Comparison

Close Cities vs What Dragons Know

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

Head to head
About

Close Cities

Build beautiful cities on diverse worlds by solving unique puzzles. This relaxing game guides you through 160 levels with a simple tap or drag interface, requiring no architectural knowledge. Conquer each world's challenges and travel through time with its calming soundtrack.

Highlights
  • Build cities on empty maps
  • Solve 160 unique puzzle levels
  • Intuitive tap and drag controls
  • No architectural knowledge needed
  • Travel through different worlds
  • Relaxing music and pace
Features
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Close Cities is a relaxing logic puzzle: build cities along the roads and give every road exactly the cities it needs. Easy to learn, hard to put down. HOW TO PLAY • The number next to each road shows how many cities it needs. • Every city must touch a road, and it can't be on two roads at once. • Cities can't touch side by side; diagonally is fine. • Tap or drag to build. When a city is valid, it lights up in color. 480 LEVELS, TWO MODES • Kingdoms: travel through different eras of history and build each king's empire. • Empires: cities of different sizes and roads that ask for new combinations. AT YOUR OWN PACE • No timer, no rush: think every move through calmly. • Relaxing music and a clean, charming art style. • Play offline: on the subway, while traveling or before bed. • Stuck? Ask for a hint. FOR EVERYONE • A quick tutorial teaches you the rules in a minute. • If you like sudoku and logic puzzles, you'll love it. • Free, with a one-time purchase to remove ads. Close Cities is made by The Pangry, the creators of Broki.

About

What Dragons Know

Explore a world where humans have vanished, guided by dragons through diverse landscapes. This hidden object game offers a relaxing, poetic, and humorous experience with original, hand-drawn graphics and intriguing facts about flora and fauna.

Highlights
  • Hidden object gameplay
  • Explore post-human world
  • Discover flora and fauna
  • Poetic and relaxing atmosphere
  • Original hand-drawn graphics
  • Intriguing anecdotes
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Les humains ont disparus et vous êtes à la recherche de leurs vestiges. What Dragons Know est un jeu d’objets cachés qui vous en apprendra beaucoup sur la faune et la flore. Laissez-vous guider par les dragons à travers mers et forêts... What Dragons Know est le projet de deux personnes passionnées qui ont à cœur de vous offrir une expérience de jeu fun, relaxante, pleine de poésie et d’humour. Prenez le temps d’oublier le chronomètre pour fouiller les tableaux et encore mieux profiter des illustrations originales. Caractéristiques du jeu : - Des tableaux vivants et ludiques peuplés d’animaux réels ou mythologiques. - Découverte de plantes de notre monde. - De petits textes pleins d’anecdotes intrigantes pour mieux découvrir certaines espèces et plantes rares. - Ambiance de jeu poétique et apaisante. - Graphismes et animations originales entièrement faites à la main sans IA par Membracide Rejoignez notre communauté ! Le développement de What Dragons Know est une aventure que nous partageons avec notre communauté. Suivez nos streams de développement en direct sur Twitch tous les mardis (de 14h à 18h) pour discuter avec nous, profiter des conseils de développement Unity avec Fangh, voir les coulisses de la création et faire partie du voyage ! Téléchargez What Dragons Know aujourd'hui et rejoignez le monde des dragons à la recherche des humains disparus.

Screenshots

Close Cities4 screens
What Dragons Know4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: What Dragons Know at none against Close Cities's shown. What Dragons Know also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Close Cities's advantage is ratings volume (365 vs 1) and update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Close Cities sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and What Dragons Know sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

What Dragons Know holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Close Cities has 365 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Close Cities ships an update monthly, What Dragons Know every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Close Cities versus What Dragons Know: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClose CitiesWhat Dragons Know
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (365 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings365 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size165 MB648 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJuan Manuel Altamirano ArgudoMorgan Klein

Customer experience

Close Cities

All ratings365 ratings
Positive94.8%
Neutral2.2%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive69.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.6%

What Dragons Know

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Close Cities

One-time4
  • Hints - Small Pack$0.99
  • Hints - Medium Pack$2.99
  • Remove Ads + Hints$4.99
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  • Hints - Big Pack$5.99
1 purchases

What Dragons Know

One-time1
  • Customized Item$17.99

Questions

Is Close Cities free?
Close Cities is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is What Dragons Know free?
What Dragons Know is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Close Cities or What Dragons Know?
What Dragons Know is rated higher. Close Cities averages 4.8 out of 5 from 365 ratings, while What Dragons Know averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Close Cities or What Dragons Know have ads?
Close Cities shows ads; What Dragons Know does not.
Which is updated more often, Close Cities or What Dragons Know?
Close Cities ships an update monthly, and What Dragons Know every 5 months. Most recently, Close Cities was updated on November 8, 2026 and What Dragons Know on October 30, 2026.

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