Mini Metro vs ci
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mini Metro
Design and manage a subway system for a growing city. Draw lines, start trains, and adapt your network as new stations open. Strategically use limited resources to keep the city moving and achieve the highest score.
- Design subway maps
- Draw lines between stations
- Manage train routes
- Adapt to random city growth
- Utilize limited resources
- Over two dozen real-world cities
- Variety of upgrades
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Mini Metro, the sublime subway simulator, now on iPhone and iPad. • Included in the App Store Best of 2016 • Mac Game of the Year in over 30 countries • BAFTA-nominated • IGF award-winning • IGN Mobile Game of the Year nominee • Included in Gamespot's Best Mobile Games of 2016 Mini Metro is a game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. As new stations open, redraw your lines to keep them efficient. Decide where to use your limited resources. How long can you keep the city moving? • Random city growth means each game is unique. • Over two dozen of real-world cities to test your planning skills. • A variety of upgrades so you can tailor your network. • Normal mode for quick scored games, Endless to relax, or Extreme for the ultimate challenge. • Build your metro exactly how you want to with the Creative mode. • Compete against the world every day in the Daily Challenge. • Colorblind and night modes. • Responsive soundtrack created by your metro system, engineered by Disasterpeace. "If you love the city-planning aspect of Sim City but can't handle the pressure of playing god, then you may have just found your new favorite time-waster." - Ashley Feinberg, Gizmodo "Take my word for it that a game about mass-transit system design can be a tense, white-knuckle thriller." - Owen Faraday, Pocket Tactics "Mini Metro: fun game simulates planning and running public transit system." - Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing
ci
Control a growing circle by touching and dragging. Absorb smaller circles to increase your size while avoiding larger ones. Compete for the top score on the leaderboard in this addictive game.
- Touch and drag circle control
- Absorb smaller circles
- Avoid larger circles
- Grow your circle
- Compete on leaderboard
- Addictive gameplay
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ci - 12th in "focus" (aa, uu, ff, au, rr, ao, rl, sp, th, ki, ci, sn, lo, ba, ov, sh, fi, do, ru & ti) Touch and drag the circle. Smash and absorb circles smaller than you, avoid circles larger. See how big you can get by eating the smaller ones and growing. You can also top the leaderboard and compete for the best score / largest circle. Get stuck into the addiction of ci right now, a fresh addition to your collection of focused General Adaptive apps. Thanks for all your support, I hope you're enjoying the "focus" series thus far. Handmade in Australia, General Adaptive
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ci at Free against Mini Metro's $3.99. ci also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). Mini Metro's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 3.9) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On 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
ci is free to download; Mini Metro costs $3.99 up front. ci sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mini Metro asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mini Metro holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mini Metro has 32K ratings behind it against 101, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Mini Metro's written reviews are positive against 65% of ci's.
Mini Metro ships an update every 2 months, ci every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mini Metro | ci |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (32K ratings) — better | 3.9 (101 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.8% of reviews — better | 64.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 32K — better | 101 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #14 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 191 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dinosaur Polo Club | General Adaptive Apps Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Mini Metro
ci
User reviews
Mini Metro
From 32K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Simple and relaxing gameplay
- 🎨 Beautiful minimalist design
- ⏱️ Addictive and time-killing
- 🌐 Wide variety of cities to play
- 💰 Good value for money
Room to improve
- 🐛 Trains skipping stations
- 🤯 Overwhelming difficulty at times
- 🔍 Lack of clear instructions
- 🔀 Difficulty removing/rerouting lines
- 🕰️ No ability to save progress
ci
From 101 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Fun and engaging
- 👍 Good time killer
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 👍 Works offline
Room to improve
- 😠 Forced reviews to play
- 😠 Ads everywhere
- 😠 Game progression blocked
- 😠 Redirects to app store
- 😠 Repetitive gameplay
Bugs and requests
Mini Metro
Reported bugs
3 issues- Leaderboard issues with daily challenges
- Crashes and compatibility problems on certain devices
- Unexpected behavior when trains skip stations
Requested features
5 requests- Undo/redo functionality
- Ability to create branching lines
- More detailed statistics and analytics
- Additional game modes (e.g. career, scenarios)
- Integration with real-world transit data
ci
Reported bugs
5 issues- Game glitches out
- Game crashes
- Game freezes
- Game won't let you continue playing
- Redirects to App Store
Requested features
2 requests- Option to remove ads
- Control pad option
In-app purchases
Mini Metro
No in-app purchases
ci
- Remove Ads$1.99









