Oh! Edo Towns vs Townsmen Premium
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Oh! Edo Towns
Build your own samurai town in Edo period Japan. Strategically place buildings to create combos and boost your town's yield. Rewrite history with your unique medieval marvels.
- Build Edo period towns
- Strategic building placement
- Create building combos
- Boost town yield
- Rewrite history
- Screen rotation and zoom
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Plunge into the past for a rousing romp through Edo period Japan! Your ideal samurai town awaits you! Erect houses, castles, and all manner of medieval marvels with a touch of the finger--rewriting the pages of history as you see fit! Strategically place compatible buildings to make "combos," boosting your Yield to become the best castle town in all the land! ---- Turn your device to rotate the screen, touch to scroll, and pinch to zoom in and out. Supports iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Note: Screen rotation and zoom are only available on iPhone 3GS and later, iPod touch 2nd generation and later, and iPad. The game now lets you switch between English and Japanese. Try searching for "Kairosoft" to see all of our games, or visit us at https://kairopark.jp. Be sure to check out both our free-to-play and our paid games!
Townsmen Premium
Build a medieval empire from a small village, managing resources, economy, and citizen happiness. Defend your town from bandits and overcome disasters. Enjoy unrestricted sandbox gameplay without ads.
- Medieval city-building
- Complex economy simulation
- Resource management
- Town defense against bandits
- Seasonal weather effects
- Disaster events
- Sandbox gameplay
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Develop your tiny village to a grand medieval empire with a thriving economy and happy villagers! Find spots for mining ore, harvest the crops of your farms and collect coins as taxes from your folk. Build jousting fields, taverns, marketplaces and beautify your city with impressive statues, magnificent monuments, and lush gardens. But there are also dangers lurking close by. Bandits are in the area, looking to plunder and pillage your peaceful town. Build barracks, guard towers and recruit brave soldiers to protect your citizens from harm. You rule the whole empire from your castle and make sure your inhabitants have fun and stay happy! FEATURES - PLAY WITHOUT ADS! - City-building gameplay set in medieval times - Cute inhabitants with their own daily routines - Complex economy sim and deep production chains - Dozens of different town and production buildings - Optional military feature with soldiers and bandits - Meaningful seasons and weather effects - Devastating disasters like fire, disease, drought and many more - Diverse scenarios and challenging tasks - Unrestricted sandbox gameplay mode - Game Center support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Oh! Edo Towns at none against Townsmen Premium's 7. Oh! Edo Towns also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (87% vs 70%). Townsmen Premium's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 20 months) and price ($0.99 vs $4.99). On rating 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
Oh! Edo Towns costs $4.99 and Townsmen Premium $0.99 up front. Townsmen Premium sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Oh! Edo Towns asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Oh! Edo Towns against 4.6 for Townsmen Premium. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Townsmen Premium has 349 ratings behind it against 48, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of Oh! Edo Towns's written reviews are positive against 70% of Townsmen Premium's.
Oh! Edo Towns ships an update every 20 months, Townsmen Premium every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.
| Parameter | Oh! Edo Towns | Townsmen Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (48 ratings) — better | 4.6 (349 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.9% of reviews — better | 69.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 48 | 349 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #141 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 135 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd | THQ Nordic Mobile GmbH |
Customer experience
Oh! Edo Towns
Townsmen Premium
User reviews
Oh! Edo Towns
From 48 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💜 Never gets old
- 🎮 Love this game!
- 🤩 So fun!
- 🎉 Played 100 years!
- 🇯🇵 Hoping for more Japanese-style games
Room to improve
- 🐛 So many bugs?
- 🤔 Combos
- 💰 More land PLEASE!!!!!!!!!
Townsmen Premium
From 349 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Good game
- 🚀 Highly entertaining
- 🚀 Addictive
- 🚀 Simple yet addictive
- 🚀 Stress free entertainment
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes frequently
- 🐛 Interface issues
- 🐛 Progression is too slow without paying
- 💰 Excessive microtransactions
- 💰 Premium version still has ads
Bugs and requests
Oh! Edo Towns
Reported bugs
3 issues- Freezes
- Newspaper reporting new buildings when only unlocked
- Game finishing in 6th year instead of 16th
Requested features
10 requests- More Japanese-style games
- More land to build on
- More buildings
- Hotel game
- Ninja game
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- World War 2 style game
- Airline/Airport management game
- Hospital management game
- Hotel management game
- Business/product management game
Townsmen Premium
Reported bugs
5 issues- Crashes when trying to fix or buy fire towers
- Constant crashing on startup
- Inability to save progress across devices
- Incorrect quest tracking
- Permanent battle music after attacks
Requested features
8 requests- More buildings and decorations
- Ability to move/rotate buildings
- More map/scenario options
- Sandbox/custom map mode
- Military/combat features
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- Ability to transport goods via ships
- More control over production and resources
- Automatic collection of taxes/resources
In-app purchases
Oh! Edo Towns
No in-app purchases
Townsmen Premium
- Small Prestige Pack$1.99
- Fast forward$3.99
- XP Buff x2$3.99
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- Medium Prestige Pack$9.99
- Awesome Prestige Pack$21.99
- Ultimate Prestige Package$44.99
- Insane Prestige Package$79.99
Questions
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