Comparison

First To Life vs Simple Codes

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Create and customize babies
  • Swim through obstacles
  • Collect units
  • Battle armies and bosses
  • Challenging levels
  • Satisfying gameplay
Features
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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

About

Simple Codes

Features
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Have you ever wanted to send your friend a message in Pig Latin? What about a secret message in a cipher? For an easy way to prepare to send and receive these and other types of simple coded messages, look no further! To send a coded message: Simply enter or paste your message, tap to encode it, and then share using your favorite messaging app. To decode a message: Simply paste from your messaging app and tap to decode. No in-app purchases, no ads, just simple codes for children and fun-loving people of all ages! Please note: Simple Codes is meant to be a fun game and allows messages to be encoded and decoded by anyone who uses Simple Codes. The app does not use encryption nor does it save any messages to your device or the Internet.

Screenshots

First To Life4 screens
Simple Codes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: First To Life at Free against Simple Codes's $0.99. First To Life also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Simple Codes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

First To Life is free to download; Simple Codes costs $0.99 up front. First To Life sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Simple Codes asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
First To Life versus Simple Codes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFirst To LifeSimple Codes
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.7 (26K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews39.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings26K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size1.3 GB1 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSUPERSONIC STUDIOS LTDJoseph Palmer

Bugs and requests

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

Simple Codes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

First To Life

One-time1
  • No Ads$2.99
None

Simple Codes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is First To Life free?
First To Life is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Codes free?
Simple Codes costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do First To Life or Simple Codes have ads?
First To Life shows ads; Simple Codes does not.

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