SubaraCity vs Tower Swap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SubaraCity
Merge blocks of the same color to level them up and transform them into larger buildings. This simple yet engaging puzzle game allows you to build a city by combining blocks, offering hours of immersive fun.
- Merge same-colored blocks
- Level up blocks into buildings
- Create and expand a city
- Simple and intuitive gameplay
- Time-consuming puzzle experience
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Merge blocks and create a city. You'll become so involved that you'll lose track of time. The rules are simple, and there are no complicated operations. By touching blocks of the same color they are joined, and as they level up they turn into large buildings.
Tower Swap
This match-3 puzzle game combines strategic tower defense with a medieval theme. Match three stones to create towers and defend your castle from incoming dragons. Enjoy instant play with no signup and offline capabilities.
- Match-3 puzzle mechanics
- Tower defense gameplay
- Castle defense against dragons
- Merge stones to build towers
- Offline play available
- Online high score competition
- Portrait mode for one-handed play
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The match-3 Tower Defense game! It's like a match-3 puzzle game but your matches turn into towers! Then dragons fly over the board and you have to defend the castle. Merge three stones to make a tower. - No signup required. Try playing it instantly. - Play offline without internet when logged out. - Play online to compete for high scores against friends. - Portrait mode game. Play one-handed. - Turn based game. Look away any time and you're fine. - A small download, and loads quickly. - Over one million plays! Featuring retro medieval pixel art by Kyle McArthur.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: SubaraCity at none against Tower Swap's shown. SubaraCity also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). Tower Swap's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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
Both are free to download. SubaraCity sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Tower Swap sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for SubaraCity against 4.6 for Tower Swap. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 46 and 76 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of SubaraCity's written reviews are positive against 75% of Tower Swap's.
SubaraCity ships an update every 5 days, Tower Swap monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SubaraCity | Tower Swap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (46 ratings) — better | 4.6 (76 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.3% of reviews | 75.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 46 | 76 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 239 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Ryuji Kuwaki | Curtis Robinson |
Customer experience
SubaraCity
Tower Swap
Bugs and requests
SubaraCity
Reported bugs
7 issues- Ranking and encyclopedia data disappeared after update
- Game progress and saved games disappeared after update
- In-app purchases not restoring
- Freeze bug not resolved
- Ads blocking buttons
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- Building collection bug
- Inconsistent starts leading to unfair advantages
Requested features
7 requests- Add more game modes
- Option to revert to older BGM and design
- Add new buildings/themes
- Add more levels/maps
- Allow joining larger buildings for higher scores
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- Add different city themes (Medieval, Native, Chinese Dynasty)
- Option to pay to remove ads permanently
Tower Swap
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SubaraCity
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Mayor+5$0.99
- Mayor+10$0.99
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- Tokyo Pack$1.99
Tower Swap
- Pile of Gold$0.99
- Pile of Gold$1.99
- Barrel of Gold$2.49
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- Barrel of Gold$4.99
- Five Barrels of Gold!$9.99
- Five Barrels Of Gold$19.99
