Comparison

Sheriffs Town vs Sol Frontiers

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

Head to head
About

Sheriffs Town

Build and manage a frontier town in the Wild West as a Sheriff. Protect your citizens from outlaws, gather resources, and construct buildings. Compete against rival Sheriffs in strategic showdowns and customize your character.

Highlights
  • Town construction and development
  • Resource gathering
  • Recruiting townspeople
  • Protecting citizens from outlaws
  • Competing with rival Sheriffs
  • Character customization
  • Strategic showdowns
Features
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In this immersive Wild West game, players assume the role of a Sheriff tasked with not only maintaining law and order but also establishing and developing a frontier town. As the Sheriff, your primary objective is to protect the townsfolk from outlaws, bandits, and other threats while ensuring the prosperity and growth of your settlement. As you embark on your journey, you'll be challenged to construct and expand the town by gathering resources, recruiting townspeople, and constructing various buildings. Each structure serves a unique purpose, such as a sheriff's office, bank, saloon, general store, and more, providing essential services to the citizens and boosting the town's overall functionality. However, the Wild West is a treacherous place, and you'll encounter rival Sheriffs who are also building their own towns nearby. Compete against these players in thrilling showdowns, where strategic decision-making and quick reflexes are vital. Engage in duels, train your shooting skills, and assemble a capable posse to confront other Sheriffs and their gangs head-on. As you progress, you'll unlock new technologies, abilities, and upgrades, empowering both your Sheriff and the town. Customize your character's appearance, outfit, and weapons to showcase your unique style as the formidable lawkeeper of the Wild West. In this richly detailed world with stunning visuals, immersive gameplay, and a dynamic player-driven environment, every decision you make as the Sheriff will have a profound impact on the development of your town and the outcome of your encounters with rival players. Can you create a thriving Wild West community, protect its inhabitants, and rise to become the most legendary Sheriff in the region? The challenge awaits in this gripping game of frontier justice and strategic town-building.

About

Sol Frontiers

Embark on a sci-fi odyssey to reclaim humanity's lost home. Captain a mothership, awaken your crew, gather resources, and battle cosmic threats in an idle strategy adventure.

Highlights
  • Explore uncharted cosmos
  • Battle the Swarm and Deeper Darkness
  • Upgrade mothership and starfighters
  • Awaken and train diverse crew
  • Gather resources for repairs
  • Idle gameplay mechanics
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Millennia after our sun inexplicably began dying, the ember of humanity's hope burns anew. As the cosmos stretches out, vast and uncharted, the call of a homecoming beckons. Entrusted with the dream of reclaiming our long-lost cradle, the flagship THE CROWN OF DAHLIA set forth. But silence has shrouded its heralded journey, and now, it's gone missing. In SOL FRONTIERS you captain the JONAH'S WHALE, dispatched on a perilous mission to uncover the fate of the lost Dahlia and to piece together the fragments of a cosmic puzzle. Awaken your crew and expand your mothership. Navigate through haunting space graveyards, confront the sinister SWARM, and face the lurking DEEPER DARKNESS that threatens more than just humanity's return. Gather resources to repair your mothership With a diverse array of resources such as metal, crystals, and credits, ensure you grow your headquarters and, in turn, your reach by equipping and upgrading your crew's starfighters. Prevail over the Swarm Select from a multitude of available crew and awaken up to 18 to your roster. Explore and secure various areas of the cosmos by defeating enemy bosses. Hone your crew's skills in preparation for random enemy encounters as well as the ultimate challenge. Will you pierce the enigma and reclaim Earth? Or will the vastness of space swallow our last hopes? Allow the diverse idle gameplay to transport you into outer space and embark on a saga of discovery, destiny, and the unyielding spirit of humankind in this gripping sci-fi odyssey.

Screenshots

Sheriffs Town4 screens
Sol Frontiers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sol Frontiers at 59% against Sheriffs Town's 0%. Sol Frontiers also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (122 vs 2). Sheriffs Town's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. Sol Frontiers sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Sheriffs Town asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sol Frontiers holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sol Frontiers has 122 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Sheriffs Town's written reviews are positive against 59% of Sol Frontiers's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Sheriffs Town versus Sol Frontiers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSheriffs TownSol Frontiers
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)4.2 (122 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews58.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2122 — better
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size118 MB192 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperPAWEL STELMACHEarly Morning Studio AB

Customer experience

Sheriffs Town

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Sol Frontiers

All ratings120 ratings
Positive80.8%
Neutral7.5%
Negative11.7%
Written reviews75 reviews
Positive58.7%
Neutral4.0%
Negative37.3%

Bugs and requests

Sheriffs Town

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Sol Frontiers

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • Save progress not working
  • Game no longer works on iPhone 12
  • Awaken 2 heroes bug
  • Crew is locked
  • Cannot save progress due to no login
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  • First quest bug (crew locked)
  • Buggy combat (0 damage rolls)
  • Promo code issues
  • Unable to open crew window
  • Game bugged after update, progress lost
  • Ad on galaxy screen stretches picture
  • Login issues after a day of playing
  • Game crashes
  • Text too small to read
  • Zooming in combat limited
  • Optimization issues (stuttering graphics)

Requested features

15 requests
  • Add skip ad feature
  • Add overview map
  • Option to buy with less/no ads
  • Add building base options
  • Add ship customization
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  • Add battle formations
  • Add unique weapons
  • Add more endgame content
  • Add more missions
  • Add permanent IAP (e.g., remove ads)
  • Add cloud save functionality
  • Add Steam version
  • Add more gold from ads
  • Add more story/backstory
  • Add voice actors for missions

In-app purchases

None

Sheriffs Town

No in-app purchases

11 purchases

Sol Frontiers

One-time11
  • Packet of Credits$0.99
  • Canister of Dark Matter$2.99
  • Starter Pack$2.99
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  • Starter Bundle$4.99
  • Canister of Credits$6.99
  • Starter Package$7.99
  • Array of Credits$9.99
  • Array of Dark Matter$14.99
  • Stockpile of Credits$29.99
  • Vault of Credits$59.99
  • Vault of Dark Matter$59.99

Questions

Is Sheriffs Town free?
Sheriffs Town is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sol Frontiers free?
Sol Frontiers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sheriffs Town or Sol Frontiers?
Sol Frontiers is rated higher. Sheriffs Town averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Sol Frontiers averages 4.2 from 122 ratings.
Do Sheriffs Town or Sol Frontiers have ads?
Both Sheriffs Town and Sol Frontiers show ads.

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