Comparison

Romopolis vs Zooma

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Construct ancient Roman cities
  • Provide services to residents
  • Comprehensive campaign mode
  • Custom scenario creation
  • Earn money, fame, and honor
  • Win trophies and awards
Features
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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.

About

Zooma

Features
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Line up three or more marbles of the same color and blast the chain apart before it reaches the end. Aim, shoot, chain your clears into combos, and finish every level with three stars. TWO WAYS TO SHOOT The campaign keeps changing shape. In some stretches you slide along the bottom of the screen and fire straight up the board. In others you stand at the center and rotate a full 360°, picking your angle as the chain spirals around you. The style switches every ten levels, so the game never settles into one rhythm. 600 HAND-BUILT LEVELS Every level is designed by hand, not generated — its own path, its own colors, its own star target. And progress never caps out. SIX POWER-UPS, ALL UPGRADEABLE • Bomb — destroys every marble in a radius • Laser — burns a straight line through the chain • Time Pause — freezes the board when you need a second to think • Rewind — pushes the chain back from the brink • Color Bomb — repaints a cluster into a color you can use • Repaint — turns the most common color into the second-most common Earn gold and upgrade each one through ten ranks. A fully upgraded Bomb clears twice the radius of a fresh one. ALSO INSIDE • Bonus marbles that drop power-ups mid-level • Star chests and Zooma chests • Play offline — no connection required • Game Center leaderboards: high score, best combo, highest level • 40 achievements to unlock, each with a gold reward to claim • 16 languages Easy to pick up. Genuinely hard to master.

Screenshots

Romopolis4 screens
Zooma4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Zooma at Free against Romopolis's $3.99. Zooma also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). Romopolis's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and ads (none vs shown).

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

Zooma is free to download; Romopolis costs $3.99 up front. Zooma sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Romopolis asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Romopolis ships an update every 2 months, Zooma every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Romopolis versus Zooma: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRomopolisZooma
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size189 MB212 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLonely TroopsGizmoplay Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Romopolis

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Zooma

One-time8
  • Tiny Gold Pack$0.99
  • Starter Pack$1.99
  • Medium Gold Pack$4.99
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  • Expert Bundle$9.99
  • Large Gold Pack$9.99
  • Giant Bundle$19.99
  • Power Bundle$24.99
  • Champion Bundle$39.99

Questions

Is Romopolis free?
Romopolis costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Zooma free?
Zooma is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Romopolis or Zooma have ads?
Zooma shows ads; Romopolis does not.
Which is updated more often, Romopolis or Zooma?
Romopolis ships an update every 2 months, and Zooma every 8 days. Most recently, Romopolis was updated on November 3, 2026 and Zooma on October 31, 2026.

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