Comparison

MechLife vs Life Simulator

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

Head to head
About

MechLife

Prepare for manufacturing job interviews by honing your mechanical aptitude. This engaging game presents everyday scenarios that teach and test your understanding of mechanical concepts, helping you ace aptitude tests and explore career paths.

Highlights
  • Play as an aspiring manufacturing employee
  • Answer contextualized mechanical aptitude questions
  • Learn practical test-taking tips
  • Take a practice mechanical aptitude quiz
  • Access manufacturing career information links
Features
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Mechanical aptitude: the ability to understand and apply mechanical concepts and principles to solve problems. Do you have it or don’t you? The idea can be scary to consider, especially if you know that you have to take a mechanical aptitude test as part of the hiring process. However, most people don’t realize that they are using mechanical aptitude principles in their everyday lives! MechLife drives the point home that the everyday person already has a grasp of mechanical concepts, whether they realize it or not. Play as an aspiring manufacturing employee as he prepares for an upcoming interview. Encounter quirky situations at home that need your attention in this short but engaging story. As you get ready for your upcoming interview, you begin to realize that the quirky situations you are encountering do a great job of preparing you for the questions on the mechanical aptitude test! MechLife features: -Play as an aspiring manufacturing employee -Discover and answer contextualized mechanical aptitude questions -Learn practical test taking tips -Take a practice mechanical aptitude quiz -Access direct links to manufacturing career information MechLife aims to prepare future candidates for typical mechanical aptitude tests that are a part of the hiring process for many manufacturing organizations. MechLife was developed by Catalyst Connection and Simcoach Games, thanks to generous funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. Privacy Policy: http://www.simcoachgames.com/privacy

About

Life Simulator

Experience a full life from birth to death, making choices that shape your destiny. Navigate childhood, build a career, explore relationships, and even delve into the underworld or hunt monsters. Every decision creates a unique story.

Highlights
  • Simulate life from birth to death
  • Choose country, name, and appearance
  • Explore 15+ careers
  • Engage in underworld activities and prison life
  • Invest, bank, and trade stocks
  • Build relationships and start a family
  • Hunt monsters and complete quests
Features
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Build a career, fall in love and raise a family, then carry your story into the next generation. Or step into Online Life and share eight real cities with real players. A LIFE YOU CREATE Start at birth and grow through childhood, school and adulthood. Choose your country, appearance and traits, make friends and decide who you want to become. ONLINE LIFE: EIGHT CITIES, REAL PLAYERS Live in New York, Istanbul, London, Berlin, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Manila or Ankara in real time, and fly between them whenever you like. Every character belongs to a real player. • Meet people at cafés, bars, parks and stages, chat, make friends, fall in love and get married. • Get a job, work your shifts, take courses, rent a home, buy a car and earn your driver's license. • Team up in group activities, weekly city goals and monthly seasons, and climb the city's rankings. • Live on the edge: commit crimes against the city, dodge the police, serve your time or break out, and plan heists with your gang. • Join the hunt when a creature appears in your city. • Your character keeps living while you're away, following the focuses you choose. Online Life requires iOS 17 or later and Sign in with Apple. FAMILY, LOVE AND A NEW GENERATION Go on dates, get married and care for your children as they grow. Share family moments and build lasting connections. After your character dies, continue as an eligible child and carry your family's story into another generation. FIND YOUR CAREER Study, build skills, attend interviews and earn promotions. Become a developer, doctor, actor or business owner. Shape your ambitions through the work you choose and the decisions you make. BUILD A BUSINESS, TAKE A RISK Start a company, manage your money, invest in the stock market and buy vehicles. Explore crime and prison stories, or take your life in an unexpected direction with monster hunting. Interactive mini-games put your skills to the test. LEAVE YOUR MARK Complete quests, earn achievements and unlock legacy perks for future lives. Try a different path and discover how another set of choices changes your story. Create your character and start your next life. Play in English, Turkish, German, Spanish or Brazilian Portuguese. Every life path is free to explore, including acting, streaming, crime, prison and monster hunting. Optional Life+ monthly or annual membership unlocks selected advanced actions and upgrades: tracker upgrades, gaming PC improvements, heists, prison gangs, vehicle modification levels 2–5, advanced company research and special career and lifestyle options. Normal in-game costs still apply. Get a total of 20 gems on each UTC day you play online, one revive per life, optional income and learning boosts, and 3x offline income. Daily gems are shared across your saves and do not accumulate on missed days. Family, school, everyday careers and generations remain free. Previous permanent purchases remain valid. Some players may still see legacy one-time offers and optional rewarded ads. In Online Life, Life+ adds cosmetic, social and convenience perks; it never sells progress, money or ranking points. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled before renewal. Manage or cancel in Apple Account subscription settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Online Life terms: https://lifesimulator.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://lifesimulator.app/privacy/ Support: https://lifesimulator.app/support/

Screenshots

MechLife4 screens
Life Simulator4 screens

Verdict

The call

MechLife and Life Simulator both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 49% of Life Simulator's written reviews are positive against 0% of MechLife's. Life Simulator also leads on ratings volume (793 vs 8). MechLife's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 13) and ads (none vs shown). On price, rating 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. Life Simulator sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. MechLife asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MechLife holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Life Simulator has 793 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of MechLife's written reviews are positive against 49% of Life Simulator's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
MechLife versus Life Simulator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMechLifeLife Simulator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (8 ratings) — better4.3 (793 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews49.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8793 — better
Update frequency—Every 9 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size214 MB171 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperSimcoach GamesAhmet Can Guven

Customer experience

MechLife

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Life Simulator

All ratings793 ratings
Positive81.7%
Neutral7.6%
Negative10.7%
Written reviews120 reviews
Positive49.2%
Neutral16.7%
Negative34.2%

Bugs and requests

MechLife

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Life Simulator

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Ads still present despite premium purchase
  • Skill progression issues
  • Unresponsive or buggy UI elements

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add marriage and children options
  • Expand job and education choices
  • Improve progression and skill development
  • Introduce more interactive events and scenarios

In-app purchases

None

MechLife

No in-app purchases

13 purchases

Life Simulator

Subscriptions1
  • Life+ Monthly$4.991 Month
One-time12
  • Income Booster$1.99
  • Skill Booster$1.99
  • Fistful of Gems$1.99
Show 9 more
  • 50 Gems$1.99
  • 150 Gems$1.99
  • Bunch of Gems$2.99
  • Pile of Gems$3.99
  • Remove Ads$3.99
  • Premium Bundle$4.99
  • Many Many Gems$4.99
  • 400 Gems$4.99
  • Fountain of Gems$9.99

Questions

Is MechLife free?
MechLife is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Life Simulator free?
Life Simulator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MechLife or Life Simulator?
MechLife is rated higher. MechLife averages 4.5 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Life Simulator averages 4.3 from 793 ratings.
Do MechLife or Life Simulator have ads?
Life Simulator shows ads; MechLife does not.

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