Optical Shop Simulation vs Candy Lab!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Optical Shop Simulation
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=== HOW TO PLAY === ◉ Simple and intuitive game with easy-to-remember controls ◉ Select your character and start the game ◉ Create the glasses the customer wants and make progress === GAME FEATURES === ◉ FREE and EASY to play! ◉ Lots of UNIQUE LEVELS to play!
Candy Lab!
Create and customize various types of hard candies, lollipops, and cotton candies. Sell your sweet creations to customers to earn in-game currency and unlock new candy-making stations and helpers. Discover your favorite designs as you progress through the game.
- Handmake hard candies with custom designs
- Create lollipops and cotton candies
- Sell candies to customers
- Earn money to unlock new stations
- Hire workers for assistance
- Choose from various candy designs
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You will enjoy the satisfying stages of handmaking hard candies with different designs! You can choose any design you want and customize the colors however you like! Make hard candies, lollipops and cotton candies, sell them to your customers and earn money to unlock new candy stations and hire workers to help you! You can choose different designs from each candy station, keep playing to see which ones you like to make the most!
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Verdict
Optical Shop Simulation and Candy Lab! are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Optical Shop Simulation ships an update every 3 weeks, Candy Lab! monthly. The most recent releases landed on May 19, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Optical Shop Simulation | Candy Lab! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 2.1 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 270 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DLITE GAMES OYUN YAZILIM VE PAZARLAMA LIMITED SIRKETI | SIMOFUN OYUN TEKNOLOJILERI ANONIM SIRKETI |
In-app purchases
Optical Shop Simulation
No in-app purchases
Candy Lab!
No in-app purchases
