Comparison

SimpleCities vs Omran

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

Head to head
About

SimpleCities

Features
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Build a city. Keep it running. SimpleCities brings classic city simulation to iPhone with a native, touch-first interface. Start with open land, build roads and power, zone new neighborhoods, balance the budget, and watch your city grow one decision at a time. Every city develops differently. Residents need homes, businesses need customers, industry needs workers, and everything depends on power and transportation. As the population grows, you will face traffic, pollution, crime, fires, blackouts, and increasing demand for public services. Features: • Build residential, commercial, and industrial districts • Draw roads, rails, and power lines directly with your finger • Manage taxes and funding for roads, police, and fire protection • Track traffic, pollution, crime, land value, growth, and city services • Respond to fires, floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, monsters, and other disasters • Play eight classic city emergency scenarios • Inspect your city with detailed data maps and reports • Pause or adjust the simulation speed at any time • Save multiple versions of your city and restore earlier progress • Import and export compatible classic city files • Choose from several visual themes, including the original classic style • Learn the game with a complete Field Guide for new mayors SimpleCities is easy to start and difficult to master. A healthy city needs more than roads and buildings. It needs planning, patience, and a mayor who can survive the annual budget.

About

Omran

Features
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Build a thriving desert kingdom — your way. No ads, no timers, no forced waits: just you, the sand, and a city that grows as fast as you can build it. Omran is a cozy pixel-art city builder with an Arabian soul. Lay roads, zone homes, shops and industry, bring power and water, then raise mosques, souqs, schools and hospitals until your oasis becomes a metropolis. Strike oil, plant date farms, and crown your skyline with the Kingdom Tower and the Grand Mosque. WHY PLAYERS LOVE OMRAN • 100% offline — build anywhere, no internet needed • No ads, no timers, no energy meters, no pop-ups begging for money • A real economy: balance jobs, goods, power, water, taxes and happiness • Beautiful hand-crafted pixel art and a calm original soundtrack • Fully bilingual — English & Ų§Ł„Ų¹Ų±ŲØŁŠŲ©, right-to-left supported • Sandbox mode + a 4-mission campaign • Game Center leaderboards — chase the biggest, richest city FREE TO PLAY, FAIR TO PAY Start free and build a real city. When you're hooked, a single one-time "Full Kingdom" purchase unlocks every district (transit, leisure, economy, landmarks), all campaign missions, and unlimited population — forever. No subscriptions. No loot boxes. Buy once, own it, restore on any device.

Screenshots

SimpleCities4 screens
Omran4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SimpleCities at none against Omran's 1. SimpleCities also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Omran sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SimpleCities asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SimpleCities ships an update every 3 days, Omran fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
SimpleCities versus Omran: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimpleCitiesOmran
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKtisis Web, LLCMAKEEN TECHNOLOGY

In-app purchases

None

SimpleCities

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Omran

One-time1
  • Full Kingdom$4.99

Questions

Is SimpleCities free?
SimpleCities is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Omran free?
Omran is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SimpleCities or Omran have ads?
Neither SimpleCities nor Omran shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SimpleCities or Omran?
SimpleCities ships an update every 3 days, and Omran fortnightly. Most recently, SimpleCities was updated on October 14, 2026 and Omran on October 24, 2026.

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