Comparison

Papers Grade Please! vs Candy Challenge 3D

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

Head to head
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

About

Candy Challenge 3D

Engage in a variety of mini-games, testing your carving, precision, shooting, and timing skills across hundreds of levels. Become the last one standing in this fun survival experience.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of new levels
  • Variety of mini-games
  • Carving skills test
  • Precision challenges
  • Shooting skills test
  • Timing skills test
  • Last man standing survival
Features
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Welcome to a new and fun experience! Discover hundreds of new levels and overcome each challenge. Play a different mini game each time and test your carving, precision, shooting and timing skills Pay attention and become the last man standing!

Screenshots

Papers Grade Please!4 screens
Candy Challenge 3D4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Candy Challenge 3D at weekly against Papers Grade Please!'s every 2 months. Candy Challenge 3D also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Papers Grade Please!'s advantage is review sentiment (63% vs 40%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 and Candy Challenge 3D 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Papers Grade Please! against 4.5 for Candy Challenge 3D. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 116K and 73K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of Papers Grade Please!'s written reviews are positive against 40% of Candy Challenge 3D's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Papers Grade Please! ships an update every 2 months, Candy Challenge 3D weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Papers Grade Please! versus Candy Challenge 3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPapers Grade Please!Candy Challenge 3D
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (116K ratings) — better4.5 (73K ratings)
Positive reviews62.9% of reviews — better39.9% of reviews
Number of ratings116K — better73K
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size322 MB445 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperLion StudiosALICTUS YAZILIM A.S.

Customer experience

Papers Grade Please!

All ratings116,145 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral5.0%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews598 reviews
Positive62.9%
Neutral12.2%
Negative24.9%

Candy Challenge 3D

All ratings73,020 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral4.5%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews168 reviews
Positive39.9%
Neutral13.7%
Negative46.4%

User reviews

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

Candy Challenge 3D

From 73K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and entertaining games
  • 🎮 Reminds users of Squid Game
  • 💡 Unique gameplay challenges

Room to improve

  • 🚨 Excessive ads after every game
  • 🤔 Games not fully aligned with Squid Game
  • 🤷‍♀️ Unclear progression/elimination mechanics

Bugs and requests

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)

Candy Challenge 3D

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Failing a level still allows progression
  • Sound and audio issues reported by some users

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add more Squid Game-inspired challenges
  • Reduce ad frequency or provide ad-free option
  • Improve game instructions and tutorials

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
1 purchases

Candy Challenge 3D

One-time1
  • No Ads$4.99

Questions

Is Papers Grade Please! free?
Papers Grade Please! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Candy Challenge 3D free?
Candy Challenge 3D is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Papers Grade Please! or Candy Challenge 3D?
Papers Grade Please! is rated higher. Papers Grade Please! averages 4.6 out of 5 from 116K ratings, while Candy Challenge 3D averages 4.5 from 73K ratings.
Do Papers Grade Please! or Candy Challenge 3D have ads?
Both Papers Grade Please! and Candy Challenge 3D show ads.
Which is updated more often, Papers Grade Please! or Candy Challenge 3D?
Papers Grade Please! ships an update every 2 months, and Candy Challenge 3D weekly. Most recently, Papers Grade Please! was updated on November 7, 2026 and Candy Challenge 3D on November 6, 2026.

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