Fairly standard city-builder but with some extra wrinkles and challenges make it fun and a little different. Definitely worthy of five stars. It did very occasionally crash on me (I'm running Mojave), but recovered gracefully without loss of progress. When I turned off the sound, it never crashed again, so maybe that's an option if it gives you any problems.

As many have said before this is an excellent game format limited only by it's inability to build larger cities. In the areas of housing, industry, and commercial the game limits to a single level of upgrade. A 3rd level of upgrade for the three essential zones would allow you to do more than just rush around the city building and tearing down to balance growth. After 2-3 days playing at the highest level the game became both boring in its inability to grow and tedious in the repetive adjustments required.

Years ago when I was younger, I got hooked on city-building games like Pharaoh and Ceasar. I've looked for city building games like them since as the years and technology has developed... No such luck. Until now. Pocket City fulfills that city-building itch that's gone unscratched for so long now. Thank you to the developer. I accidentally spent 6 hours on my initial playthrough.... Yep. All in good fun!

I am super enjoying this. It's a very simple sim-city-like game. You don't have to get heady, but it's still fun. Also, kudos to ANY develpper who sells an app for a flat and fair price. It's a blast, and gives me what I need. If I want a more complicated version, I can still buy the bigger apps. This totally hits the spot for now. And it's nice to look at too.