Comparison

High School Simulator 2018 vs SAKURA School Simulator

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

High School Simulator 2018

Experience virtual Japanese high school life with extensive character customization options. This simulation game offers an enhanced school and student experience.

Highlights
  • Japanese high school simulation
  • Character customization
  • Enhanced school environment
  • Enhanced student quality
  • 2018 version improvements
Features
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Enjoy Japanese High School Life. Customize Characters. Enhanced School and Student Quality in the 2018 Version.

About

SAKURA School Simulator

Experience simulated Japanese high school life in a fictional town. Interact with students, attend classes, and engage in various activities. The game blends realistic daily routines with fantastical elements, allowing for open-ended play with no set ending.

Highlights
  • Simulated Japanese high school life
  • Open fictional world
  • Character customization
  • Interactive NPCs
  • Attend school lessons
  • Earn in-game currency
  • Drive vehicles
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This game is a "school simulator game" which is made in Japan. The game is played in the small open fictional world "Sakura-town". We designed the game situations as if it is in a mixture world, that is the both of the situations in the real high school daily life in Japan and the situations which is shown in Japanese animations that sometimes contain very fantasistic elements. The half things you might see in this game will be really shown in japanese high school. In that sense, in this game, you can experience the simulated high school daily life in Japan as a student. This game is not an action and shooting game and so on but a simulator. Although we made violent actions and elements valid, but there are no descriptions of blood in the game. The people in the game world will be only fainted but will not be die. The concept of death does not exist in this game so that the fainted people will wake up next day, and they will hate you. You can do the actions below in the game. You can, control and change 4 players in the same stage (The two are valid after watching ADS.) choose avator cloths talk to students and other people choose the sentense for talking make friends and lovers through simulations attend the school lessons buy something and use by yourself or give it to other eat in sushi-bar earn money at car restore shop(a ADS. is shown.) drive a car untill be broken ride the atractions in the amusement park and so on. The above actions that you did will affect and simulate your playing in the various situations. There are no end in this game. Please make the situations as you like, and find favorite way for playing. We hope you will enjoy the game. The contents of this game will be added when we made the new game elements. The additional contents will be shown as a "new" context in this page. *NOTIFICATION Although we used the charactor models of AOI and TAICHI in this game, AOI is a NOT-FREE asset and TAICHI is a FREE asset. Everyone who want to make a game contents and so on can use these assets.

Screenshots

High School Simulator 20184 screens
SAKURA School Simulator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SAKURA School Simulator at 4.3 against High School Simulator 2018's 3.8. SAKURA School Simulator also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 59%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). High School Simulator 2018's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SAKURA School Simulator holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24K and 26K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of High School Simulator 2018's written reviews are positive against 84% of SAKURA School Simulator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

High School Simulator 2018 ships an update every 2 weeks, SAKURA School Simulator weekly. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
High School Simulator 2018 versus SAKURA School Simulator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHigh School Simulator 2018SAKURA School Simulator
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (24K ratings)4.3 (26K ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.8% of reviews84.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings24K26K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size262 MB353 MB
Age rating17+12+
Developertomoya sugikamiGARUSOFT K.K.

Customer experience

High School Simulator 2018

All ratings24,004 ratings
Positive68.4%
Neutral9.6%
Negative22.0%
Written reviews2,949 reviews
Positive58.8%
Neutral16.7%
Negative24.5%

SAKURA School Simulator

All ratings25,500 ratings
Positive82.6%
Neutral5.2%
Negative12.2%
Written reviews1,631 reviews
Positive84.2%
Neutral7.1%
Negative8.6%

User reviews

High School Simulator 2018

From 24K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 😊 Fun game
  • 🤩 Customizable character
  • 👍 No cost to play
  • 🤗 Entertaining to play with friends

Room to improve

  • 🤖 Robotic NPC behavior
  • 🤔 Limited interactions with students
  • 🙄 Lack of activities and progression
  • 😒 Repetitive gameplay

SAKURA School Simulator

From 26K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Awesome game
  • 🚀 Addictive gameplay
  • 👍 Lots of customization options
  • 👍 Diverse locations to explore
  • 👍 Fun roleplay opportunities

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional glitches and bugs
  • 🔋 Ads can be intrusive
  • 🔒 Limited character customization
  • 🔒 Restricted NPC interactions

Bugs and requests

High School Simulator 2018

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Disappearance of weapons in recent updates
  • Inconsistent behavior of police and teachers
  • Graphical glitches and performance issues

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add more weapons and ways to kill
  • Implement rival characters and storyline
  • Expand the town and add more interactive locations
  • Improve character animations and behaviors
  • Introduce dating/romance mechanics
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  • Add more customization options
  • Implement a sanity/insanity system
  • Allow players to kidnap and brainwash students

SAKURA School Simulator

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Character customization reset after saving
  • Vehicles and characters glitching through walls
  • Inconsistent police and NPC reactions
  • Compatibility issues on older devices

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add multiplayer mode
  • Implement marriage and family features
  • Expand NPC behaviors and relationships
  • Introduce more buildings and locations
  • Allow customization of children characters
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  • Add skin tone and hair type options
  • Implement a phone system with texting
  • Introduce clubs, jobs, and school activities

In-app purchases

None

High School Simulator 2018

No in-app purchases

None

SAKURA School Simulator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is High School Simulator 2018 free?
High School Simulator 2018 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SAKURA School Simulator free?
SAKURA School Simulator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, High School Simulator 2018 or SAKURA School Simulator?
SAKURA School Simulator is rated higher. High School Simulator 2018 averages 3.8 out of 5 from 24K ratings, while SAKURA School Simulator averages 4.3 from 26K ratings.
Do High School Simulator 2018 or SAKURA School Simulator have ads?
Both High School Simulator 2018 and SAKURA School Simulator show ads.
Which is updated more often, High School Simulator 2018 or SAKURA School Simulator?
High School Simulator 2018 ships an update every 2 weeks, and SAKURA School Simulator weekly. Most recently, High School Simulator 2018 was updated on September 24, 2026 and SAKURA School Simulator on September 24, 2026.

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