Comparison

Mafia vs Contraband

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

Head to head
About

Mafia

Features
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Mafia-gangs mobile. - Pledge crimes while your are on the go. - Steal your vehicles everywhere you are. - Chat with friends and family while you are traveling.

About

Contraband

Engage in a fast-paced drug trading simulation across six American cities. Manage your cash, survive random events, and choose a criminal faction to maximize your profits within a 30-day limit. Your choices determine your survival and success in the game's challenging circuit.

Highlights
  • Drug trading simulation
  • Six American cities
  • 30-day survival challenge
  • Multiple criminal factions
  • Random street events
  • Health and jail mechanics
  • Banking and loan system
Features
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Twelve cities. Thirty days. One question — how much can you walk away with? Contraband is a trading game about risk. Buy low in one city, sell high in another, and stay ahead of everyone who wants what you're carrying: police, informants, rivals, and a loan shark who doesn't take excuses. THE RUN You start with a little cash and a map of twelve American cities, each with its own market. The cheapest heroin in Baltimore. The cheapest meth in Albuquerque. Cocaine moving through Miami at port prices. Those markets drift every time you travel, so the spread you planned on may not be waiting when you arrive. Thirty days. Then the clock stops and you're scored on what you built. SEVEN FACTIONS, SEVEN GAMES Choose who you run with. Your faction changes where you start, what you pay, who you owe — and what you can do when a night goes wrong. - The Mafia make a phone call. Someone downtown always owes them. - The Outlaws outrun it, and feel it in the morning. - The Cartel answer with force. It works. The city remembers. - The Yakuza negotiate. Never free, never a disaster. - The Red Network simply disappear for a day. - The Syndicate call the block — if the block is still cold. - The Independent has nothing but nerve and whatever name they've built. No two factions solve the same problem the same way. WHAT'S WORKING AGAINST YOU HEAT - Every bust raises the temperature in that city. Hot streets are dangerous streets, and heat only cools while you're somewhere else. REPUTATION - Build a name and trouble starts finding its own way around you. HEALTH - You can be hurt, badly. Carry a med pack. Carry a tourniquet for the night it saves your life. JAIL - A sentence costs you days you don't have. Draw one longer than your remaining time and the run ends behind bars. THE LOAN SHARK - Borrow when you're desperate, repay within six days. He is not a patient man. THE BANK - The only money an event can't take from you. EVERY RUN IS A STORY Hundreds of written outcomes rather than silent dice. Police chases, undercover buys, cut product, worse partners, and the occasional very good night. What happens is written from your faction's point of view, so the same bad luck reads differently depending on who you run with. Runs save automatically - close the app mid-deal and come back to it exactly where you left off. Final scores post to a global leaderboard ranked on net worth. Free to play. Two factions are free; the rest can be unlocked individually or all at once. --- All characters, organizations, markets and substances depicted are entirely fictional. Contraband is a strategy simulation and does not represent, promote or endorse real individuals, groups or activities.

Screenshots

Mafia4 screens
Contraband4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mafia at none against Contraband's 5. Mafia also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). 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. Contraband sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Mafia asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Mafia versus Contraband: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMafiaContraband
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—8 — better
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB82 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperMeyer & van der Meer B.V.Ian Robinson

In-app purchases

None

Mafia

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Contraband

One-time5
  • The Mafia$0.99
  • The Cartel$0.99
  • The Outlaws$0.99
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  • The Yakuza$0.99
  • The Red Network$0.99

Questions

Is Mafia free?
Mafia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Contraband free?
Contraband is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mafia or Contraband have ads?
Neither Mafia nor Contraband shows ads.

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