Waxing! vs Piercing Parlor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Waxing!
Engage in a fun and visually appealing simulation game where you can perform various hair removal techniques. Experience intuitive controls and enjoy a satisfying gameplay loop.
- Hair removal simulation
- Shaving mechanics
- Waxing mechanics
- Pain relief simulation
- Fun gameplay
- Awesome graphics
- Easy controls
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Shave! Wax! Relieve the pain! Super fun gameplay, awesome graphics, and easy control.
Piercing Parlor
Design and perform various piercings on customers in a virtual parlor. Match customer requests with hundreds of styles and objects, using precision to create holes and apply jewelry. Experience satisfying vibrations and a rewarding simulation without any real pain.
- Hundreds of piercing objects and styles
- Design and outline piercings
- Precise needle aiming
- Satisfying haptic feedback
- Run your own piercing parlor
- Match customer requests
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Can you handle the pain? Become a piercing perfectionist and spread the bling! Are you ready to experience your inner rebel? Ever wonder what it is like to get a piercing but your mom and dad said no? Wonder what you would look like with a piercing on your nose or lip? Now you can experience it all without feeling the pain! Fill in hundreds of different piercings and styles. Try to get the line up the requests as close as possible for them and don’t mess up! Get ready to feel the satisfaction of watching your needle slide right in! Relax and use your precision to point and aim the needle to make those holes. So many satisfying vibrations! Fun and easy to pick up but don’t miss a pierce... Will you be the first one to ring them all? Hundreds of objects and styles for you to carefully size up, outline, design and pierce your customers. The final results will leave you feeling satisfied! Game Features: 1. Simple but addicting mechanics Feel the satisfaction without the pain? Customers will request what they want and it is up to you to match their desires 2. Run your own Piercing Parlor Keep the customers coming. Whether it’s a heart, a zombie, or a skull, there are so many ear ring designs for you to give them. 3. Don’t miss Ouch that hurts! Be careful of those soft spots 4. Feel the experience Feel every stab with the best haptics experience there is. Whether you like tattoos, needles or just want to pierce some people, Piercing Parlor will take you there. This is the best and most rewarding piercing simulation game there is. 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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Waxing! at none against Piercing Parlor's 1. Waxing! also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (50% vs 20%). Piercing Parlor's advantage is ratings volume (17K vs 361). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Piercing Parlor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Waxing! asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Waxing! against 4.5 for Piercing Parlor. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Piercing Parlor has 17K ratings behind it against 361, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Waxing!'s written reviews are positive against 20% of Piercing Parlor's.
Waxing! ships an update every 4 days, Piercing Parlor every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Waxing! | Piercing Parlor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (361 ratings) | 4.5 (17K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 20.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 361 | 17K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 240 MB | 486 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | DAKI, OOO | Lion Studios |
Customer experience
Waxing!
Piercing Parlor
Bugs and requests
Waxing!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Piercing Parlor
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezes on certain levels
- Piercings not registering properly
- Customers getting stuck on screen
Requested features
3 requests- Reduce ads or provide ad-free option
- Fix bugs and glitches
- Improve realism of piercing process
In-app purchases
Waxing!
No in-app purchases
Piercing Parlor
- Remove All Ads$2.99
Questions
Is Waxing! free?
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