# Boomtown: City Builder

Boomtown is a city builder for iPhone, iPad and Android, published by BitSpire GmbH (Switzerland). Turn a single dusty road into a thriving metropolis: zone neighbourhoods, connect power and water, and watch citizens move in, raise families and commute to work. It is a one-time purchase with no ads, no in-app purchases and no tracking, and it plays fully offline.

- Website: https://boomtown.info/
- Support: https://boomtown.info/support.html
- Privacy policy: https://boomtown.info/privacy.html

## Facts at a glance

- Name: Boomtown: City Builder
- Genres: City builder, Simulation, Strategy
- Developer and publisher: BitSpire GmbH, Sinserstrasse 67, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
- Platforms: iPhone and iPad (iOS 15 or later); Android phones and tablets (Android 7.0, API 24, or later)
- Price: one-time purchase. $4.99 (USD), €4.99 (EUR), CHF 5.00 (CHF)
- Ads: none. In-app purchases: none. Tracking: none
- Internet: not required. Plays fully offline
- Orientation: landscape on iPhone and Android; iPad also plays in portrait
- Availability: Google Play and App Store, coming soon
- App Store age rating: 4+
- Website languages: English, Deutsch, Français, Italiano, Español, 日本語, 简体中文

## Key features

### Build a living city

- Residential, commercial and industrial zones in standard, suburban and old-town styles
- Grow from hamlet to village, town, small city, city, metropolis, megalopolis and megacity
- Curved roads, dirt tracks, avenues and pedestrian streets; bus, tram and train lines; airports
- Every car picks its own route; jams form at rush hour; better roads or transit lines fix them
- Car-free households walk or ride transit, so stops near homes and jobs matter

### Citizens and generations

- Kids, parents and grandparents age year by year; young adults move out to start their own homes
- Kindergartens raise birth rates, doctors raise life expectancy, schools fill and empty, and cemeteries run out of space
- Set the retirement age and parental leave, then watch the age pyramid shift a decade later
- Residents judge jobs, commute, safety, schools, parks, noise, pollution and the cost of living
- Tap any building to see how it is doing and exactly why it isn't growing

### Seasons and weather

- Heat waves raise air-conditioning demand; cold snaps need heating
- Clouds dim solar farms; storms spin wind turbines
- Snow blankets the town in winter, trees turn gold in autumn, harvests peak in summer
- The Local calendar follows your hemisphere's seasons and is on by default for new cities
- Fires spread from house to house, storms damage buildings, and unhappy residents take to the streets

### Economy

- Farms feed your people: sell the surplus, store part of it in a food reserve, or pay for imports
- Mines dig ore from the mountains until the vein runs dry
- High-tech industry moves in once the city is well educated
- Set taxes per zone, fund each department, take out loans, and choose from 14 policies
- Research 17 technologies and build 5 grand projects, including the World Expo and the Space Center

### Tourism

- Landmarks such as a Ferris wheel, stadium, opera house and Sky Tower, plus old-town streets and pedestrian zones, draw tourists; an airport flies them in
- Hotels collect a tourist tax. When they are full, visitors rent flats your residents can no longer live in
- Crowds bring crime, noise and rising rents; cap short-term rentals or double the tourist tax

### Data maps

- 26 data maps: traffic, pollution, groundwater, wind, crime, age, visitors and more
- Colour-blind friendly data maps

## Maps

Six maps:

- River Valley (Easy)
- Lake District (Easy)
- Coastline (Normal)
- Boreal Forest (Normal)
- Archipelago (Hard)
- Desert Oasis (Hard)

For each new city you choose the city size, terrain (flat, gentle, varied or rugged), generation pace and calendar.

## Modes

- Relaxed: $120,000 to start. Upkeep ×0.8, fires half as likely, no bankruptcy
- Normal: $60,000 to start. Twelve months in the red and the city is bankrupt
- Hard: $30,000 to start. Upkeep ×1.25, fires 1.5× as likely, same bankruptcy rule as Normal
- Sandbox: unlimited money and every unlock free. Achievements don't count

## Progression

- Eight ranks: Hamlet, Village, Town, Small City, City, Metropolis, Megalopolis, Megacity
- 25 achievements, kept across all your cities (Sandbox cities don't count)
- Timed missions: 12 kinds of goal with cash rewards; they expire
- Surprise news events
- A short, skippable tutorial

## Controls and accessibility

- Built for touch: place, preview, confirm
- Hold any button to learn what it does; undo your last moves
- Left-handed mode, a larger interface (UI size) and colour-blind friendly data maps
- Landscape on iPhone and Android; iPad also plays in portrait

## Privacy and data

- Boomtown does not collect, store or share any personal data
- No accounts, no analytics, no advertising, no tracking, and no third-party SDKs that collect data
- Makes no network requests of its own
- Saves stay on the device. When signed in, the most recent saves sync through the player's own iCloud (iOS) or Google Play Games (Android) account. Nothing is sent to the developer

## Developer and contact

- BitSpire GmbH, Sinserstrasse 67, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
- Email: apps@bitspire.ch
- Support page: https://boomtown.info/support.html
- Bug reports and feature requests: https://github.com/linkdotnet/boomtown/issues
- Credits: built with Three.js, Capacitor and Vite; 3D models and sounds by Kenney; music from FreePD.com

## FAQ

### Is Boomtown free?

No. It is a one-time purchase: $4.99 (USD), €4.99 (EUR) or CHF 5.00 (CHF). It has no ads and no in-app purchases.

### Does Boomtown work offline?

Yes. It plays fully offline and makes no network requests of its own. Saves can sync through your iCloud or Google Play Games account when you are signed in.

### Is Boomtown like SimCity?

Yes, it is a city builder in that tradition: you zone homes, shops and industry, connect power and water, and manage traffic, budget and citizens as the town grows from hamlet to megacity. It is built for touch screens, costs a one-time $4.99 and has no ads or in-app purchases.

### What devices does Boomtown run on?

iPhone and iPad with iOS 15 or later, and Android 7.0 (API 24) or later on phones and tablets.

### Where can I download Boomtown?

Boomtown is coming soon to Google Play and the App Store. Links will be listed on https://boomtown.info/.

### Does Boomtown have ads, in-app purchases or tracking?

No. Boomtown has no ads, no in-app purchases and no tracking.

### Does Boomtown collect my personal data?

No. It does not collect, store or share personal data. Saves stay on your device, and sync (if you sign in) goes only to your own iCloud or Google Play Games account.

### Can I play Boomtown on an iPad in portrait?

Yes. iPad also plays in portrait. iPhone and Android play in landscape.

### How many maps and game modes are there?

Six maps (River Valley, Lake District, Coastline, Boreal Forest, Archipelago, Desert Oasis) and four modes (Relaxed, Normal, Hard, Sandbox).

### Is Boomtown accessible?

It has a left-handed layout, a larger interface (UI size), colour-blind friendly data maps, and hold-to-explain buttons.

## Last updated

2026-10-15