Comparison

Commodity Wars vs My Life Simulation

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 30-day trading challenge
  • Buy and sell commodities
  • Dynamic market fluctuations
  • Evade police
  • Avoid hijackers
  • Inspired by Dope Wars
Features
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Buy low. Travel smart. Build your fortune. Take your truck along the Mississippi trade corridor in a turn-based trading game where every stop brings new prices, fresh opportunities, and a few surprises. Buy goods, choose your next city, manage your debt, and finish with the highest net worth you can. CLASSIC TRADING, FREE AND AD-FREE Play a 30-day run across St. Louis, Memphis, Little Rock, Jackson, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans. Trade eight commodities, from cotton and rice to coffee and cocoa. Choose Easy, Normal, or Hard difficulty and make every cargo space count. A NEW DAILY CHALLENGE Start from the same market conditions as other players each day, then find your own path to a better finish. Eligible completed daily runs have their own Game Center leaderboard. PLAN, TRADE, AND TRY AGAIN Follow price history, compare your cargo with changing markets, and watch the interest on your debt. Road events can bring delivery bonuses, extra goods, repairs, theft, or delays. Save your game and continue later. With iCloud available, continue your active game across iPhone and iPad. KEEP YOUR TRADING STORY Review completed runs, personal bests, statistics, and milestones in your journal. Share a replay code so a friend can try the same starting conditions, or replay a market to test a different strategy. Code-based replays are practice runs with separate records. GO FURTHER WITH PLUS An optional Commodity Wars Plus subscription unlocks expanded 30-, 60-, and 90-day campaigns, up to 10 cities and 12 commodities, delivery contracts, cargo insurance, and truck upgrades. Choose Harvest Season or Port Rush, or try a new featured campaign each day. Classic, daily challenges, price charts, and your journal remain free and ad-free. Monthly and annual Plus plans include the same benefits. If Plus ends, you can finish your saved expanded campaign; starting another expanded run requires an active subscription. Game Center is optional. All money, goods, and trading outcomes are simulated game content. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm a purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: http://www.kramerconceptsllc.com/CommodityWarsPrivacy.html

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

Screenshots

Commodity Wars4 screens
My Life Simulation4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: My Life Simulation at 2.3 against Commodity Wars's 1.0. My Life Simulation also leads on ratings volume (49 vs 1). Commodity Wars's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

My Life Simulation holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My Life Simulation has 49 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 42% of Commodity Wars's written reviews are positive against 29% of My Life Simulation's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Commodity Wars ships an update every 5 weeks, My Life Simulation every 5 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Commodity Wars versus My Life Simulation: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCommodity WarsMy Life Simulation
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)2.3 (49 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.3% of reviews — better28.6% of reviews
Number of ratings149 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB10 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperKramer Concepts, LLCBrandon Stecklein

Customer experience

Commodity Wars

All ratings31 ratings
Positive51.6%
Neutral9.7%
Negative38.7%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive42.3%
Neutral11.5%
Negative46.2%

My Life Simulation

All ratings49 ratings
Positive26.5%
Neutral12.2%
Negative61.2%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral21.4%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Commodity Wars

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99
1 purchases

My Life Simulation

One-time1
  • My Life Premium$1.99

Questions

Is Commodity Wars free?
Commodity Wars is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is My Life Simulation free?
My Life Simulation is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Commodity Wars or My Life Simulation?
My Life Simulation is rated higher. Commodity Wars averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while My Life Simulation averages 2.3 from 49 ratings.
Do Commodity Wars or My Life Simulation have ads?
My Life Simulation shows ads; Commodity Wars does not.
Which is updated more often, Commodity Wars or My Life Simulation?
Commodity Wars ships an update every 5 weeks, and My Life Simulation every 5 months. Most recently, Commodity Wars was updated on November 2, 2026 and My Life Simulation on November 2, 2026.

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