Close Cities vs Ice Ray
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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Close Cities is a relaxing puzzle game in which you will have to build cities in different worlds over time. Find a road and start there. Solve all 160 levels and become a Close Cities legend! UNIQUE PUZZLES You will start each level with an empty map that you will have to fill with beautiful cities. Choose the right road, choose the area and tap or drag with your fingers! DOES NOT REQUIRE KNOWLEDGE OF ARCHITECTURE Close Cities offers a fun experience even if you don't know the difference between a square and a bevel. The game's tutorial will show you everything you need to know at a relaxed pace. CONQUER ITS 160 LEVELS Each world has its king and 16 levels that you must solve to build his empire. TRAVEL THROUGH TIME During the course of the game you will discover different worlds over time with relaxed music to let you go.
Ice Ray
Engage in a physics-based puzzle game where you bounce lasers to shatter ice blocks. Choose between an endless survival mode or a daily strategic challenge with limited turns. Master angles and discover power-ups to achieve high scores and compete globally.
- Light-reflection physics
- Endless survival mode
- Daily strategic challenges
- Hidden power-ups
- Integrated leaderboards
- Stunning visual effects
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Unleash your perfect laser beam in Ice Ray, the ultimate light-reflection puzzle game! Whether you want to relax and shatter an endless stream of blocks, or compete against the world in a high-stakes daily challenge, Ice Ray combines satisfying optics-based physics with deep, strategic gameplay. Drag to aim, calculate your angles, and fire your laser to melt through beautiful, frosted ice blocks. TWO WAYS TO PLAY: *Endless Mode* How long can you survive? Fire your laser to deal continuous damage to a descending grid of ice blocks. Shatter specific blocks to uncover powerful upgrades, including extra reflections, damage boosts, and beam extensions. Can you chain them together to trigger huge board-clearing combos? *The Daily Challenge* Each day, everyone in the world gets the exact same puzzle. You have a limited number of turns to clear the ice blocks. Share your results with friends using our signature color-grid score tracker. Who can deal the most damage? FEATURES: - Satisfying Physics: With real optical reflection mechanics, you can master the geometry to win. - Stunning Aesthetics: Beautiful glass, ice, and prism visual effects that shatter into satisfying particles. - Integrated Leaderboards: Track your daily streaks, compare high scores in Endless mode, and see your exact worldwide rank percentage right on the home screen. - Hidden Power-Ups: Turn the tide of the game by discovering hidden power, width, and reflection upgrades hidden inside the ice. Do you have the vision to see the path? Download Ice Ray: Laser Puzzle and start your streak today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ice Ray at none against Close Cities's 4. Ice Ray also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 69%). Close Cities's advantage is ratings volume (362 vs 7) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price 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
Both are free to download. Close Cities sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Ice Ray asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ice Ray holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Close Cities has 362 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Close Cities's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ice Ray's.
Close Cities ships an update every 3 weeks, Ice Ray every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Close Cities | Ice Ray |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (362 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 362 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 158 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Juan Manuel Altamirano Argudo | Cedar Line Studios LLC |
Customer experience
Close Cities
Ice Ray
In-app purchases
Close Cities
- Hints - Small Pack$0.99
- Hints - Medium Pack$2.99
- Remove Ads + Hints$2.99
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- Hints - Big Pack$5.99
Ice Ray
No in-app purchases









