Bit City vs TheoTown
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bit City
Develop a small town into a bustling metropolis in this idle city-building simulation. Earn profits, invest in upgrades, and unlock new buildings and vehicles to expand your urban landscape. Customize your city with famous landmarks.
- City building simulation
- Idle gameplay
- Profit collection
- Upgrade investments
- Unlock new buildings
- Vehicle collection
- Landmark customization
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Build your own Bit City! Start from a tiny town and grow to a thriving metropolis in this city building idle game from the creators of Tiny Tower. Collect profits and invest in upgrades that keep your city growing. Fill your city with new types of cars, planes and ships. Unlock cool new buildings, including famous landmarks to customize the look of your city. What are you waiting for? Start building YOUR own Bit City now!
TheoTown
Build and manage your own city from a small town to a sprawling metropolis. Design transportation networks, handle emergencies, and construct famous landmarks. Customize your city with user-created plugins.
- Build and manage multiple cities
- Design transportation networks
- Handle emergency events
- Construct world wonders
- User-created plugins
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TheoTown is a city-building game where you can build and manage your own cities. Start with a small town and develop it into an enormous metropolis. Take on the role of mayor, shape impressive skylines, and manage the many systems that keep your cities running. Build complex transportation networks with roads, railways, buses, airports, and more. Create bus routes, expand your rail network, manage your vehicles, and even customize aircraft liveries. Prepare your cities for emergencies such as natural disasters, disease, crime, and fires. Construct famous landmarks including Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty, and many more. Still missing something? Expand the game with user-made plugins and add new buildings, vehicles, decorations, and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: TheoTown at fortnightly against Bit City's every 2 months. TheoTown also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and chart position (#175 vs unranked). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Bit City sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and TheoTown sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
TheoTown holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8.5K and 18K respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 79% and 80% positive.
Bit City ships an update every 2 months, TheoTown fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bit City | TheoTown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (8.5K ratings) | 4.8 (18K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.9% of reviews | 79.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8.5K | 18K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #175 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 288 MB | 170 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NimbleBit LLC | blueflower GmbH |
Customer experience
Bit City
TheoTown
User reviews
Bit City
From 8.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to play
- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 💎 Great for casual time-wasting
- 🎨 Charming pixel art style
Room to improve
- 🕰️ Slow progression and repetitive gameplay
- 🔀 Inability to rotate buildings
- 🤑 Expensive special buildings
- 🤔 Prestige feature not as beneficial as expected
TheoTown
From 18K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Best city builder on mobile
- 👍 Pixel art style and retro vibe
- 🎨 Highly customizable with plugins
- 💰 No microtransactions or ads
- 🎮 Engaging and addictive gameplay
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and performance issues
- 🔍 Lack of clear instructions and tutorials
- 🎨 Outdated or basic graphics for some users
- 🔋 High battery drain on larger cities
- 🛑 Limitations on city size and terraforming
Bugs and requests
Bit City
Reported bugs
3 issues- Prestige feature not working as intended
- Occasional crashes and progress loss
- Ads sometimes freeze the app
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to rotate buildings
- Option to choose building types
- Ability to visit and upgrade past cities
- More city themes and building variety
- Collect all vehicle earnings at once
TheoTown
Reported bugs
4 issues- Placement of power lines and pipes can be finicky
- Buildings sometimes fail to construct properly
- Occasional audio glitches and music bugs
- Difficulty deleting or modifying existing structures
Requested features
5 requests- Add more transportation options (trams, subways, etc.)
- Improve road and infrastructure customization
- Implement multiplayer and regional interactions
- Expand disaster and environmental management
- Introduce more advanced building types and specializations
In-app purchases
Bit City
- Pension Pig$2.99
- Stack of Bux$4.99
- Infinite Double Time$4.99
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- Bag of Bux$9.99
- Vault of Bux$19.99
TheoTown
- Landmarks III$2.99
- Landmarks VI$2.99
- Landmarks V$2.99
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- Christmas Pack$2.99
- 100 diamonds$2.99
- Starter Pack$2.99
- Valentine's Day bundle$2.99
- Landmarks I$2.99
- Starter Pack 2$3.99
- 250 diamonds$4.99
- 550 diamonds$5.99
- Landmarks II$5.99
- Landmarks IV$5.99
- Unlimited Fast Speed$6.99
- Unlimited Tunnels$6.99
- 2,630 diamonds$29.99








