# Designer City

> City building game

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1021092114](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1021092114)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1021092114`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Sphere Game Studios
- **Category:** Simulation
- **Rating:** 4.90 / 5 (8,060 ratings)
- **Version:** v2.05
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-23
- **First published:** 2015-08-12
- **Size:** 223 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/designer-city/id1021092114)
- **Website:** [https://www.spheregamestudios.com](https://www.spheregamestudios.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.spheregamestudios.com/privacy.htm](http://www.spheregamestudios.com/privacy.htm)

## Description

Designer City is a free offline city-building game for Chrome that runs without timers. You control the pace while designing a thriving metropolis with 2,000+ landmarks and skyscrapers, placing homes, offices, services, parks and decorations to shape every district.

Plan transport networks, manage zoning and budgets, and explore renewable power and public transit. With dynamic land generation and endless layouts, you can reset and build new skylines anytime for endless city-building fun.

## Rankings

- #19,575 — Overall
- #10 — foe

## Review summary

Players praise Designer City for its fun, relaxing city-building experience, strong visuals, and offline mode with city analytics. Common downsides are the lack of a full camera rotation, requests for more realistic traffic and more content, plus several glitches affecting placement and infrastructure. Overall, it’s highly regarded for its creativity and analytics, with calls for refinements and more features.

### Pros

- Fun, engaging, and relaxing city-building gameplay.
- Offline mode with minimal or no ads.
- Good graphics and visually appealing skylines.
- Real-time analytics and economic indicators (GDP per capita, etc.).
- Ability to visit other players' cities and compare designs.

### Cons

- Limited camera angles; no 360-degree view.
- Traffic/AI realism could be improved (pedestrian and vehicle behavior).
- Desire for more content: more buildings, decorations, and features.
- Various glitches/bugs (placement issues, bridges/gaps, landscape changes).
- Some UI/UX improvements suggested (mass-building, filtering, and safer deletion actions).

## Similar extensions and apps

- [Designer City 2](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1383676844) — 4.90 / 5
- [Designer City 4](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6742739595) — 4.70 / 5
- [Global City: Building games](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1455860184) — 4.80 / 5
- [My Idle City](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1472345771) — 4.70 / 5
- [Town City - Building Simulator](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1337018789) — 4.70 / 5
- [Citybound: City Tycoon](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6789591154) — 2.00 / 5
- [City Builder Idle](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6757754809) — 5.00 / 5
- [Idle City Builder: Tycoon Game](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1571920243) — 4.20 / 5
- [Designer City 3: future cities](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6499128804) — 4.70 / 5
- [Simulation City®](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1214639532) — 1.00 / 5
- [Idle Island - City Tycoon](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1438759771) — 4.70 / 5
- [Designer City: Empire Edition](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1511050675) — 4.90 / 5

---

Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1021092114)