Comparison

Farmside vs Pocket Love!+

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Plant crops and harvest produce
  • Raise farm animals
  • Craft recipes from farm goods
  • Decorate farm and avatar
  • Expand farm land
  • Fulfill town orders
Features
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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

About

Pocket Love!+

Design your dream home, customize your couple, and adopt pets in this cozy life simulator. Express your style with a vast wardrobe and enjoy relaxing gameplay. Expand your house and create a perfect pocket-sized world.

Highlights
  • Avatar creation for couples
  • Interior design and home expansion
  • Pet adoption and care
  • Extensive fashion wardrobe
  • Relaxing idle gameplay
  • Mini-games
Features
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Design your dream home, dress up your perfect couple, and adopt cute pets in this cozy sim, now on Apple Arcade! Welcome to the most wholesome life simulator in town! Shrink down to pocket size and move into a cute new home with your partner and your favorite pet. Everything is smaller, sweeter, and more adorable in the world of Pocket Love!+ Whether you love interior design, dressing up in kawaii fashion, or just need a relaxing game to escape into, this pocket-sized world is waiting for you. -Create Your Perfect Couple: Start your journey with an avatar maker that lets you be exactly who you want to be! Customize skin tones, hairstyles, and outfits to create a reflection of yourself and your partner. Whether it’s a romantic date or a chill day at home, create the ultimate your own cute couple and write your own story. -Design Your Dream Home: Unleash your inner interior designer! Start with a small space and expand your house into a dream mansion. Decorate with thousands of furniture items and build cozy bedrooms, a bustling kitchen, or even an 80's arcade! -Adopt & Nurture Pets: A house isn’t a home without a four legged companion! Adopt a loyal dog or a cuddly cat to join your family. Create a special space just for them. Dress Up & Fashion: Express your style with a massive wardrobe and mix-and-match clothing. From comfy hoodies to elegant evening wear, becoming a fashion icon has never been this cute. Relaxing & Wholesome Gameplay: Pocket Love!+ is the ultimate idle game for relaxation. Watch your characters interact in everyday activities, take them on exciting dates, play mini-games, and enjoy the simple pleasures of a digital life.

Screenshots

Farmside4 screens
Pocket Love!+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pocket Love!+ at 4.7 against Farmside's 4.0. Pocket Love!+ also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 54%) and ratings volume (4.6K vs 334). Farmside's advantage is device support (5 vs 3) 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pocket Love!+ holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Love!+ has 4.6K 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 90% of Pocket Love!+'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Farmside ships an update every 5 weeks, Pocket Love!+ every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Farmside versus Pocket Love!+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFarmsidePocket Love!+
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (334 ratings)4.7 (4.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.5% of reviews90.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3344.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size652 MB781 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperTeam17 USAHyperBeard Inc.

Customer experience

Farmside

All ratings302 ratings
Positive71.5%
Neutral12.6%
Negative15.9%
Written reviews1,071 reviews
Positive53.5%
Neutral14.8%
Negative31.7%

Pocket Love!+

All ratings4,536 ratings
Positive96.3%
Neutral2.6%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews757 reviews
Positive90.5%
Neutral5.7%
Negative3.8%

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

Pocket Love!+

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Farmside

No in-app purchases

None

Pocket Love!+

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Farmside free?
Farmside is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pocket Love!+ free?
Pocket Love!+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Farmside or Pocket Love!+?
Pocket Love!+ is rated higher. Farmside averages 4.0 out of 5 from 334 ratings, while Pocket Love!+ averages 4.7 from 4.6K ratings.
Do Farmside or Pocket Love!+ have ads?
Neither Farmside nor Pocket Love!+ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Farmside or Pocket Love!+?
Farmside ships an update every 5 weeks, and Pocket Love!+ every 3 weeks. Most recently, Farmside was updated on November 3, 2026 and Pocket Love!+ on November 12, 2026.

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