Airport Scanner vs Close Cities
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Airport Scanner
Test your skills as an airport baggage screener. Scan carry-on luggage for illegal items using an X-RAY scanner and get flights out on time. Features a new R&D Lab with dozens of levels and gameplay modes.
- R&D Lab with 50+ new levels
- Seven unique airports
- Hundreds of levels
- Real TSA prohibited and allowed items
- Upgradeable X-RAY scanner
- Line management for passengers
- Item logbook
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Try your skills as an Airport Baggage screener in Airport Scanner! Now featuring the ALL NEW R&D Lab where you can test your skills with dozens of new levels and gameplay modes! Airport Scanner is the hit game that went #1 in over 20 countries! Every day at the airport is busy and hidden among the impatient travelers are a bunch of bad guys trying to bring all kinds of bad stuff onto flights. It’s your job to scan the carry-on luggage, find the illegal items and get flights out on time. To make your job easier, you have an awesome X-RAY scanner that you can upgrade with all kinds of power-ups and a trio of burly TSA agents that will lay down the pain on any troublemakers. PROTECT THE SKIES - JOIN THE TSA Airport Scanner puts you in charge of operating a life like X-RAY scanner working for the TSA. Mark illegal items, expedite flight crew + first class passengers and look out for air marshals all while getting every flight out on time so passengers don’t riot! Each day at the airport gets more difficult, with new passengers, more illegal items and more flights to fill as you rise in rank from trainee to an elite operator. Earn XRAY bucks to purchase scanner upgrades to help along the way. FEATURES * All New R&D Lab with 50+ new levels! * Seven Fun Airports – Honolulu, Las Vegas, Chicago, Aspen, London, North Pole and the Moon. * Hundreds of levels mean hours of enjoyment. * Real TSA Prohibited and Allowed Items. * Tons of Hidden Rare Items to Find and Redeem for Xray Bucks! * XRAY 2000 – Top of the line luggage xray. Fully upgradeable! * Line Management - fast track first class passengers, hold next flight passengers and get flight crew on their flights! with just one tap! * Bonus Game – Punish passengers & earn Xray Bucks * Item Logbook - Track your progress in the logbook. * XRAY Shop for Scanner Upgrades * 75+ Addictive Achievements - Earn them ALL! ADDITIONAL FEATURES * Beautiful iPhone Retina graphics. * Universal support including iPhone 6/6+. * Game center leaderboard and shareable scores. * Get social by challenging your friends to compete on Facebook and Twitter. Haven’t you always wondered what it would be like to operate the X-RAY Scanner at the airport? Here’s your chance!
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 puzzle game in which you will have to build cities in different worlds over time. Find a road and start there. Solve all 160 levels and become a Close Cities legend! UNIQUE PUZZLES You will start each level with an empty map that you will have to fill with beautiful cities. Choose the right road, choose the area and tap or drag with your fingers! DOES NOT REQUIRE KNOWLEDGE OF ARCHITECTURE Close Cities offers a fun experience even if you don't know the difference between a square and a bevel. The game's tutorial will show you everything you need to know at a relaxed pace. CONQUER ITS 160 LEVELS Each world has its king and 16 levels that you must solve to build his empire. TRAVEL THROUGH TIME During the course of the game you will discover different worlds over time with relaxed music to let you go.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Close Cities at Free against Airport Scanner's $1.99. Close Cities also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Airport Scanner's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (88% vs 69%). On rating, ratings volume, 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
Close Cities is free to download; Airport Scanner costs $1.99 up front. Airport Scanner sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Close Cities sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Airport Scanner against 4.8 for Close Cities. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 248 and 362 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Airport Scanner's written reviews are positive against 69% of Close Cities's.
Airport Scanner ships an update every 2 months, Close Cities every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.
| Parameter | Airport Scanner | Close Cities |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (248 ratings) | 4.8 (362 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.7% of reviews — better | 69.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 248 | 362 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #125 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 229 MB | 158 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kedlin Company, LLC | Juan Manuel Altamirano Argudo |
Customer experience
Airport Scanner
Close Cities
Bugs and requests
Airport Scanner
Reported bugs
5 issues- Mission select screen showing blank
- Bonus game buttons not working
- Crash on startup
- Inconsistent scoring and progression
- Incompatibility with newer devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add more levels and airports
- Improve visibility and detection of items
- Provide option to replay previous levels
- Implement a pause/restart function
- Add more variety to the bonus game
Close Cities
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Airport Scanner
- 150,000 X-ray Bucks$0.99
- 500,000 X-ray Bucks$0.99
- 500,000 X-ray Bucks$2.99
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- 2,000,000 X-ray Bucks$2.99
- 1,500,000 X-ray bucks$4.99
- 5,000,000 X-ray Bucks$4.99
Close Cities
- Hints - Small Pack$0.99
- Hints - Medium Pack$2.99
- Remove Ads + Hints$2.99
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- Hints - Big Pack$5.99









