Comparison

Aquapolis vs Paradise City

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

Head to head
About

Aquapolis

Build a futuristic underwater city, uncover a planetary mystery, and help inhabitants thrive. Explore lost civilizations, develop new technologies, and engage in quests. Play with friends in this immersive 3D simulation game.

Highlights
  • Build over 80 unique buildings and decorations
  • Solve mysteries and quests
  • Develop new technologies
  • Collect special tools
  • Immersive 3D graphics
  • Play with friends
Features
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Build a thriving underwater city, reveal the truth and save the planet in amazing FREE TO PLAY game! What has happened to the Earth in this distant future? Why is the whole planet covered with water? Find the answers with the help of brilliant Professor, charming Lana and charismatic Captain. *ALSO* Help the locals turn an old, abandoned village into a thriving metropolis. Build a modern underwater city with fully developed infrastructure. Educate the underwater inhabitants on every aspect of your modern technology. Seek out the remnants of lost civilization and solve the cryptic messages of an unlucky scientist. Play with your Facebook friends! *KEY FEATURES* * BUILD over 80 unique buildings and decorations for your city * SOLVE amazing mysteries and quests * DEVELOP new technologies * COLLECT special tools for repairs and maintenance. * IMMERSE yourself in this underwater city environment thanks to the impressive 3D graphics * PLAY with your friends *WHAT PLAYERS SAY ABOUT THE GAME* “Love under the sea! Great game and the graphics are cool. Challenges keep me busy” - Amzykate McKenzie “Underwater adventure. Light hearted fun. Very addictive but lots of fun” - Christine Jervies “Cool game! Very busy doing things all the time..always something different in this game...loving it and now addicted…” - Mama K “So far great fun! Only just starting out with this one and enjoying it immensely.” - LAURA PANTRY “Good Job Devs! The developers delivered on their promises and made a great game. Its quite rare to see developers that actually listen to their clients. GOOD JOB ON A GREAT GAME.” - Mila rose Baliwagan Official Page on Facebook: www.facebook.com/AquapolisGame Follow us on Twitter: @AquapolisGame

About

Paradise City

Design and build your dream city on a tropical island. Start with farmland and expand to a bustling metropolis, managing resorts and buildings to keep citizens happy and maximize profits. Playable online and offline.

Highlights
  • Design dream city on tropical island
  • Build resorts and buildings
  • Manage citizen happiness for profits
  • Playable online and offline
  • Unlock 9 island paradises
  • Over 200 buildings and farms
Features
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Design your own dream city on this exotic and tropic island paradise! Looking for a highly addictive city building game with awesome graphics on a tropical island? The City Island: Paradise Sim game is the best escape for you! Your goal is to build a beautiful metropolis on this paridise of islands, just starting with some farm land on an exotic island bay. Build it your way, starting with a little village, adding lots of resorts and buildings and grow your own city island! The City Island: Paradise Sim building game is a free city builder that makes you feel like a mayor of a big city or the resort owner on an island paradise. This game is playable offline and online so you can always play this amazing resort tycoon game with a tropical island twist. City Island: Paradise Sim - Build your own city offline game This highly addictive game is developed by Sparkling Society, well known for its other city building games such as the City Island sim games played by over 75 million players worldwide. When starting Paradice City Island Sim you will start small on an empty island and step by step from a simple town, to a village you will build your own amazing town city and eventually a metropolis. There are different kinds of tropical islands with their own surfaces. However, there are also more challenging islands with snow, desert, wood, and so on. It is very important to keep your citizens happy. When your citizens aren't happy, you will not get the 100% profits of the commercial buildings. - Online & Offline playable - Tropical Paradise setting - Seaside Hotel & Resort game - Your virtual tycoon game - Highly addictive in a good way :) - This farm & building game is playable for the entire family, a real family game - Build your own tropic paradice city island escape - 9 different islands paradises and 200+ buildings and farms to unlock - Awesome graphics - Expand your town along the beaches - Free family game with fun for all ages

Screenshots

Aquapolis4 screens
Paradise City4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Aquapolis at monthly against Paradise City's every 4 months. Aquapolis also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Aquapolis sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Paradise City sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Aquapolis against 4.6 for Paradise City. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 279 and 832 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Aquapolis's written reviews are positive against 80% of Paradise City's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aquapolis ships an update monthly, Paradise City every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Aquapolis versus Paradise City: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAquapolisParadise City
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (279 ratings)4.6 (832 ratings)
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews — better79.8% of reviews
Number of ratings279832 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size301 MB180 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCandy Grill LLCSparkling Society Games B.V.

Customer experience

Aquapolis

All ratings279 ratings
Positive91.0%
Neutral2.9%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews340 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral5.6%
Negative12.6%

Paradise City

All ratings832 ratings
Positive91.0%
Neutral5.2%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews411 reviews
Positive79.8%
Neutral9.0%
Negative11.2%

User reviews

Aquapolis

From 279 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and addictive game
  • 🎨 Beautiful graphics and visuals
  • 🤩 Unique and interesting concept
  • 🕹️ Easy and intuitive gameplay
  • 🌊 Underwater theme is appealing

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
  • 🛠️ Machines/buildings break down too often
  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases required
  • 🕰️ Slow progression and long wait times
  • 🙁 Happiness meter is difficult to maintain

Paradise City

From 832 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great game
  • 🌴 Lovely game to play
  • 🎨 Nice gentle play
  • 💰 Good way to pass time
  • 🏙️ Enjoyable city building

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Small screen selection
  • 😴 Boring and slow
  • 💰 Expensive land and buildings
  • 🤖 Repetitive and lacking content
  • 🔔 Too many ads and pop-ups

Bugs and requests

Aquapolis

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Game crashes on launch
  • Sync issues with Facebook
  • Rewards not properly granted after watching ads
  • Incompatibility with iOS 12 and newer
  • Buildings/machines not repairing properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • More land/space to expand
  • Ability to communicate with other players
  • Additional mini-games or quests
  • Improved rewards for watching ads
  • Better support for newer devices/iOS versions

Paradise City

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes and freezes
  • Issues with double rewards from videos
  • Incorrect level progression

Requested features

5 requests
  • Automatic profit collection
  • More building and decoration options
  • Ability to sell or store buildings
  • Easier way to unlock new islands
  • More in-game rewards and bonuses

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Aquapolis

One-time10
  • Inventory pack$0.99
  • Storage Cells$0.99
  • Rubies pack 8$1.99
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  • Coins pack 8$1.99
  • Chest of spins$2.99
  • Promo packs mall$3.99
  • Rubies pack 7$4.99
  • Rubies pack 6$9.99
  • Rubies pack 4$19.99
  • Promo pack big$24.99
9 purchases

Paradise City

One-time9
  • 1,250,000 cash$2.99
  • 25 gold2 variants$2.99
  • 2,000,000 Cash$4.99
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  • 50 Gold$4.99
  • 3,000,000 cash$5.99
  • 65 gold2 variants$5.99
  • 130 gold (SALE)$5.99
  • 8,000,000 Cash$14.99
  • 200 Gold$14.99

Questions

Is Aquapolis free?
Aquapolis is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Paradise City free?
Paradise City is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Aquapolis or Paradise City?
Aquapolis and Paradise City are both rated 4.6 out of 5 on the App Store, from 279 and 832 ratings respectively.
Do Aquapolis or Paradise City have ads?
Both Aquapolis and Paradise City show ads.
Which is updated more often, Aquapolis or Paradise City?
Aquapolis ships an update monthly, and Paradise City every 4 months. Most recently, Aquapolis was updated on September 16, 2026 and Paradise City on September 15, 2026.

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