Topia World Builder vs TABS Pocket Edition
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Topia World Builder
Shape a vibrant planet as a divine creator. Sculpt landscapes, grow forests, and populate your world with diverse animal life. Witness ecosystems evolve as you manage your creation.
- Create mountains, valleys, rivers, and oceans
- Spawn and manage large animal herds
- Observe animal interactions and ecosystems
- Save and edit worlds
- Customize land, water, and sky colors
- Supports landscape and portrait modes
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From the Award Winning Studio Crescent Moon Games and Glenn Corpes, one of the creators of the original Populous series of games, comes TOPIA WORLD BUILDER, a unique world building sim, tailored for iOS devices. Topia World Builder is a world creation simulation. You become god and shape the land as you choose, by the use of touch controls. Swipe your finger to create mountains, valleys, rivers, and oceans. Watch trees grow, spawn thousands of animals - and watch them live and die on the planet of your creation! Features: -Create Mountains -Create Valleys -Create Rivers -Create Oceans -Spawn various animal types -Build enormous herds of animals -Watch predators attack other animals -Save your worlds so you can edit them later -Change the color of land, water, sky -Play in both landscape and portrait modes
TABS Pocket Edition
Lead armies of wobbling characters from diverse realms in physics-based combat simulations. Create custom units and test your strategies against friends or strangers in online multiplayer battles.
- Lead wobbler armies
- Physics-based combat
- Unit creator
- Online multiplayer
- Campaigns
- Sandbox mode
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Be the leader of red and blue wobblers from ancient lands, spooky places and fantasy worlds. Watch them fight in simulations made with the wobbliest physics system ever created. When you grow tired of the 100+ wobblers at your disposal you can make new ones in the unit creator. You can also send your wobblers to fight your friends or strangers in online multiplayer! Features: -Campaigns -Multiplayer -Sandbox mode -Unit Possession -A bunch of silly units
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TABS Pocket Edition at 4.0 against Topia World Builder's 3.6. TABS Pocket Edition also leads on chart position (#41 vs unranked) and ratings volume (897 vs 236). Topia World Builder's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (5.1.1 vs 12.0). On review sentiment, 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
Topia World Builder costs $1.99 and TABS Pocket Edition $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TABS Pocket Edition holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 236 and 897 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Topia World Builder's written reviews are positive against 63% of TABS Pocket Edition's.
Topia World Builder ships an update every 6 weeks, TABS Pocket Edition monthly. Both last shipped on November 8, 2026.
| Parameter | Topia World Builder | TABS Pocket Edition |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 3.6 (236 ratings) | 4.0 (897 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.2% of reviews | 62.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 236 | 897 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #41 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 5.1.1 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 1.3 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Crescent Moon Games LLC | Landfall Games |
Customer experience
Topia World Builder
TABS Pocket Edition
User reviews
Topia World Builder
From 236 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth and responsive
- 👍 Beautiful graphics
- 🌳 Relaxing sandbox experience
Room to improve
- 🐛 Unbalanced animal populations
- 🔍 Lack of content and features
- 💤 Gets boring quickly
TABS Pocket Edition
From 897 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Great gameplay
- 💡 Awesome unit creation
- 👍 Faithful mobile port
Room to improve
- 🐛 Control and movement issues
- 🔒 Restrictive account creation
- 🔒 Limited sign-in options
Bugs and requests
Topia World Builder
Reported bugs
3 issues- Birds getting stuck over the ocean
- Land animals drowning in water
- Inconsistent controls and UI
Requested features
5 requests- Add humans and civilization building
- Introduce natural disasters and weather effects
- Expand animal and plant diversity
- Improve ecosystem balance and predator-prey dynamics
- Implement saving and loading of created worlds
TABS Pocket Edition
Reported bugs
3 issues- Unable to create account
- Stuck on loading screen
- Bot AI issues
Requested features
3 requests- More unit abilities
- Customizable magic effects
- Guest account option
In-app purchases
Topia World Builder
No in-app purchases
TABS Pocket Edition
No in-app purchases
Questions
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