air vs Romopolis
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
air
Defend against incoming luggage as a frog in this tower defense game. Purchase upgrades for towers and health to progress further. Customize your character with unlockable outfits and hats.
- 70+ unique upgrades
- Ultimate Upgrades for endgame
- 7 unlockable levels
- Character customization (hats, skins)
- Unique achievements
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Play as a Frog, and don't let any luggage through! Buy upgrades in the shop, such as towers and health, to make it as far as you can! Discover secret interactions and interesting synergies, and earn Star Coins to get outfits and hats! Features 70+ unique upgrades, all with interesting synergies! Ultimate Upgrades that add a twist to the endgame 7 unlock-able levels spanning a range of difficulties Tons of hats, skins, and planes to customize your character with A couple of unique achievements for the insane!
Romopolis
Construct and manage an idyllic ancient Roman city, providing services to happy residents. Earn money, fame, and honor through a comprehensive campaign or custom scenarios. Enjoy a classic time management simulation with trophies and awards.
- Construct ancient Roman cities
- Provide services to residents
- Comprehensive campaign mode
- Custom scenario creation
- Earn money, fame, and honor
- Win trophies and awards
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Build ancient Roman cities. Earn money, fame and honor in this casual simulation game. Construct an idyllic ancient Roman city with plenty of houses and keep your residents happy by providing all the services they need. You'll be rewarded with money, fame and honor. It's up to you how to play - you can work your way to the top in the comprehensive campaign mode or you can create and play your own custom scenarios. Build dozens of Roman-styled houses, structures and other buildings. Trophies and awards available for the meticulous gamer! * Construct an idyllic ancient Roman city. * Build dozens of Roman-styled houses, structures and other buildings. * Win trophies and awards in 24 unique campaign scenarios. * Play your own custom scenarios. * Reach up to 22 achievements. Enjoy this classic and simple time management simulation game from the popular Townopolis-Romopolis-Megapolis series. Achieve various goals by building ancient Roman cities on a limited area with limited resources and in a limited time. But don't worry - you can pause the game at any time, or play casually without the time limit if you prefer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: air at 89% against Romopolis's 0%. air also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (19 vs 3). Romopolis's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months). On ads, monetization model, chart position 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
air costs $4.99 and Romopolis $3.99 up front. air sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Romopolis asks for nothing beyond the download.
air holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: air has 19 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of air's written reviews are positive against 0% of Romopolis's.
air ships an update every 9 months, Romopolis every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 24, 2026 and August 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | air | Romopolis |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $3.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (19 ratings) — better | 4.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #198 | #185 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 189 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brendan Roarty | Lonely Troops |
Customer experience
air
Romopolis
In-app purchases
air
- Retry Tokens$0.99
- Star Stack$0.99
- Star Bundle$1.99
Romopolis
No in-app purchases
