Comparison

SAKURA School Simulator vs Papers Grade Please!

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

Head to head
About

SAKURA School Simulator

Experience simulated Japanese high school life in a fictional town. Interact with students, attend classes, and engage in various activities. The game blends realistic daily routines with fantastical elements, allowing for open-ended play with no set ending.

Highlights
  • Simulated Japanese high school life
  • Open fictional world
  • Character customization
  • Interactive NPCs
  • Attend school lessons
  • Earn in-game currency
  • Drive vehicles
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This game is a "school simulator game" which is made in Japan. The game is played in the small open fictional world "Sakura-town". We designed the game situations as if it is in a mixture world, that is the both of the situations in the real high school daily life in Japan and the situations which is shown in Japanese animations that sometimes contain very fantasistic elements. The half things you might see in this game will be really shown in japanese high school. In that sense, in this game, you can experience the simulated high school daily life in Japan as a student. This game is not an action and shooting game and so on but a simulator. Although we made violent actions and elements valid, but there are no descriptions of blood in the game. The people in the game world will be only fainted but will not be die. The concept of death does not exist in this game so that the fainted people will wake up next day, and they will hate you. You can do the actions below in the game. You can, control and change 4 players in the same stage (The two are valid after watching ADS.) choose avator cloths talk to students and other people choose the sentense for talking make friends and lovers through simulations attend the school lessons buy something and use by yourself or give it to other eat in sushi-bar earn money at car restore shop(a ADS. is shown.) drive a car untill be broken ride the atractions in the amusement park and so on. The above actions that you did will affect and simulate your playing in the various situations. There are no end in this game. Please make the situations as you like, and find favorite way for playing. We hope you will enjoy the game. The contents of this game will be added when we made the new game elements. The additional contents will be shown as a "new" context in this page. *NOTIFICATION Although we used the charactor models of AOI and TAICHI in this game, AOI is a NOT-FREE asset and TAICHI is a FREE asset. Everyone who want to make a game contents and so on can use these assets.

About

Papers Grade Please!

Test your intelligence by grading student answers in this fun simulator game. Decide if answers are right or wrong, assign grades, and prepare students for college. It's a challenging and amusing journey through a teacher's day.

Highlights
  • Grade student answers
  • Assign A's or F's
  • Test math, English, geography
  • Multiple challenging levels
  • Simple and addictive gameplay
  • Break up fights, watch detention
Features
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How smart do you think you are? Hopefully you have enough brain power to grade the answers from your students! Kids say the funniest things and it is up to you to catch what is right and what is wrong. Give students A’s or F’s based on their answers. Careful, not all of them are geniuses so it is up to you to catch the wrong answers! Students will try to be funny and outwit you with your answers. It may be funny, but it will still be wrong! Fail that kid! We don’t appreciate their attempts to be comedians. Make sure they know math, english, or geography. Some of the answers might even have you feeling like a smart, brainy professor. Help these kids out and prep them for college - you are on your teaching journey! Game Features: 1. Make the right choice! Hopefully you are smarter than these 5th graders! Some questions might even have you stumped! 2. Many levels to play So many fun and challenging questions for you to answer and grade. 3. Fun for the whole family Whether you are a teacher, a substitute, a professor, or not in education at all - this game will have you laughing and thinking. 4. Simple and Addicting Gameplay Once you start you won’t be able to stop. Answer questions, break up fights in recess, watch over detention - it’s like you are back in school again! Whether you are a fan of puzzlers, word games, trivia games, quiz games, brain teasers, or you just like answering questions, then Papers Grade Please is the game for you! Visit https://lionstudios.cc/contact-us/ if have any feedback, need help on beating a level or have any awesome ideas you would like to see in the game! Follow us to get news and updates on our other Award Winning titles; https://lionstudios.cc/ Facebook.com/LionStudios.cc Instagram.com/LionStudioscc Twitter.com/LionStudiosCC Youtube.com/c/LionStudiosCC

Screenshots

SAKURA School Simulator4 screens
Papers Grade Please!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SAKURA School Simulator at none against Papers Grade Please!'s 5. SAKURA School Simulator also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (84% vs 63%). Papers Grade Please!'s advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (116K vs 26K). On price, ads, 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. Papers Grade Please! sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. SAKURA School Simulator asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Papers Grade Please! holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26K and 116K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 84% of SAKURA School Simulator's written reviews are positive against 63% of Papers Grade Please!'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SAKURA School Simulator ships an update weekly, Papers Grade Please! every 2 months. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SAKURA School Simulator versus Papers Grade Please!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSAKURA School SimulatorPapers Grade Please!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (26K ratings)4.6 (116K ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.2% of reviews — better63.0% of reviews
Number of ratings26K116K — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size353 MB508 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperGARUSOFT K.K.Lion Studios

Customer experience

SAKURA School Simulator

All ratings25,500 ratings
Positive82.6%
Neutral5.2%
Negative12.2%
Written reviews1,631 reviews
Positive84.2%
Neutral7.1%
Negative8.6%

Papers Grade Please!

All ratings115,965 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral5.0%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews597 reviews
Positive63.0%
Neutral12.1%
Negative25.0%

User reviews

SAKURA School Simulator

From 26K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Awesome game
  • 🚀 Addictive gameplay
  • 👍 Lots of customization options
  • 👍 Diverse locations to explore
  • 👍 Fun roleplay opportunities

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional glitches and bugs
  • 🔋 Ads can be intrusive
  • 🔒 Limited character customization
  • 🔒 Restricted NPC interactions

Papers Grade Please!

From 116K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and engaging game
  • 🤩 Educates players
  • 😊 Addictive gameplay

Room to improve

  • 🤬 Too many ads
  • 🤖 Creepy character designs
  • 🙄 Repetitive gameplay

Bugs and requests

SAKURA School Simulator

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Character customization reset after saving
  • Vehicles and characters glitching through walls
  • Inconsistent police and NPC reactions
  • Compatibility issues on older devices

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add multiplayer mode
  • Implement marriage and family features
  • Expand NPC behaviors and relationships
  • Introduce more buildings and locations
  • Allow customization of children characters
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  • Add skin tone and hair type options
  • Implement a phone system with texting
  • Introduce clubs, jobs, and school activities

Papers Grade Please!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Incorrect answers marked as correct
  • Glitches causing app crashes or freezes
  • Ads not loading properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more schools and levels
  • Increase difficulty of questions
  • Allow customization of teacher and students
  • Introduce new gameplay modes (e.g. lunchtime, school events)

In-app purchases

None

SAKURA School Simulator

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Papers Grade Please!

One-time3
  • No Ads Bundle Discount$1.99
  • Remove Ads3 variants$2.99
  • No Ads Bundle$4.99

Questions

Is SAKURA School Simulator free?
SAKURA School Simulator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Papers Grade Please! free?
Papers Grade Please! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SAKURA School Simulator or Papers Grade Please!?
Papers Grade Please! is rated higher. SAKURA School Simulator averages 4.3 out of 5 from 26K ratings, while Papers Grade Please! averages 4.6 from 116K ratings.
Do SAKURA School Simulator or Papers Grade Please! have ads?
Both SAKURA School Simulator and Papers Grade Please! show ads.
Which is updated more often, SAKURA School Simulator or Papers Grade Please!?
SAKURA School Simulator ships an update weekly, and Papers Grade Please! every 2 months. Most recently, SAKURA School Simulator was updated on September 24, 2026 and Papers Grade Please! on September 24, 2026.

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