Commodity Wars vs My Life Simulation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Commodity Wars
Engage in a thrilling 30-day trading simulation where you buy and sell commodities to maximize profits. Navigate a dynamic market while evading police and hijackers who aim to disrupt your progress.
- 30-day trading challenge
- Buy and sell commodities
- Dynamic market fluctuations
- Evade police
- Avoid hijackers
- Inspired by Dope Wars
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You have 30 days to make the most money you can buying and selling commodities. The market fluctuates and there are police and hijackers lurking at every move looking to impede your progress. Inspired by the classic Dope Wars game from the 90's.
My Life Simulation
Experience a full life from childhood to death. Make choices about education, career, family, and lifestyle that shape your journey. See how your decisions influence your happiness, wealth, and lifespan in this engaging simulation.
- Childhood to death progression
- Decision-making impacts life
- Career and education paths
- Family and relationship simulation
- Lifestyle and health choices
- Happiness and well-being tracking
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A fun life simulator game. In My Life, you begin as a child and play your way through to your death. The choices and decisions you make along the way will impact how your life plays out. Will you go to school? How much school will you go to? This will impact what kind of jobs you can work and what kind of living you will make. Will you spend time with your family? Start a family of your own? This will impact your happiness and well being. What kind of diet will you eat? Where will you live? Will you get married? How much money will you save? All if these decisions will impact how long you live and how your life turns out!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Commodity Wars at 3.2 against My Life Simulation's 2.3. Commodity Wars also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, ratings volume, 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. Commodity Wars sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and My Life Simulation sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Commodity Wars holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 49 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Commodity Wars's written reviews are positive against 29% of My Life Simulation's.
Commodity Wars ships an update every 5 weeks, My Life Simulation every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Commodity Wars | My Life Simulation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (31 ratings) — better | 2.3 (49 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 42.3% of reviews — better | 28.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 31 | 49 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kramer Concepts, LLC | Brandon Stecklein |
Customer experience
Commodity Wars
My Life Simulation
In-app purchases
Commodity Wars
- Remove Ads$0.99
My Life Simulation
- My Life Premium$1.99
Questions
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