Make Expression vs First To Life
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Make Expression
This game challenges you to create the correct facial expression for various social scenarios. Manipulate on-screen arrows to mimic emotions like sadness or happiness, and see how you'd look in different situations.
- Facial expression manipulation
- Scenario-based challenges
- Emotion simulation
- Fun and engaging gameplay
- GDPR/CCPA opt-out
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Manipulate the arrows that appear on your face! Funerals, dates, weddings... what do you look like in these situations? This is a game to make the right expression for the scene! Try to make the expression you make when you are sad or happy. It's fun to make different expressions. EU / California users can opt-out under GDPR / CCPA. Please respond from the pop-up displayed when starting in the app or within the settings in the app.
First To Life
Guide swimmers through challenging levels, collecting units to create and customize your own babies. Battle armies and bosses in a fun, satisfying experience with many levels.
- Create and customize babies
- Swim through obstacles
- Collect units
- Battle armies and bosses
- Challenging levels
- Satisfying gameplay
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Join together and make your own babies! -Swim through obstacles, collect units, and reach the eggs! -Customize your own babies, and play as them! -Battle formidable armies and bosses -Lots of fun and challenging levels -Satisfying gameplay with lots of swimmers
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: First To Life at fortnightly against Make Expression's every 2 months. First To Life also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Make Expression sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and First To Life sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Make Expression against 4.7 for First To Life. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14K and 26K respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 39% and 39% positive.
Make Expression ships an update every 2 months, First To Life fortnightly. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Make Expression | First To Life |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (14K ratings) | 4.7 (26K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.1% of reviews | 39.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14K | 26K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 581 MB | 1.3 GB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | FTY LLC. | SUPERSONIC STUDIOS LTD |
Customer experience
Make Expression
First To Life
User reviews
Make Expression
From 14K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 😊 Fun and entertaining
- 🤩 Unique and engaging gameplay
- 🎨 Customizable expressions
Room to improve
- 🤬 Excessive ads
- 🤯 Confusing and illogical gameplay mechanics
- 😫 Repetitive levels
- 🙁 Inappropriate content
First To Life
From 26K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun game concept
- 🤩 Relaxing gameplay
- 💯 Smooth animations
Room to improve
- 🤬 Excessive ads
- 🐛 Frequent glitches and crashes
- 🤯 Laggy performance
- 🤒 Game freezing issues
Bugs and requests
Make Expression
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezing and crashing
- Inconsistent level progression
- Issues with button responsiveness
Requested features
3 requests- Allow users to create their own expressions
- Add more diverse and challenging levels
- Reduce the number of ads
First To Life
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game resets progress after updates
- Ads causing game to freeze or crash
- Inability to progress past certain levels
Requested features
3 requests- Reduce number of ads
- Improve game stability and performance
- Add option to disable ads for a fee
In-app purchases
Make Expression
- remove ads$2.99
First To Life
- No Ads$2.99
Questions
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