Comparison

Vector vs CityPainter

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

Head to head
About

Vector

Experience a retro space shooter with dazzling vector graphics and particle effects, reminiscent of unreleased 1980s arcade machines. Engage alien invaders with unique shield mechanics and collect power-ups in an asteroid bonus level.

Highlights
  • Advanced vector graphics and particle systems
  • Retro arcade-style gameplay
  • Alien shields requiring timed shots
  • Asteroid bonus level with power-ups
  • Analog synthesized sounds and retro soundtrack
  • iCade compatibility
Features
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Based on a mythical vector arcade machine of the late 1980s that was never released, Vector-Z is a space shooter with advanced vector graphics and particle systems designed to dazzle your senses… it's as if the 1980's arcades never went away and the games kept getting better. Vector-Z is a unique, retro-style arcade game with glowing multicolor vector-graphics, analog synthesized sounds, and a retro soundtrack with amazing spaced out tunes to zap extraterrestrial invaders to. Some of Vector-Z's aliens have shields you have to time your shots to break through. There’s also an asteroid bonus level where you can break up asteroids for points, and break up bigger asteroids for power-ups, including bonus shields, extra lives, score multiplier, and a faster fire rate. HINTS: • Vector-Z’s ship holds 2 missiles. One fires from each wing, so there’s a slight offset. There is also a brief reload time. • Aliens are worth more points when they are attacking you. Even more points when they are really close! • Go for the bonus points from accuracy: at 50% you get 100 pts per hit, 200 pts at 75%, 400 pts at 90%, and 800 bonus pts per hit with 100% accuracy! • Aim for the bigger asteroids to collect hexagonal power-ups Vector-Z is compatible with iCade, and requires iOS 7.1 or later.

About

CityPainter

Race through famous cities worldwide, painting roads while evading police. Use oil cans to disable pursuers and jump over obstacles. Collect balloons to warp to new countries for bonus points and extra lives.

Highlights
  • Global city locations
  • Police pursuit evasion
  • Oil can combat
  • Jumping mechanics
  • Balloon collection bonuses
  • Collectible oil cans
Features
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Controls -------------- · GamePad MFI Compatible: Joystick, change car direction. Button A,B: oil shooting and jump (press short jump, press and hold large jump). · Screen Controls: Left Joystick, change car direction. Right Buttons, oil shooting and jump (tap short jump, tap and hold large jump). The Game -------------- Must paint all the road throughout countries, each taking place in a famous city from around the world (USA, Spain, UK, France, Australia,...). Your car is constantly under pursuit by police and taxi cars, which you can take out by launching oil cans at them, stunning them, and then ramming into them with your car. Your car can jump over large gaps to reach higher sections of the stage. By collecting oil cans found in each stage, the player can shoot these at other cars. If the player remains on the same stage for an extended period of time, spikes will extrude from the ground... be careful with spikes and cats. Balloons may appear in the stage. The player should collect three of these balloons, they will be warped to a new country and be granted with a large sum of bonus points. Extra life each 100.000 Points! Enjoy!!!!

Screenshots

Vector3 screens
CityPainter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: CityPainter at 100% against Vector's 40%. CityPainter also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2). Vector's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 38 months) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Vector costs $0.99 and CityPainter $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CityPainter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vector has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Vector's written reviews are positive against 100% of CityPainter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vector ships an update every 6 weeks, CityPainter every 38 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Vector versus CityPainter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVectorCityPainter
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating4.2 (10 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 38 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB7 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperJuggleware, LLCIvan Cerra de Castro

Customer experience

Vector

All ratings10 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%

CityPainter

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Vector

No in-app purchases

None

CityPainter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vector free?
Vector costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is CityPainter free?
CityPainter costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Vector or CityPainter?
CityPainter is rated higher. Vector averages 4.2 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while CityPainter averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Vector or CityPainter have ads?
Neither Vector nor CityPainter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vector or CityPainter?
Vector ships an update every 6 weeks, and CityPainter every 38 months. Most recently, Vector was updated on September 28, 2026 and CityPainter on September 21, 2026.

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