Comparison

Piercing Parlor vs Remote Life!

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of piercing objects and styles
  • Design and outline piercings
  • Precise needle aiming
  • Satisfying haptic feedback
  • Run your own piercing parlor
  • Match customer requests
Features
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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

About

Remote Life!

This app helps you manage your remote work life, balancing professional responsibilities with personal relationships. It aims to prevent burnout and maintain connections while working from home.

Highlights
  • Save work
  • Save relationships
  • Save friendships
  • Work from home management
  • Online connection maintenance
Features
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Save your work, relationship, and friendships over the internet, while working from home!

Screenshots

Piercing Parlor4 screens
Remote Life!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Piercing Parlor at 4.5 against Remote Life!'s 2.1. Piercing Parlor also leads on ratings volume (17K vs 652) and review sentiment (20% vs 8%). Remote Life!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads 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. Piercing Parlor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Remote Life! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Piercing Parlor holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Piercing Parlor has 17K ratings behind it against 652, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Piercing Parlor's written reviews are positive against 8% of Remote Life!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Piercing Parlor ships an update every 3 weeks, Remote Life! every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Piercing Parlor versus Remote Life!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPiercing ParlorRemote Life!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (17K ratings) — better2.1 (652 ratings)
Positive reviews20.3% of reviews — better7.6% of reviews
Number of ratings17K — better652
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size486 MB173 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperLion StudiosUNCOSOFT

Customer experience

Piercing Parlor

All ratings16,660 ratings
Positive85.9%
Neutral5.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews207 reviews
Positive20.3%
Neutral13.5%
Negative66.2%

Remote Life!

All ratings652 ratings
Positive25.9%
Neutral2.8%
Negative71.3%
Written reviews118 reviews
Positive7.6%
Neutral2.5%
Negative89.8%

User reviews

Piercing Parlor

From 17K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💡 Piercing game concept
  • 👍 Easy to play

Room to improve

  • 🚫 Excessive ads
  • 🐛 Frequent freezing/crashing
  • 🤖 Unrealistic piercing graphics/animations

Remote Life!

From 652 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun to play
  • ⭐ Good way to pass time

Room to improve

  • 🚫 Inappropriate content for kids
  • 🤦‍♀️ Promotes objectification of women
  • 🤥 Encourages lying and deception
  • 💰 Too many ads
  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs

Bugs and 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

Remote Life!

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes on launch
  • Freezes after ads

Requested features

3 requests
  • Increase age rating to 18+
  • Remove inappropriate content
  • Improve gameplay and reduce ads

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Piercing Parlor

One-time1
  • Remove All Ads$2.99
None

Remote Life!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Piercing Parlor free?
Piercing Parlor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Remote Life! free?
Remote Life! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Piercing Parlor or Remote Life!?
Piercing Parlor is rated higher. Piercing Parlor averages 4.5 out of 5 from 17K ratings, while Remote Life! averages 2.1 from 652 ratings.
Do Piercing Parlor or Remote Life! have ads?
Both Piercing Parlor and Remote Life! show ads.
Which is updated more often, Piercing Parlor or Remote Life!?
Piercing Parlor ships an update every 3 weeks, and Remote Life! every 5 days. Most recently, Piercing Parlor was updated on October 29, 2026 and Remote Life! on October 22, 2026.

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