Comparison

BitLife vs Slime

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

Head to head
About

BitLife

This text-based life simulator allows you to make choices that shape your virtual life from birth to death. You can pursue a path of good deeds or embrace a life of crime and chaos. Every decision impacts your story, leading to unique outcomes.

Highlights
  • Text-based life simulation
  • Choice-driven narrative
  • Career and education paths
  • Relationship and family simulation
  • Crime and consequence system
  • Multiple life outcomes
Features
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How will you live your BitLife? Will you try to make all the right choices in an attempt to become a model citizen sometime before you die? You could marry the love of your life, have kids, and pick up a good job along the way. Or will you make choices that horrify your parents? You could descend into a life of crime, start trouble in prison, smuggle goods across country lines, and rob banks. It's all up to you... BitLife is the original text-based life simulator that lets you roleplay your life, your way. Create your story in this choice-driven simulation game. Build a perfect life, chase success, or embrace chaos. In this life simulation, every tap is a choice that changes what happens next in your story. Play a full roleplaying life from start to finish and shape your own life story. Choose your path through love, romance, relationships, and marriage or drama, betrayal, and scandal. Shape your life through careers, education, and risky choices, then watch your story unfold through the consequences of every decision. Virtual life is calling… CREATE YOUR STORY: - Live your BitLife as a model citizen… or a total wild card. - Build a dream life story: love, family, career, and success. - Or chase chaos: fame, scandal, and bad choices with big outcomes. - Your life, your identity, your story, your roleplay. LIFE SIMULATOR: - A text-based life simulator where choices stack up, year after year in a true simulation. - Shape your life through education, careers, and relationships. - Every decision changes your path, your story, and your ending. - No two lives, and no two stories, play out the same. DRAMA & CONSEQUENCES: - Break the rules: crime, prison trouble, smuggling, and bank robberies. - Cheat, betray, or stay loyal: your choices decide the fallout. - Take risks, face consequences, and deal with the chaos your story creates. - An interactive story and simulation where choices actually matter. JOIN OUR COMMUNITY: TikTok: @bitlifeapp X: @BitLifeApp Instagram: bitlifeapp This game is free to play.

About

Slime

Design, mix, and color your own virtual slimes with fun decorations. Enjoy a realistic squishy experience with stretching and poking. Discover new combinations with every play.

Highlights
  • Design slimes
  • Mix colors
  • Add decorations
  • Realistic motion
  • Stretch and poke
  • Step-by-step guide
Features
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Slime Squishy! Do you like paper squishy!? Start creating your fun slimes squishies! Design, Mix, Slime and Color your slime with fun decorations. Features: Amazing Colors Fun Sounds Step by Step game Easy to play Real motion Playing Stretch and Poke Slime! Every time you play its a new game! Try lots of combinations! Thanks for playing Slime! Rate on play store so everyone knows about your experience ; )

Screenshots

BitLife4 screens
Slime4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Slime at none against BitLife's 10. Slime also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). BitLife's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 20 months) and ratings volume (1.8M vs 5.8K). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BitLife sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Slime asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BitLife holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BitLife has 1.8M ratings behind it against 5.8K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 51% of BitLife's written reviews are positive against 53% of Slime's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BitLife ships an update every 2 weeks, Slime every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
BitLife versus Slime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBitLifeSlime
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.8M ratings) — better4.4 (5.8K ratings)
Positive reviews51.2% of reviews52.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.8M — better5.8K
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 20 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
Best chart rank#12 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size385 MB275 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperCandywriter, LLCAndre Scheidemantel

Customer experience

BitLife

All ratings1,798,150 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral2.4%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews7,582 reviews
Positive51.2%
Neutral10.6%
Negative38.2%

Slime

All ratings5,779 ratings
Positive84.8%
Neutral6.1%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews112 reviews
Positive52.7%
Neutral8.9%
Negative38.4%

User reviews

BitLife

From 1.8M App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Amazing game
  • 🚀 Constantly updated
  • 💡 Lots of customization options
  • 👍 Addictive and fun

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitches and bugs
  • 💰 Too many features behind paywall
  • 📺 Excessive ads
  • 🤔 Certain mechanics feel unrealistic

Slime

From 5.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💕 Satisfying squishy making
  • 🎨 Customizable colors and designs
  • 🎉 Fun and engaging

Room to improve

  • 🙄 Too many ads
  • 🤔 Limited options and features
  • 😒 Boring after a while

Bugs and requests

BitLife

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inconsistent behavior when adopting children
  • Losing Bitizenship status after updates
  • Certain jobs/careers not functioning properly

Requested features

6 requests
  • More family-related features (grandparents, aunts/uncles, etc.)
  • Ability to start own business or company
  • More crime-related activities and scenarios
  • Expanded education and career options
  • Deeper relationships with friends and coworkers
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  • Randomized world events and news updates

Slime

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Ads interfere with gameplay
  • Molds not working as expected

Requested features

3 requests
  • More color and design options
  • Ability to save and share creations
  • Additional gameplay modes

In-app purchases

10 purchases

BitLife

One-time10
  • Time Machine Use$0.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • Bitizenship$7.99
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  • Investor Expansion Pack$7.99
  • Landlord Expansion Pack$7.99
  • C.U.L.T. Expansion Pack$7.99
  • God Mode$9.99
  • Bitizenship$9.99
  • Bitizenship + God Mode$15.99
  • Boss Mode$20.99
None

Slime

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BitLife free?
BitLife is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Slime free?
Slime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BitLife or Slime?
BitLife is rated higher. BitLife averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.8M ratings, while Slime averages 4.4 from 5.8K ratings.
Do BitLife or Slime have ads?
Both BitLife and Slime show ads.
Which is updated more often, BitLife or Slime?
BitLife ships an update every 2 weeks, and Slime every 20 months. Most recently, BitLife was updated on November 11, 2026 and Slime on November 7, 2026.

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