Comparison

Close Cities vs Antiqua

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 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.

About

Antiqua

Engage with fine art through hexagonal jigsaw puzzles. Piece together masterpieces, learn about their creators, and build a personal gallery of finished works. Offers a relaxing, museum-like experience with various difficulty levels and accessibility features.

Highlights
  • Hexagonal jigsaw puzzles
  • Learn about art history
  • Build a personal art gallery
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Weekly challenges
  • Accessibility features
Features
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Every puzzle is a masterpiece cut into hexagons. Piece it together, watch the painting resolve, then turn the card to discover who made it, when, and the one surprising thing most people walk right past. A QUIET KIND OF PLAY No timers shouting at you, except the weekly challenge if you want one, no lives to lose. Antiqua is built to feel like an afternoon in a great museum: unhurried, beautiful, a little bit transporting. Four ways to play, from a gentle first cut to a genuine challenge. Sign in to Game Center and your best times and honors are kept there too. THE COLLECTION Paintings, prints, and drawings from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Rijksmuseum. Rembrandt, Hokusai, Van Gogh, Sargent, Monet, and dozens you will be glad to meet for the first time. Browse by place, by movement, by color, or by the artists we feature each day. YOURS TO KEEP Every painting you finish lands in your gallery as a collectible card, complete with its wall text. Hang your favorites on your own wall, choose their frames, and sit with any finished painting up close. Build a collection that is entirely your own. MEMBERSHIP The free library is yours forever, no account required. Membership opens the full catalogue, every collection, and the daily discoveries, with new paintings added over time. Prefer a single movement? Any member pack can also be owned on its own, yours to keep. MADE WITH CARE Every work is public-domain art from the world's open-access museum collections. VoiceOver support, four reading themes, Dark Mode, Reduced Motion, and text that follows your iPhone's size, so the gallery is open to everyone. Antiqua. Great art, one piece at a time. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://antiqua.gallery/privacy

Screenshots

Close Cities4 screens
Antiqua4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Antiqua at none against Close Cities's shown. Antiqua also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 69%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Close Cities's advantage is ratings volume (362 vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Antiqua sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Antiqua 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 3, 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 Antiqua's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Close Cities ships an update every 3 weeks, Antiqua daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Close Cities versus Antiqua: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClose CitiesAntiqua
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (362 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings362 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size158 MB167 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJuan Manuel Altamirano ArgudoJOSE RAFAEL FOURNIER RIVERA

Customer experience

Close Cities

All ratings362 ratings
Positive94.8%
Neutral2.2%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive69.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.6%

Antiqua

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
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$2.99
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  • Hints - Big Pack$5.99
3 purchases

Antiqua

Subscriptions2
  • Membership, Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Membership, Annual$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Antiqua Membership$200.00

Questions

Is Close Cities free?
Close Cities is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Antiqua free?
Antiqua is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Close Cities or Antiqua?
Antiqua is rated higher. Close Cities averages 4.8 out of 5 from 362 ratings, while Antiqua averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Close Cities or Antiqua have ads?
Close Cities shows ads; Antiqua does not.
Which is updated more often, Close Cities or Antiqua?
Close Cities ships an update every 3 weeks, and Antiqua daily. Most recently, Close Cities was updated on October 24, 2026 and Antiqua on October 25, 2026.

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