Farmside vs PowerWash Simulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Farmside
Cultivate a seaside farm, growing crops, raising animals, and crafting unique recipes. Decorate your farm and avatar with hundreds of unlockable items. Expand your land and fulfill orders from townsfolk.
- Plant crops and harvest produce
- Raise farm animals
- Craft recipes from farm goods
- Decorate farm and avatar
- Expand farm land
- Fulfill town orders
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******Build your dream farm!****** * Place plots, plant crops, harvest, and repeat * Build beautiful orchards filled with your favorite fruit trees * Raise chickens, cows, and other animals who produce agricultural products * Use the produce from crops, orchards, and animals to craft and cook unique recipes! * Fill orders from townsfolk * Buy seeds from Dunn’s seed stand ******Decorate!****** * Everything on the farm can be placed freely and they all have their own characteristics, such as fences that will stop chickens from running around, street lights that automatically light up the farm at night, and pavement that provides safe walkway for your avatar. * Change the color your barn, house, and other key farm locations with decals * Customize and dress your avatar! * Unlock hundreds of unique decorations as you complete quests and level up ******Expand!****** * Start with a quaint farm by the beach, and expand into the island interior
PowerWash Simulator
Blast away dirt and grime with a high-pressure washer. Enjoy a relaxing experience solo or with friends, cleaning various locations to a sparkling finish. Build your business or replay favorite jobs at your own pace.
- High-pressure washing gameplay
- Solo and online co-op modes
- Career mode to build a business
- Free play for replayability
- Variety of washers, nozzles, and cleaners
- Cross-device progress syncing
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Wash away your worries with the soothing sounds of high-pressure water. Fire up your power washer and blast away every speck of dirt and grime, all with the simple satisfaction of power-washing to a sparkling finish. POWERWASH ANYWHERE Enjoy PowerWash Simulator at home or on the go! Optimized for mobile with brand-new touch controls, relax and unwind in single-player or play with up to 4 friends in Online Co-Op; no dirt is too tough for your range of washers, nozzles, cleaners, and extensions. Share your progress between your Apple devices and pick up where you left off either on supported iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac or Vision Pro devices. CLEAN UP THE NEIGHBOURHOOD Build up your business in Career Mode, completing a variety of dirty jobs across the dusty town of Muckingham. There's no right or wrong, no time pressure or final score, just you and the tools you need to soak away your stress. Want a clean start? Chill out and replay your favorite jobs in Free Play. POWERWASH AND CHILL Relax, unwind, and play with friends in Online Co-Op! Lend a helping hand to your closest pal in Career Mode, or up to 4 friends can splash around in Free Play, tackling any job the host has already completed. GOOD CLEAN FUN Graffiti, grime, moss, and mold, no dirt is too tough for your range of washers, nozzles, cleaners, and extensions. Different dirt types have different levels of toughness, so make sure you're getting tactical with your equipment. Feeling fancy? Then customize your look with washer skins and gloves! IGRS: 3+
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PowerWash Simulator at 4.7 against Farmside's 4.0. PowerWash Simulator also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 54%) and ratings volume (19K vs 334). Farmside's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PowerWash Simulator holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PowerWash Simulator has 19K ratings behind it against 334, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Farmside's written reviews are positive against 76% of PowerWash Simulator's.
Farmside ships an update every 5 weeks, PowerWash Simulator every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Farmside | PowerWash Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (334 ratings) | 4.7 (19K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.5% of reviews | 76.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 334 | 19K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 652 MB | 1.8 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Team17 USA | FuturLab |
Customer experience
Farmside
PowerWash Simulator
Bugs and requests
Farmside
Reported bugs
5 issues- Character getting stuck in corners
- Inability to exit edit mode for structures
- Visitors requesting items player cannot make
- Disappearing resources after harvesting
- Inconsistent save data and progress loss
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to zoom out further
- Option to automate repetitive tasks
- More diverse character customization
- Expanded farm areas and decorations
- Multiplayer co-op and community features
PowerWash Simulator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Farmside
No in-app purchases
PowerWash Simulator
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Farmside free?
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