Comparison

City Dispatch vs Lioza

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

Head to head
About

City Dispatch

Features
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City Emergency Dispatch is a fast tactical rescue game about reading a city map, choosing the right response unit, and keeping the emergency network alive. Send ambulances, fire engines, police cars, utility crews, helicopters, and tow trucks to urgent incidents before the city is overwhelmed. Promote your commander through military-style ranks, upgrade permanent gear, train units, and expand your dispatch capacity over time. Key Features: - Tap city incidents and dispatch specialized emergency units. - Rescue citizens, resolve hazards, and control city pressure. - Build a long-term commander rank with 24 insignia levels. - Upgrade gear, unit training, and command systems with crystals. - Optional rewarded ads provide extra crystals or dispatch chances.

About

Lioza

A calm, tile-drafting strategy board game where players draft stones to build their wall and outwit opponents. Easy to learn with short matches, it offers various modes for solo play, online matches, or local multiplayer.

Highlights
  • Calm stone-drafting gameplay
  • Two game modes: Classic and Free Hand
  • Three AI bot strengths
  • Solo, Quick Match, private lobby, and pass & play
  • Offline play supported
  • No account required to start
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Lioza is a calm, stone-drafting strategy board game. Draft stones, build your wall, and outwit your rival — every stone you take is one they can't have. Easy to learn, hard to put down: your first round teaches you the game, and getting good is the fun part. A match runs about ten minutes. • Free, ad-free, no pay-to-win — the whole game, free • Two modes — play the Classic with a pre-defined board or Free Hand that gives you a blank canvas to lay your stones • The honest bot — multiple strengths: Apprentice, Master, Grandmaster & Legend. It never peeks at hidden information and never gets a lucky "algorithm." It plays by the same rules you do. Beat it, and you earned it • Play your way — solo vs the bot, Quick Match against a stranger, a private lobby with up to four friends, or pass & play on a single phone • Works offline — the bot and pass & play need no connection • No account to start — sign up only when you want to play online Rooted in calçada, the hand-laid black-and-white stone pavement of Lisbon: pale pedra lioz set against dark basalt into waves you can walk across. Five mineral stones, laid one at a time, into something worth keeping. And learn from Master Lio — the old calçada stone-mason who's the face of the honest bot. Free. Ad-free. No pay-to-win. Ever.

Screenshots

City Dispatch4 screens
Lioza4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: City Dispatch at 13.0 against Lioza's 15.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

City Dispatch ships an update every 9 days, Lioza every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
City Dispatch versus Lioza: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCity DispatchLioza
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJianguang ZouAnkur Goyal

In-app purchases

None

City Dispatch

No in-app purchases

None

Lioza

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is City Dispatch free?
City Dispatch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lioza free?
Lioza is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do City Dispatch or Lioza have ads?
Neither City Dispatch nor Lioza shows ads.
Which is updated more often, City Dispatch or Lioza?
City Dispatch ships an update every 9 days, and Lioza every 8 days. Most recently, City Dispatch was updated on October 28, 2026 and Lioza on October 24, 2026.

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