Protest Sim vs Parrot Paper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Protest Sim
A choice-based game where players guide a community through social unrest and police brutality. Make decisions that shape the narrative and the town's future.
- Choice-based gameplay
- Narrative-driven story
- Community management
- Consequence system
- Social justice themes
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Protest Sim is a choice-based game following the story of a community plagued by police shootings and brutality, and the social movement organization that rises up because of it. Take control of a socially active citizen in your community, and help guide the members of your town through these tumultuous times. But be careful, as the decisions you make have consequences, and will impact the course of the entire narrative.
Parrot Paper
This app uses augmented reality to project photos onto surfaces, allowing users to practice drawing with realistic perspective. Select images from your device and bring them into your physical space for an interactive art experience.
- AR photo projection
- Practice drawing
- Photorealistic perspective
- Camera roll integration
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AR enhanced drawing app. Select photos from your camera reel and project them onto surfaces in your world with AR. Practice drawing by using photorealistic perspective.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Protest Sim at 100% against Parrot Paper's 0%. Protest Sim also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (7 vs 2). Parrot Paper's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Parrot Paper holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Protest Sim's written reviews are positive against 0% of Parrot Paper's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Protest Sim ships an update every 9 days, Parrot Paper every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Protest Sim | Parrot Paper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 332 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MassDiGI | Benjamin Lucas |
Customer experience
Protest Sim
Parrot Paper
In-app purchases
Protest Sim
No in-app purchases
Parrot Paper
No in-app purchases
Questions
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