Comparison

The Prison Simulator vs Гражданин

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

Гражданин

Experience life as a prisoner trying to survive harsh conditions and await release, or play as the warden enforcing strict discipline. Your choices will determine if you maintain your spirit or are broken by the system.

Highlights
  • Prisoner survival simulation
  • Warden role-playing
  • Moral decision-making
  • Choice-driven narrative
  • Harsh environment challenges
Features
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Заключенный — обычный человек. Вероятно, что он провинился, оступился, совершил что-то плохое, поэтому несет наказание. А возможно, попал в неволю по глупости и неведению. Главное — ему теперь предстоит выживать в очень непростых условиях и дождаться освобождения. Начальник — тоже обычный человек. Каждый утро он приходит на свою работу, в тюрьму. Он серьезно относится к своей работе и считает, что если человек сидит, значит есть за что. А значит, он должен надзирать и наказывать. Сможет ли заключенный сохранить силу духа или же будет сломлен, будет ли бороться за свои права или подчинится воле начальника?

Screenshots

The Prison Simulator4 screens
Гражданин4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Гражданин at 67% against The Prison Simulator's 18%. Гражданин also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). The Prison Simulator's advantage is ratings volume (280 vs 17). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. Гражданин asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Гражданин holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Prison Simulator has 280 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of The Prison Simulator's written reviews are positive against 67% of Гражданин's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Prison Simulator ships an update every 11 days, Гражданин every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
The Prison Simulator versus Гражданин: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Prison SimulatorГражданин
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (280 ratings)4.5 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews18.1% of reviews67.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings280 — better17
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.412.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size135 MB96 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperAppscraftIgor Dorfman

Customer experience

The Prison Simulator

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

Гражданин

All ratings17 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews61 reviews
Positive67.2%
Neutral11.5%
Negative21.3%

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

Гражданин

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
None

Гражданин

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Prison Simulator free?
The Prison Simulator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Гражданин free?
Гражданин is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, The Prison Simulator or Гражданин?
Гражданин is rated higher. The Prison Simulator averages 4.1 out of 5 from 280 ratings, while Гражданин averages 4.5 from 17 ratings.
Do The Prison Simulator or Гражданин have ads?
The Prison Simulator shows ads; Гражданин does not.
Which is updated more often, The Prison Simulator or Гражданин?
The Prison Simulator ships an update every 11 days, and Гражданин every 2 weeks. Most recently, The Prison Simulator was updated on November 2, 2026 and Гражданин on November 7, 2026.

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