Braid Salon vs Project Salon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Braid Salon
Become a virtual hair stylist and create stunning braided hairstyles for clients. Choose colors, add extensions, and accessorize to satisfy customer demands. Upgrade your salon and unlock new tools as you progress.
- Create French braids, box braids, and ponytails
- Customize hair color and add extensions
- Accessorize with scrunchies and other items
- Upgrade salon and unlock new tools
- Simple tap and swipe mechanics
- Relaxing and enjoyable gameplay
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Who doesn’t want to look fancy? Your clients are coming to get the best braided hairstyle for different occasions. Whether it’s to look graceful for a date night or to show off their great taste in fashion for a holiday party, it’s up to you to make the braided hairstyle suitable for them to rock. This lady wants a double French braid with curly extensions. Sounds complicated right? Don’t be scared! Let’s give her the blonde color she wants. Take a piece of hair from one side, bring it over, and add it to the other side. Keep going! Now she wants green scrunchies? Well there you go. Hooray! You’re done! Keep the customers satisfied and unlock more tools to upgrade your business. Are you ready to be a professional fashion consultant? Game Features: 1. Simple but addicting mechanics Clients are coming to get their hair done. Whether it’s French braids,box braids, or a braided ponytail, just move or swipe to modify their appearance 2. Beautiful Graphics Have fun watching the transformation happen. Smart tools and unique animation will keep you hooked 3. Keep on upgrading! Make that shop your own. Keep customers happy and earn enough to transform the salon into a beautiful new place that’s yours. 4. Relax and enjoy No need to worry what people look like. Just tap, swipe and enjoy being a stylist. These people need a stylist! Will you help them out? 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! From the Studio that brought you Mr. Bullet, Happy Glass, Ink Inc and Love Balls! 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
Project Salon
Build and manage your own hair salon in this idle strategy game. Cut, dye, and style hair to attract customers, hire staff, and expand your business. Enjoy a relaxing simulation experience at your own pace.
- Hair cutting and dyeing simulation
- Salon expansion and management
- Customer attraction
- Employee hiring
- Idle strategy gameplay
- Handcrafted worlds
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Project Salon is a simple, yet addictive exploration based idle strategy game! Cut hairs, dye them, grow your salon, attract more customers, hire employees and much more! Key Features - 1. Free to play 2. Handcrafted worlds 3. Action packed, near real simulation 4. Enjoy Salon World at your own pace 5. Suitable for all age groups
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Braid Salon at every 4 days against Project Salon's every 2 weeks. Braid Salon also leads on ratings volume (20K vs 1.6K) and review sentiment (47% vs 34%). Project Salon's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Braid Salon sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Project Salon sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Project Salon holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Braid Salon has 20K ratings behind it against 1.6K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 47% of Braid Salon's written reviews are positive against 34% of Project Salon's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Braid Salon ships an update every 4 days, Project Salon every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on September 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Braid Salon | Project Salon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (20K ratings) | 4.7 (1.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.5% of reviews — better | 34.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20K — better | 1.6K |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 308 MB | 284 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Lion Studios | SUPERSONIC STUDIOS LTD |
Customer experience
Braid Salon
Project Salon
User reviews
Braid Salon
From 20K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Slay
- 💕 Love the game
- 👍 Good game
- 🤩 Fun and entertaining
- 🤗 Helps with braiding skills
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitchy color application
- 💸 Too many ads
- 🕰️ Finishes tasks too quickly
- 🎨 Limited hair color options
- 📱 Compatibility issues
Project Salon
From 1.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Good time waster
- 👍 Non-forced ads
- 👍 Satisfying gameplay
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
- 🛑 Too many ads
- 🤑 Expensive to remove ads
- 🔁 Repetitive levels
- 💰 Lose progress when moving to new salon
Bugs and requests
Braid Salon
Reported bugs
4 issues- Stops coloring before finished
- Glitches when switching between tasks
- Crashes or freezes on some devices
- Incompatible with certain devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add more hair styles and accessories
- Allow more control over coloring and braiding
- Introduce male characters
- Reduce ads or make them optional
- Fix bugs with color application and task completion
Project Salon
Reported bugs
3 issues- Cashier getting stuck
- App force closing
- Data loss when exiting the game
Requested features
3 requests- More levels and content
- Ability to keep progress when moving salons
- More diverse customer base in the braiding shop
In-app purchases
Braid Salon
- Remove Ads$2.99
Project Salon
- SkipIts Pack 1 - 6 Skipits$0.99
- Gem Pack - 100 gems$1.99
- SkipIts Pack 1 - 20 Skipits$2.99
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- NoForcedAds_Pack2$2.99
- Instant Product Delivery$5.99
- Gem Pack - 255 Gems$5.99
- Unlimited Free VIP Guests$11.99
- SkipIts Pack 4 - 200 Skipits$11.99
- SkipIts Pack 1 - 80 Skipits$11.99
- Gem Pack - 520 Gems$11.99
- SkipIts Pack 5 - 250 Skipits$23.99
- Gem Pack - 1.1K Gems$23.99
- Unlimited SkipIts - NoAds Ever$29.99
Questions
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