Comparison

The Prison Simulator vs Treasure Hunter World

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

Head to head
About

The Prison Simulator

Experience life as a prison warden, managing every aspect of your correctional facility. Balance inmate needs, staff, and external pressures to maintain order and prevent riots. Grow your prison from humble beginnings into a thriving, efficient institution.

Highlights
  • Build and expand prison infrastructure
  • Manage prison economy and resources
  • Maintain order and prevent riots
  • Balance inmate, staff, and external pressures
  • Hire staff and set rules
  • Make strategic decisions with consequences
Features
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Try yourself as a prison warden. You start with a small prison made of just a few barracks, and only you decide how it will grow. Maintain order to prevent fights, manage the economy and constantly make sure hunger riots never begin. But that’s not all. In this prison simulator, you must constantly balance between greedy officials focused on profit, mafia bosses running shady deals, and inmates who only dream of getting out as soon as possible. Every decision has consequences: increase security and inmate dissatisfaction will rise; make a deal with the mafia and risk losing government trust. Develop infrastructure, open new cell blocks, improve living conditions, hire staff and set the rules behind prison walls. Can you maintain the fragile balance of power, prevent riots and turn a rundown prison into an efficient and profitable correctional facility? The choice is yours. For any questions, contact us at: support@appscraft.am

About

Treasure Hunter World

Embark on a treasure hunting adventure in an open world based on true events. Explore a vast countryside, complete quests for villagers, and upgrade your equipment to discover thousands of unique findings. This simulator offers a realistic metal detecting experience with an engaging storyline.

Highlights
  • Open world exploration
  • Hundreds of findings
  • Real-world artifact stories
  • Metal detector upgrades
  • Humorous quests
  • Engaging storyline
Features
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We would like to bring to your attention a unique free quest simulator of treasure hunting with an open world and exciting storyline based on true events. Treasure Hunter is a free Metal Detecting Simulator, with lots of humorous quests and exciting storyline based on true events. The player will take on the role of a metal detectorist who went in the search of adventure to the picturesque Eastern Europe countryside, to the ancient area called ""Monastyrskaya Sloboda"" - a location with a legendary history. Lands inhabited with benevolent people who know countless stories and secrets of this outlandish land full of rich history. You will deal with numerous various quests and meet many characters of the unique open world of the game. Moving through the storyline, the difficulty level of new discoveries will grow. The game has an outfit shop to help you improve the efficiency of your treasure hunting. Help villagers to solve their assignments, get reward, upgrade your gear, discover interesting locations, dig rare findings. This is an open world, where you will go, the choice is yours! ;) With 250 thousand findings on the map, Treasure Hunter offers a unique gameplay experience. Start your adventure, comrade, by downloading now! • Explore big open world; The solid-sized map of the ""Monastyrskaya Sloboda"" will not let your feet be bored.. You better find a vehicle if you don’t want to hurt your knees. • Hundreds of findings buried in the ground; Discover more than 250 thousand items all over the Open World. • Real world findings; Analogous of real existing artifacts, with a true story behind it! • Unique metal detecting experience; The only game of its kind on the market. Done and developed from real metal detectorists. • No more waiting for a good weather; Your treasure hunter soul desires to grab beloved metal detector and shovel in order to go digging in the wild but it's a cold winter evening, and wolves howling outside of your house? It's not a problem anymore comrade! Since the weather is always good here for Treasure Hunters. Choose devices of your taste and let’s go for a ride! Yee-haw! • Upgrade metal detector; Upgrade your gear to find more precious findings. • Game from real diggers; We are a small team of enthusiasts who are really passionate about metal detecting. We are doing our best to develop this game and will try to share the joy and experience with you through the game. ATTENTION! All characters in the game are fictive, any coincidence with currently living or any people in the past is accidental. PLEASE NOTE: *Treasure Hunter is a completely free metal detecting Simulator to download and play, but some items can be purchased for real money. Some paid items may not be refundable depending on the type of item. For extra features a network connection can be required. * Treasure Hunter is available in English, Ukrainian and Russian. Translations in progress: German, French, Spanish, Italian, Chinese Simplified, Korean, Arabic, Turkish, Japanese, Portuguese. We understand that playing is always more immersive in your native language, so we will add languages ASAP. Treasure Hunter Official Website: https://treasure-hunter.sumy.in.ua Treasure Hunter Support: game.treasurehunter@gmail.com Discord: https://discord.gg/d2KUpGkKeh Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TreasureHunterGame/ Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-XvwA-8xI0g1Hxz0TfzBoA Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/treasure_hunter_game/

Screenshots

The Prison Simulator4 screens
Treasure Hunter World4 screens

Verdict

The call

The Prison Simulator and Treasure Hunter World both sit at 4.1 stars, but that hides the real split: 73% of Treasure Hunter World's written reviews are positive against 18% of The Prison Simulator's. The Prison Simulator's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (280 vs 18). On price, rating, 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. The Prison Simulator sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Treasure Hunter World sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for The Prison Simulator against 4.1 for Treasure Hunter World. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Prison Simulator has 280 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 18% of The Prison Simulator's written reviews are positive against 73% of Treasure Hunter World's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Prison Simulator ships an update every 11 days, Treasure Hunter World monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
The Prison Simulator versus Treasure Hunter World: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Prison SimulatorTreasure Hunter World
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (280 ratings)4.1 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews18.1% of reviews72.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings280 — better18
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterMonthly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.4 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size135 MB219 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperAppscraftDmytro Samokhvalov

Customer experience

The Prison Simulator

All ratings280 ratings
Positive71.1%
Neutral13.6%
Negative15.4%
Written reviews166 reviews
Positive18.1%
Neutral16.9%
Negative65.1%

Treasure Hunter World

All ratings17 ratings
Positive76.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative23.5%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative10.6%

Bugs and requests

The Prison Simulator

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • In-app purchases charge money but don't deliver items/currency
  • Restore purchases button doesn't function
  • Mission 34: Sewing workshop income cap at 60 instead of required 65
  • Mission 16: Prisoner won't disappear or die as required
  • Mission 20: Canteen feeding progress not registering (0/10)
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  • Prisoners freeze or become immovable in certain rooms
  • Prisoner models appear in wrong locations
  • Interrogation room dialog boxes unresponsive with no close button
  • Dining hall building gets stuck in corner of screen
  • Game crashes or hangs at specific mission levels (20, 25, 34)
  • Prisoner release blocked incorrectly claiming half-term not served
  • Game music settings reset on each app launch
  • Support contact page fails to load
  • Mission objectives impossible to complete (e.g., recruit rat without torture room)
  • Game lag and performance issues

Requested features

10 requests
  • Mission restart button without waiting for timer expiration
  • Ability to change language in-game settings
  • Auto-fill features for repetitive tasks (feeding, work assignments)
  • Freedom to manage prison without strict mission constraints
  • Better tutorial and on-screen guidance for new players
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  • Ability to play custom music instead of game music
  • Cross-device synchronization for game progress
  • More female prisoner characters
  • Faster money earning methods
  • Reduced feeding costs for prisoners

Treasure Hunter World

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

The Prison Simulator

One-time10
  • 10000 coins$0.99
  • 5 tickets$0.99
  • Premium building$0.99
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  • Premium room$0.99
  • Second chance$0.99
  • 30000 coins$1.99
  • Special offer$2.99
  • Starter pack$2.99
  • Supper Pack$2.99
  • 100000 coins$4.99
10 purchases

Treasure Hunter World

One-time10
  • Stack of coins$1.99
  • Coin purse$2.99
  • Starter Pack (discount)$2.99
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  • Pot of coins$3.99
  • Starter Pack$3.99
  • Jar of coins$4.99
  • Pot of coins$6.99
  • Remove ads discount$6.99
  • Bag of coins$9.99
  • Chest of coins$21.99

Questions

Is The Prison Simulator free?
The Prison Simulator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Treasure Hunter World free?
Treasure Hunter World is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, The Prison Simulator or Treasure Hunter World?
Treasure Hunter World is rated higher. The Prison Simulator averages 4.1 out of 5 from 280 ratings, while Treasure Hunter World averages 4.1 from 18 ratings.
Do The Prison Simulator or Treasure Hunter World have ads?
Both The Prison Simulator and Treasure Hunter World show ads.
Which is updated more often, The Prison Simulator or Treasure Hunter World?
The Prison Simulator ships an update every 11 days, and Treasure Hunter World monthly. Most recently, The Prison Simulator was updated on November 11, 2026 and Treasure Hunter World on November 3, 2026.

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