Dinosaur Assassin vs Squirrel City
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dinosaur Assassin
Embark on a thrilling hunting adventure across prehistoric and wild worlds. Arm yourself with a variety of weapons and vehicles to track down deadly dinosaurs and other creatures. Survive by day, hunt by night, and compete with other players in this immersive simulator.
- Single Player & Online Multiplayer
- Play as an Animal
- Variety of Weapons (Pistol Crossbow, Bow, Rifle)
- Multiple Travel Options (Motorbike, 4x4, Boat, Horse)
- Campfire Building and Resource Gathering
- Night Hunting with Night Vision Goggles
- Diverse Jurassic, Ice Age, and Safari Worlds
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Single Player & Online Multiplayer(play as an Animal) Multiplayer Choose to play as a Animal against up to 20 players. Single player On your Dinosaur Assassin journey you’ll require a host of weapons and a variety of ways to travel through this dangerous world. You can build up your weapons to include: Pistol Crossbow(Explosive Arrows), Compound Bow, Proximity Mines/Gas Canisters, Handgun, Rifle. Travel by Motorbike you can Somersault off the bike to be right in the middle of the action, Sniper rifle long range kills from within your 4x4 Off-Road Vehicle, ride by Boat or maybe you prefer to run in and out of the action by foot, your faithful friend - Horse can be called by your whistle to get you out of those tight dino situations. Dinosaur Assassin: Evolution has High quality graphics and gameplay. Build Camp fires at night, gather firewood and supplies in the day time. Collect Night Vision Goggles and hunt by night, that is if you’re not too scared by all those carnivores! Jurassic, Ice Age and Safari worlds are full of wild deadly animals: TRex, Spinosaurus, Raptors, Triceratops, Velociraptors, Euoplocephalus, Pterodactyl, Dilophosaurus, Parasaurolophus. Brontosaurus, Sarcosuchus, Sabertooth Tiger, Mammoth, Dire Wolf, Short faced Bear, Wooly Rhino, Megaloceros, Scarabs, Elephant, Lion, Giraffe, Rhino, Monkey, Meerkat, Lioness, Reedbuck, Flamingo, Lemur, Bee's, Zebra, Crocodile, Wildebeest, Doedicurus, Dunkleosteus, Buffalo, WartHog, Ostrich, Diatryma, Gigantic Worm, Water Snake, Dimetrodon, Compsognathus, Stegosaurus, Allosaurus, Plesiosaur, Teratorn, Hyena, Hippopotamus, Leopard, Impala, Gorilla, Achelousaurus, Deinonychus, Nodosaur, Medusaceratops, Giganotosaurus, Torosaurus, Edmontonia, Pentaceratops, Eagle and Yeti. Discover and explore so much more… the rest will surprise you.
Squirrel City
Build a charming treetop town for a community of squirrels. Manage their unique personalities, jobs, and relationships while navigating seasonal changes and gentle politics. Visit friends' towns and leave gifts.
- Build treetop structures
- Manage squirrel personalities and relationships
- Engage in seasonal activities and festivals
- Participate in gentle town politics and elections
- Visit and gift friends' towns
- Experience dynamic weather and day/night cycles
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A cozy game about a small town in the trees and the squirrels who live there. Build a treetop town. Place burrows, leaf tents, lanterns, benches, twig bridges, and a growing list of community structures — apothecaries, hot springs, meeting trees, trading posts, watchtowers, storm cellars, acorn libraries, memorial groves. Three structures bring your first squirrel. After that, more arrive when there is room. Meet the squirrels. Each one has a unique personality drawn from eighteen traits — Romantic, Industrious, Forgetful, Brave, Loud, Anxious, Loyal, Storyteller, Hoarder, Generous, Lookout, and more. They form friendships, develop rivalries, fall for each other, and sometimes cannot stand each other. They want things from you. They have jobs that matter. The journal keeps you posted on the small dramas: "Hazel and Pip have started exploring together most days." "Mochi and Sorrel sit near each other quietly. Neither of them has to say much." "Pip wants more storage. They've outgrown their burrow." Gather. Take walks to meadows, creeks, the old oak. Try the Acorn Toss for rhythm catches. Run a Bird Heist for premium materials. Each style favors different traits — Athletic squirrels excel at the Toss, Brave squirrels at the Heist, Sleepy ones still love a long walk. Weather. Storms roll in occasionally. You have a minute to reinforce, then the storm hits. Buildings can be damaged. The city repairs them. Late summer brings a drought. Winter brings stillness. The light changes through the day — dawn warm, midday bright, dusk amber, night cool. Politics, gently. As your city grows, squirrels with shared traits coalesce into Coalitions: Pip's Saving Society, Hazel's Open Hand, Bramble's Wandering Order. They form positions, deliver respectful petitions, and have quiet words at the Meeting Tree. Every fourteen days, an election. Squirrels declare. Coalitions endorse. You vote alongside the city. The winning Mayor proposes decrees — rationing, repair days, festivals, night watches. You accept or veto. The city remembers both ways. Visiting strangers pass through. Welcome them. Help them along with a small donation. Or let them quietly move on. Festivals. Bloom in late spring. The Long Day in midsummer, when the sun never quite sets. Harvest in autumn — the gathering games yield more, and the city celebrates. The Lantern Vigil in winter, when the memorials glow and the city remembers each squirrel who came before, by name. Visit your friends. Trade your invite code with a real friend. Visit their city in 3D. Leave a bench, a lantern, or a small note as a gift. They get notified. Your contributions live in their world. Your name stays attached. Remember. Squirrels age. When one passes, a small wooden marker stays where they were last seen, glowing softly in the city forever. On the anniversary of their passing, the Memorial Grove glows. The journal honors who they were. If they were Mayor, the city invokes their decrees specifically. Their causes can outlive them — when a Coalition's anchor passes, sometimes a successor emerges and the cause continues, just quieter now. The tone, always. Earnest, never cynical. Personal, never abstract. Tender, never aggressive. Squirrels disagree; they don't fight. They have "words." They go home sad or lighter or thoughtful. Even rivalries are loving — they care enough to disagree. Squirrel City is free. No ads. No in-app purchases. No tracking. No data sold. Designed for daily check-ins, not all-day playing. Your city syncs across your devices. Made by one person who cares about cozy games.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Squirrel City at none against Dinosaur Assassin's 8. Squirrel City also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.0 vs 3.6). Dinosaur Assassin's advantage is ratings volume (40 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. Dinosaur Assassin sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Squirrel City asks for nothing beyond the download.
Squirrel City holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dinosaur Assassin has 40 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Dinosaur Assassin ships an update every 6 months, Squirrel City weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dinosaur Assassin | Squirrel City |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (40 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Weekly — 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 |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 115 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Jurassic Apps | Kevin Stewart |
Bugs and requests
Dinosaur Assassin
Reported bugs
11 issues- Purchased items disappeared
- Game crashes when shooting hippo/gorilla
- Game crashes when encountering monkey/gorilla
- Game crashes on loading
- In-game purchase gave wrong amount of stones
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- Creatures turn into spots and are hard to track
- Dinosaur disappears and reappears in front, killing player
- Motorcycle falls over and cannot be ridden
- Motorcycle is broken, player falls over
- Camera doesn't turn
- Bike falls over and stays on the ground
Requested features
54 requests- Add animals from Trophy Hunt
- More animals
- Better camera adjustment
- Designated area for sand worm or make it optional
- Add Trophy Hunt Island and animals
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- Tame dinosaurs
- More islands
- Raptor icon
- More animals
- Add multiplayer
- Add new weapons, planes, more characters
- Add a plane with a gun
- More hunting items
- Add a unit to help without paying
- Make dinosaurs fight each other
- Add more dinosaurs
- Add more weapons
- Add more monsters (water)
- Warning system for hostile animals on mini map
- Mini map symbols for special items
- More challenge
- Explore origins of alien dinosaurs
- How to get in a house/get a ride
- Make money easier to get
- Make dinosaurs fight each other
- Add more dinosaurs
- Add more weapons
- Add multiplayer
- Add more water monsters
- Local multiplayer
- Customizable avatar
- More weapons
- Add multiplayer
- Replace pterodactyl
- Updates and fix graphics
- Vs mode or team hunt
- More weapons
- More animals
- More safe spots for cover
- Bigger ground area
- Better control system
- Playable on PS Vita
- Toggle hood feature
- Easier to get coin things
- New dinosaurs and ice age animals
- More competition
- More guns
- More animals
- Bigger ground
- Better control system
- More Dino's
- More Dino's
- New update with bug fixes
- More Dino's
Squirrel City
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Dinosaur Assassin
- Handful of Sunga's - 10$0.99
- Satchel of Sunga's - 20$1.99
- Backpack of Sunga's - 45$2.99
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- Golden Bone$2.99
- Chest of Sunga's - 100$3.99
- Cart of Sunga's - 300$9.99
- Wagon of Sunga's - 1000$14.99
- Shed of Sunga's - 3000$40.99
Squirrel City
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Dinosaur Assassin free?
Is Squirrel City free?
Which has better reviews, Dinosaur Assassin or Squirrel City?
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