Anime City 3D vs bitsims
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Anime City 3D
Experience life in a virtual 3D Tokyo, immersing yourself in anime and otaku culture. Make friends, explore the city, and engage in various activities like studying, working part-time jobs, and customizing your living space. This simulator blends visual novel storytelling with open-world exploration.
- School and friendship simulation
- Open-world city exploration
- Part-time job system
- Apartment customization
- Character cosplay and customization
- Cooking and crafting
- UFO catcher mini-game
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The game requires minimum 2 GB RAM. Supported devices: iPhone 6S or newer, iPad 2017 or newer. All older devices (iPhone 5, iPhone 6, iPad Mini, iPad Air) are not supported and will not work correctly. The game is set in virtual 3D Tokyo and focused on anime and otaku culture. After being transferred to a new school, you have a goal of getting new friends, exploring the city together during various activities. This is a school and friendship simulator game, combining gameplay of visual novels and sandbox-style city exploration adventure. Features * Studying - you'll have to study at school, getting grades every day and improving your stats. * Working - to earn money, you'll have to take part-time jobs in cafe or in the local Shinto shrine. * Various locations for exploring and activities - school, Shinto shrine, amusement park, Akihabara. * Apartment room customisation - you can buy furniture and items to decorate your anime room. * Shopping for clothes, accessories, food, snacks, toys. * Cooking - you'll have to cook food for your friends, by using recipes and combining various food ingredients. * Cosplay and customization - you can dress your character and your friends using different clothes and accessories. * Unique girls - all characters have different likes and dislikes. * UFO catchers where you can obtain anime figurines and put them on display in your apartment room.
bitsims
Experience a lifelike simulation where you can freely pursue love and build a beautiful family with your partner. This game offers a nurturing experience focused on relationships and shared life goals.
- Lifelike simulation world
- Romantic relationship building
- Family creation
- Nurturing gameplay
- Cooperative play with partner
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this is a funny girlfriend love nurturing game, it will take you into a lifelike simulation world, where you can love freely, and you can work together with your partner to create a beautiful family.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: bitsims at none against Anime City 3D's 1. bitsims also leads on review sentiment (96% vs 66%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). Anime City 3D's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 26 months) and ratings volume (3.4K vs 1). On price, rating, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. Anime City 3D sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. bitsims asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Anime City 3D against 4.0 for bitsims. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Anime City 3D has 3.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 66% of Anime City 3D's written reviews are positive against 96% of bitsims's.
Anime City 3D ships an update every 4 months, bitsims every 26 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Anime City 3D | bitsims |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3.4K ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 65.7% of reviews | 95.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.4K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 26 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 954 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Anton Ptitsyn | Colin Shockley |
Customer experience
Anime City 3D
bitsims
Bugs and requests
Anime City 3D
Reported bugs
3 issues- Frequent crashes and loading issues
- Glitches with character customization
- Inability to sell or discard unwanted items
Requested features
5 requests- Add more free locations and content
- Introduce male characters and dating options
- Improve roommate interactions and independence
- Expand school, work, and social features
- Implement a more robust in-game economy
bitsims
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Anime City 3D
- Premium Card$9.99
bitsims
No in-app purchases
Questions
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