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Dragon City vs Dragon Mania Legends

Dragon City 4.8★ · Free + IAP 65
Winner Dragon City
Dragon Mania Legends 4.8★ · Free + IAP 60

Dragon City has a slight edge over Dragon Mania Legends due to fewer critical bugs and a slightly less aggressive ad experience, despite both games struggling with similar monetization and technical issues.

Full reviews: Dragon City · Dragon Mania Legends

Both Dragon City and Dragon Mania Legends offer engaging dragon collecting and battling gameplay, but recent user reviews highlight significant issues with excessive ads, bugs, and aggressive monetization. Dragon City appears to have a slightly better user experience, with fewer game-breaking bugs reported.

Head to head

Features tieR1R3R11R18
Dragon City Dragon City offers a creative dragon empire building experience with breeding, dueling, and hatching, and players appreciate the variety of things to do R11. However, some features like 'find dragons in real life' are unclear or missing for users R3, and some dragons or portals are considered outdated R18. Some players also report being unable to summon dragons despite reaching the required level R1R25R31.
Dragon Mania Legends Dragon Mania Legends also provides a rich experience of collecting, breeding, and battling dragons, with many users expressing long-term enjoyment . However, some players are unable to access features like clan events or the camera for finding dragons in real life .
Ease of Use edge: Dragon CityR2R15R17R26
Dragon City Dragon City is described as easy to figure out once understood R26 and offers a fun, time-passing experience R2R17. However, the game can be slow at the beginning and time-consuming R15. Some users also report a 'crowded' interface and constant pop-ups for offers .
Dragon Mania Legends Dragon Mania Legends is generally considered an easy game to play . However, many users report significant issues with the UI freezing, making it impossible to tap anything and requiring a restart .
Reliability edge: Dragon CityR1R20R21R25
Dragon City Dragon City users report various bugs, including summoning issues R1R25, unregistering battle progress R20, and the game getting stuck on loading screens R27. Some users also experience glitches that consume resources without benefit R49 and issues with age restrictions preventing play R21.
Dragon Mania Legends Dragon Mania Legends suffers from frequent and severe bugs, particularly with the game freezing after claiming rewards or completing daily tasks, forcing users to restart . There are also reports of connection issues leading to lost in-game currency and servers being down .
Price/Value (Free vs. Paid) tieR12R16R22R34
Dragon City Dragon City is free to play but heavily criticized for being 'pay to play' or 'pay to win' R12R16R34R36. Users feel forced to buy items to upgrade due to long wait times R12 and struggle to progress without purchases R16. There are also complaints about being tricked into linking accounts for gems that aren't awarded R22. However, some users claim 'nothing costs money' and it's 'actually free' .
Dragon Mania Legends Dragon Mania Legends is also free but is frequently described as 'money hungry' and having 'absurd amount of ads' . Players report many things requiring real money, with expensive gem packs . There are also instances of in-game currency being taken without the expected benefit .
Support tieR31R49R61R97
Dragon City Dragon City's support is criticized for not providing clarity on player restrictions R31 and for giving excuses about small teams, leading to no refunds or compensation for losses R49.
Dragon Mania Legends Dragon Mania Legends users report poor support, with no response after weeks of waiting R61 and support not helping with technical issues like freezing screens R97.
Pick Dragon City if

you prefer a game with slightly fewer game-breaking bugs and a less intrusive ad experience, and you enjoy a creative dragon empire builder R11R20R27.

Pick Dragon Mania Legends if

you are a long-time fan looking for nostalgia and are willing to tolerate frequent ads and potential UI freezing issues for the core gameplay .

Evidence note: Both apps are free with in-app purchases, and much of the negativity for both stems from the free-tier experience, particularly regarding ads and monetization. Dragon City has a significantly larger number of reviews, which might lead to a broader range of reported issues.

Frequently asked

Which game has more ads?
Dragon Mania Legends appears to have a more aggressive and intrusive ad experience, with users reporting ads popping up on almost every click, making the game unplayable for some . Dragon City also has ads, but reviews suggest they are less frequent or more optional, though some users still find them annoying R6R7R39R42.
Are there significant bugs in either game?
Yes, both games have significant bugs, but Dragon Mania Legends users report more frequent and severe game-breaking issues, particularly with the UI freezing after claiming rewards, requiring a game restart . Dragon City also has bugs, including summoning issues, unregistering battle progress, and loading screen freezes, but these seem less universally disruptive R1R20R25R27.
Do these games require in-app purchases to progress?
Users for both Dragon City and Dragon Mania Legends frequently complain about being pressured into in-app purchases to progress, with long wait times and difficulty advancing without spending money (R12, R16, R34, R36 for Dragon City; , , for Dragon Mania Legends). Some Dragon City users even describe it as 'pay to play' R34.

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

  1. [R1] Dragon City 1/5 · US I can’t summon while others can: Please fix this, this will stay a 1 start till it goes away if I still play it.
  2. [R3] Dragon City 3/5 · US Can’t find the find dragons in real life: I mean they say you can scan your own stuff in real life and find dragons but I haven’t found this feature please someone let me know I’m just missing something
  3. [R11] Dragon City 5/5 · US This is your own dragon empire there’s no limit to your creativity and this dragon seat: First, I knew that if you’re in it in time and you’re outside or off-line, but it doesn’t make you off-line and when you reconnect, you could have more fun
  4. [R18] Dragon City 3/5 · US Dragon city: DragonCity is awesome but the some of the skins of the dragons are outdated and the dragon portal everything in there is outdated. I think you should finish updating it?
  5. [R2] Dragon City 5/5 · US Great game: Best game to pass time
  6. [R15] Dragon City 3/5 · US It’s very fun but lots of cons: I’d say it’s pretty slow at the beginning for sure and pretty time consuming.
  7. [R17] Dragon City 5/5 · US Love this game!: I've had this game for quite a while. Whenever I get bored of it I just offload it because I know that I'll always come back. The dragon animations are absolutely adorable and I love seeing them. This really is a game near and dear to my heart and I recommend it to anyone who loves these type of games! ❤️❤️❤️
  8. [R26] Dragon City 5/5 · US Figure out the game: When you figure out the game, it’s easy
  9. [R20] Dragon City 5/5 · US Bugs: This a fun game especially when I’m bored out of my mind during the day but I’ve had to delete and download it again twice today for some random bugs that keep happening. And they don’t fix when I close and re-open the app, like for the race it told me to do 2 league battles and I did both but didn’t register and said I didn’t do them so I bought a refill to try again with my gems but no mat
  10. [R21] Dragon City 3/5 · GB I was 9 and it was saying you cannot play because your country and IT SAYS 9+: 3 stars
  11. [R25] Dragon City 2/5 · US I can’t not summon dragon: Game is fun and I love it but I can not summon dragon althouth I got 30lv. Im quite disapoited for that
  12. [R12] Dragon City 3/5 · US So/so: It’s and ok game it’s can be fun but it’s a lot of being force to by things to upgrade because the time wait is crazy long ,witch means you can’t upgrade that leads to not being about to battle then you can’t level up so you’ll stuck just collecting until you earn enough to do everything witch will Mean a longer wait for the next level ..so I really don’t see my self passing the game on or
  13. [R16] Dragon City 2/5 · US Unable to get Dragon without Paying: I like the game but am unable to get a certain dragon without purchasing it, so I can not move forward in the permanent events. It is extremely frustrating.
  14. [R22] Dragon City 1/5 · US DO NOT PLAY: This game is such a rip off. They give you +10 gems to link an account, so i linked my apple. Then it STILL says +10 gems to link FB, so I did. Then it doesn’t give me the gems so i contact support and they say you can only link one account for the gems. THEN DON’T PUT +10 gems on there because you are lying trying to trick people to link FB. Everything takes so long you will have to
  15. [R34] Dragon City 1/5 · US Pay to play: Use to be a fun game. Now if you are not willing to drop at least 100 a week you can not play. Big spenders ruin any fairness in the combats. You are congested just to keep enough habits.
  16. [R31] Dragon City 2/5 · US Some players restricted from using orbs and others are not: Game is fun and there are a huge number of dragons but they have randomly restricted some players from using the stronger orbs to summon dragons. This makes the rewards worthless. I was given this info directly from tech support. No clarity on why certain players were chosen for this restriction or when it will be lifted. Extremely
  17. [R49] Dragon City 1/5 · GB Don’t waste your time or money: The game is full of glitches to use up all your resources to force you to spend money buying more. No customer support as the excuse is always they have a small team, no refunds or compensation for loses just fake promises we’ll get back to you which is never 😡
  18. [R61] Dragon Mania Legends 2/5 · US Terrible game support: Love the game played since I was 12 but my account was linked through Facebook so I have no way of retaining my old account, contacted support and still have heard nothing after weeks of waiting
  19. [R97] Dragon Mania Legends 1/5 · US Technical Difficulties: I’m having issues with the excerpt for claiming the daily rewards. When I try to claim a dragon shard, the screen freezes and I can’t do nothing but to exit the game. Can you guys help me? I tried contacting the support page, but they did nothing.
  20. [R6] Dragon City 3/5 · US Adds: Too many pop ups when you open the game, the red notification circles never go away or come back randomly, adds can be annoying bc they pop up randomly while playing
  21. [R7] Dragon City 1/5 · US Quá nhiều quảng cáo: Quảng cáo nhiều quá Chơi khó chịu
  22. [R39] Dragon City 3/5 · GB Not bad, but too much ads: The title and also I don’t think there should be a limit for how much you can skip with ads Thank you very much reply down below ty
  23. [R42] Dragon City 3/5 · GB Good but..: It was a amazing game until they added ads every 30 seconds. I was fine with the optional ads but they added ads every time I pressed a button I need those optional ads back, and not a ad every 30 secs Less ads please
  24. [R27] Dragon City 3/5 · GB Gets stuck on the loading screen: Great game but the loading screen gets stuck at 98%, I’ve tried uninstalling and reinstalling the game but it just doesn’t work
  25. [R36] Dragon City 3/5 · GB Good game but way too P2W still quite fun even without it though: Cool

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store