Comparison

Candy CEO 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

Candy CEO

Build a candy business from scratch with a small initial investment. Manage product development, marketing, and sales to compete globally and aim for an IPO. Hire staff, acquire competitors, and research new products to achieve market dominance.

Highlights
  • Raise venture capital
  • Acquire competitors
  • Craft candy products
  • Research and develop products
  • Hire influencers and marketing teams
  • Work towards IPO
  • Global market competition
Features
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You have $1000 in your pocket. Yes, your pants only have one pocket. Embarrassing, I know.... But all you need is a dream. And you have one. Build your startup from the ground up on the perfect candy and compete for global market dominance. Most businesses fail, will you make it to the IPO? • Raise venture capital for a stake in your company • Acquire competitors and grow your marketshare quickly • Craft a candy that balances sweetness, flavor and health • Research products and product features to give you the highest margin and best PROFIT. • Hire social influencers to promote your product. • Work towards your IPO and become a millionaire. • Start in your hometown and fight for marketshare until you become a GLOBAL competitor. • Hire a marketing team to build your brand and drive traffic to your sales team. • Build your sales team from the ground up and convert leads to sales. • Attend events to increase sales and brand awareness. • Automate your process for more efficient production. • Hire experts to create the BEST product on the market. • Treat your employees to trips and fun to keep morale high. • Build out your C-SUITE. CEO's, CFO's, etc. • Global leaderboards • Frequent updates with lots of fresh content on its way!

About

Life Simulator

Experience a life simulation where you can pursue desired careers, gain education, and manage various businesses. Build wealth through investments, property rentals, and even develop your own ride-sharing app or manage an airport.

Highlights
  • Pursue various jobs and education
  • Invest in stocks and real estate
  • Buy and sell businesses
  • Manage social media accounts
  • Develop ride-share apps
  • Operate taxi businesses
  • Build and manage airports
Features
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The Life Simulator Game of this century where you can do everything you miss in a Real Life. ======================== > Work the Jobs you like most. > Get Education to improve your skill set. > Earn interest income from bank savings account > Earn rental income from rental properties > Buy and sell businesses. Become a business tycoon > Invest in shares in Stock Market Level up your trading game to become stock market tycoon > Manage Social Media Account and earn money with ads and sponsors income. > Start your own Taxi Cab Business and operate taxi business in multiple cities around the world. > Develop your ride share app from scratch, add features of your choice. > Manage your own Airport Start from an empty plot of land to a global aviation hub. > Apply for credit cards > Shop anything with your money. Entertainment, fun and travel around the world. > Live your online Life the way you always wanted. ======================== Taxi Cab Business Start taxi cab business in cities of your choice. Buy offices, garage, cabs and develop a fuel storage facility. Install cabs with multiple accessories. Hire drivers and start earning taxi cab fares. Develop ride share mobile app and run it as a business Develop your ride share app with features of your choice. Manage employees, train CEO for effective headhunting, multiple hosting plans and marketing strategies to gain users for the app. Airport Simulator and Airport Tourism City Buy land, purchase aviation license, build runways, passenger terminals and cargo terminals. Contract with multiple airlines that bring passengers and cargo flights to your airport. Manage every operation of an airport. From building boarding gates, waiting areas, premium shops, taxi, bus and train station to airport hotels and VIP lounges. Build an airport city that focuses on tourism. Build attractions for tourists that bring global passengers. Earn billions of dollars from your airport operations and airport city tourism. ======================== Prove that you were born for a better life! Become a rich and successful business tycoon, earn money to possess wealth and run your own business in this Business Life Simulator Financial Game. Ever wanted to build wealth and earn money like rich people do, having a constant income and cash flow so you can enjoy the desired financial freedom? Learn real life finance world! Life Simulator the game of life gives you the experience of a good business game at the same time it teaches you the real life money management skill. Become An Entrepreneur ! This game teaches you the importance of being an entrepreneur and the solutions to the problems faced by an entrepreneur all life. This game answers the most important question: How To Become An Entrepreneur? Start your life from Poor to Rich and rise from rags to riches. Turn from a poor homeless to rich billionaire tycoon! Sounds crazy, isn’t it? City Life Simulator is the game to really test your financial skills. From zero to hero become a rich business tycoon guy. It’s your success story: get the first job, rent an apartment , get education to climb the career ladder. Earn money to start realistic business. Do you have what it takes to become a sims game billionaire? Would you like to live a luxurious life? You can buy as many cars, boats, bikes and planes as you want with all your cash. And you will still have enough to buy several villas, king's castle and properties around the world or even an island! If you like tycoon games, business games, idle money cash games and management games, you will enjoy this life simulator game. Make important management decisions to build your business empire and grow your LIFE From Zero to Hero!!! BEST GAME FOR REAL BUSINESS LEARNERS ! App Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: https://www.umarkhaleeq.com/privacy-policy-life-simulator-game.html Standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Candy CEO4 screens
Life Simulator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Candy CEO at none against Life Simulator's shown. Candy CEO also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly) and ratings volume (2.5K vs 289). Life Simulator's advantage is review sentiment (74% vs 58%). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Candy CEO sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Life Simulator sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Candy CEO against 4.6 for Life Simulator. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Candy CEO has 2.5K ratings behind it against 289, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 58% of Candy CEO's written reviews are positive against 74% of Life Simulator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Candy CEO ships an update every 2 days, Life Simulator fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Candy CEO versus Life Simulator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCandy CEOLife Simulator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (2.5K ratings)4.6 (289 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.7% of reviews73.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.5K — better289
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB153 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChimpanzee, LLCMuhammad Umar Khaleeq

Customer experience

Candy CEO

All ratings2,505 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral5.3%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews130 reviews
Positive57.7%
Neutral14.6%
Negative27.7%

Life Simulator

All ratings289 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral3.5%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral7.9%
Negative18.4%

User reviews

Candy CEO

From 2.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Addictive gameplay
  • 👍 Realistic business simulation
  • 💡 Interesting concept

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Confusing tutorial/instructions
  • 🔍 Lack of guidance for new players
  • 💰 Difficult to make a profit
  • 🔒 Lack of accessibility options

Life Simulator

From 289 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great game concept
  • 👍 Fun time passer
  • 👍 Underrated game
  • 👍 Addicting and well thought out
  • 👍 Good game, easy to earn money

Room to improve

  • 💸 Paid ad removal doesn't work
  • 📉 Actions broken, minimal income
  • 💸 Too much ads
  • 💸 Took my money, ads still present
  • 📉 Expenses not adding up

Bugs and requests

Candy CEO

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Buttons not functioning as expected
  • Inconsistent profits despite same actions
  • Purchases not registering correctly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add option to fire/replace employees
  • Improve tutorial and in-game guidance
  • Increase text size and readability
  • Implement difficulty settings

Life Simulator

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • Paid removal of ads doesn’t work
  • Actions are broken and give minimal income
  • Tips on taxi service are glitched
  • Cannot buy stocks
  • CEO office in Pakistan button greyed out
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  • Expenses not adding up correctly
  • Credit card does not work
  • Cannot hire social media marketing team
  • Don't know how to earn research points
  • No auctions after month 4000
  • Drivers license class resets but takes money
  • Cannot hire anyone for ride share business
  • Ride share business upgrades unclear
  • Bank interest rate calculation incorrect
  • Cannot hire staff for rideshare business

Requested features

10 requests
  • More visual or other businesses and jobs
  • Add a feature for new job notifications
  • Stock market less randomized or influenced by in-game events
  • Explain how credit cards work
  • Add more businesses or things to do
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  • More frequent updates
  • Add a way to get rid of the 3-second timer
  • News to see stock market effects
  • More end-game businesses
  • More interactive gameplay instead of 3-second timer

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Candy CEO

One-time6
  • 500 Pack of Sweet Gems$0.99
  • 1200 Pack of Sweet Gems$1.99
  • 2500 Pack of Sweet Gems$2.99
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  • 6500 Pack of Sweet Gems$3.99
  • 14000 Pack of Sweet Gems$4.99
  • Bailout Pack$4.99
11 purchases

Life Simulator

Subscriptions1
  • Remove All Ads$9.991 Month
One-time10
  • Purchase Asset 1$1.99
  • Ride App Business Points$2.99
  • Get Cash 1$2.99
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  • Perma Income - Mini Cash$4.99
  • Purchase Asset 2$5.99
  • Get Cash 2$7.99
  • Perma Income - Mega Cash$14.99
  • Get Cash 3$19.99
  • Purchase Asset 3$24.99
  • Perma Income - Ultra Cash$29.99

Questions

Is Candy CEO free?
Candy CEO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Life Simulator free?
Life Simulator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Candy CEO or Life Simulator?
Life Simulator is rated higher. Candy CEO averages 4.6 out of 5 from 2.5K ratings, while Life Simulator averages 4.6 from 289 ratings.
Do Candy CEO or Life Simulator have ads?
Life Simulator shows ads; Candy CEO does not.
Which is updated more often, Candy CEO or Life Simulator?
Candy CEO ships an update every 2 days, and Life Simulator fortnightly. Most recently, Candy CEO was updated on October 27, 2026 and Life Simulator on October 30, 2026.

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