Comparison

Carson City vs Caverna

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

Head to head
About

Carson City

Features
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Choose the most lucrative parcels of land and buildings. You then have to place these parcels and buildings wisely so as to make your city as prosperous as possible. You can also win the support and gain the help of the most influential people in the city. However, you should not ignore your opponents, as they will try to make the best moves in your stead! Play against three virtual players that will take the best parcels and recruit the most influential people in order to prevent from you achieving your goal. The virtual players have three levels of difficulty.

About

Caverna

Lead a dwarf tribe to expand their cavern home and cultivate the surrounding forest. Dig deeper for resources, furnish rooms to grow your tribe, and forge weapons for adventures. Cultivate fields, breed animals, and increase your wealth to become the strongest tribe leader.

Highlights
  • Dwarf tribe management
  • Cavern expansion and furnishing
  • Resource cultivation and mining
  • Animal breeding and farming
  • Weapon forging and adventures
  • Worker action system
Features
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Caverna by Uwe Rosenberg makes you the head of a dwarf tribe, living in a small cavern. You cultivate the forest in front of your cavern and dig deeper into the mountain throughout the game. By furnishing rooms in your caverns you make space to grow your tribe and and create new goods from your resources. Deeper into the mountain you will find fountains as well as ore and gem mines. It's on you to decide how much ore and gems you want to mine, giving you the opportunity to forge weapons and go on adventures; a new way to do things in the game instead of using actions with your workers. Outside your cavern you can clear the forest, cultivate fields, fence pastures and grow crops or breed animals. All this in order to increase your wealth and become the strongest and best tribe leader of them all!

Screenshots

Carson City4 screens
Caverna4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Carson City at $1.99 against Caverna's $11.99. Caverna's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 4 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Carson City costs $1.99 and Caverna $11.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Carson City ships an update every 4 weeks, Caverna every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Carson City versus Caverna: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCarson CityCaverna
Price$1.99 — better$11.99
Rating—4.1 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—61.1% of reviews
Number of ratings—12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB450 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerycyclop gamesDIGIDICED

In-app purchases

None

Carson City

No in-app purchases

None

Caverna

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Carson City free?
Carson City costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Caverna free?
Caverna costs $11.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Carson City or Caverna have ads?
Neither Carson City nor Caverna shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Carson City or Caverna?
Carson City ships an update every 4 weeks, and Caverna every 6 days. Most recently, Carson City was updated on October 7, 2026 and Caverna on October 25, 2026.

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