Comparison

Mosaic River vs Dawnmaker

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

Head to head
About

Mosaic River

Features
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On each turn, you'll sail your boat across the river and downstream, picking the mosaic tile to collect. Then place the tiles into a mosaic, trying to make melds (like straights and flushes) to score points.

About

Dawnmaker

A solo strategy game blending city building and deck building mechanics. Rebuild a world shrouded in toxic smog by constructing buildings, acquiring powerful cards, and upgrading your lighthouse to reclaim lost lands and technologies.

Highlights
  • City building mechanics
  • Deck building gameplay
  • Resource management
  • Lighthouse upgrades
  • Smog reclamation
  • Technology recovery
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Dawnmaker is a solo strategy game combining elements of city building and deck building to create a board game-like experience. In a world covered by a toxic Smog, only you can rekindle the ancient lighthouses and bring light and life back. Construct buildings, gain new cards, generate resources and improve your central lighthouse to unlock new building space. Optimize your deck - gain increasingly powerful cards as you improve your city. Your cards and buildings interact in various ways: choose them wisely to create the most powerful combinations! Build efficient cities - make the best of your limited space by optimally positioning your buildings. Improve your lighthouse to repel the Smog and expand your city. Manage your resources - grow farms, build industries, develop science and inspire your people to create the rarest of resources: Eclairium! Reclaim the lost continent - the continent of Heksiga has been covered by a toxic Smog. Repair and improve magical lighthouses to repel that Smog and reclaim the land, region by region. Recover lost technologies - explore vestiges of the old Empire and rediscover technologies that were lost to the Smog.

Screenshots

Mosaic River3 screens
Dawnmaker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Mosaic River at Free against Dawnmaker's $8.99. Dawnmaker's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs weekly). On in-app purchases, device support 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

Mosaic River is free to download; Dawnmaker costs $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mosaic River ships an update weekly, Dawnmaker daily. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mosaic River versus Dawnmaker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMosaic RiverDawnmaker
PriceFree — better$8.99
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB144 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperDavid TurnerAcram Digital

In-app purchases

None

Mosaic River

No in-app purchases

None

Dawnmaker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mosaic River free?
Mosaic River is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dawnmaker free?
Dawnmaker costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mosaic River or Dawnmaker have ads?
Mosaic River shows ads; Dawnmaker does not.
Which is updated more often, Mosaic River or Dawnmaker?
Mosaic River ships an update weekly, and Dawnmaker daily. Most recently, Mosaic River was updated on October 4, 2026 and Dawnmaker on October 6, 2026.

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