360-degree camera control
- Realistic water, sky, and sun effects
- Save up to 3 worlds
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iBuilder is the ultimate building game! Build castles, docks, mansions, seawalls, towers, and anything else you can imagine. Use over 60 different types of blocks to build your own city and your own world! iBuilder is an incredible construction game that features: - Random terrain generation - Choose the number of islands and their height and width - Choose the number of vegetation on each island With iBuilder, you can quickly design an entire city with blocks, using our simple interface. You can move the camera 360 degrees, zoom, and pan in all directions. The game features realistic water effects, sky movement, and the sun even rotates throughout the day! The building materials are cement, brick, glass, tile, grass, bushes, rusted steel, stainless steel, gravel, dirt, sand, rock, and much more! iBuilder features: - Slots to save 3 worlds - Choose any block texture you want - Advanced OpenGL graphics with shading - Music and sound effects - High-resolution textures - Made for all iOS devices iBuilder is brought to you by the makers of iRollerCoaster and iBASEjump. Have fun with iBuilder and build your dreams!
Surf Station
Build and upgrade amusement stations to boost your income. Make your stations more popular to attract larger crowds and expand your offerings.
- Expand Surf Stations
- Create amusements for income
- Upgrade stations
- Increase station popularity
- Attract crowds
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-Expand your Surf Stations -Create Amusements to increase your income -Upgrade your Stations -Mack your Stations more Popular and Crowd
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Surf Station at 3.0 against iBuilder's 2.3. Surf Station also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). iBuilder's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 1). On price, ads and device support 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. iBuilder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Surf Station asks for nothing beyond the download.
Surf Station holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iBuilder has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | iBuilder | Surf Station |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (11 ratings) | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 29 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sea Venture LLC | M.studios |
Customer experience
iBuilder
Surf Station
Bugs and requests
iBuilder
Reported bugs
2 issues- Blocks disappearing after placement
- Inability to delete or move placed blocks
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to modify terrain
- Addition of characters and wildlife
- More building options and tools
Surf Station
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iBuilder
- iBuilder$1.99
Surf Station
No in-app purchases
