Comparison

Lowlife vs Critical

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

Head to head
About

Lowlife

Control a healer in a dystopian future, focusing on keeping your party alive against villains. Collect and upgrade healing scripts, trade items, and specialize your healer through skill trees. Compete on global leaderboards and team up for raid bosses.

Highlights
  • Heal party members in battle
  • Collect and upgrade healing scripts
  • Trade and shop for scripts
  • Specialize healer with skill trees
  • Compete on global leaderboards
  • Team up for raid bosses
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All you gotta do is heal. Take control of Lowlife and heal your downloaded Scripts as you scour a corrupt, dystopian future. Your goal is not to hurt the countless Villains you will face spanning across several Simulations and Raids, it is to keep your party alive so they can do the hurting - by any means necessary. Throughout the Healing Simulations, you will incept Memories which can be used to trade for new Scripts - or if you have downloaded Scripts with their own god-rolled skills, level them up with Memories or by taking them with you! Sell your extra Scripts in the Auction House for extra Memories to spend. Also shop for other worldwide players' listed Scripts to use for your own. There are 35 uniquely skilled subclasses of Scripts to be found, including Tanks and Melee DPS to place on your front line, Mages and Ranged DPS for your back line, and Shamans - a wildcard class that can be placed anywhere in your party setup. Lowlife places you in battle with a variety of weak and powerful Villains, equipped with only a variety of healing spells to keep everyone (and yourself!) alive. Spend your gained Parameter Points to build the perfect healer and fit your play style. Sprinkle a little of your personal playstyle on top by spending Node Points in one of three skill trees to build your perfect healer specialization. You'll need it to get the highest scores on the Global Leaderboards. Complete Quests and level up to gain access to a variety of Simulations with Bosses and challenges that await you. When you feel confident enough, team up online to take down a Raid Boss or two. Lowlife is free to play, unlimited, with no commercial breaks. Also works with no WiFi or internet connection (Auction House, Leaderboards, and Raids not available with no internet).

About

Critical

Manage a reactor to prevent it from becoming critical by delivering water. Earn money over time to unlock permanent upgrades and improve your survival capabilities. Invest wisely to extend your runs and uncover secrets.

Highlights
  • Reactor management
  • Incremental income generation
  • Permanent upgrades
  • Research and secrets
  • Survival gameplay
Features
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Stop the reactor from going critical by delivering water. Robots are expensive though, so we use cheap expendable personnel instead. Money earned ramps up incrementally the longer you last. Survive as long as possible to maximize your income! Spend your hard earned cash to unlock permanent upgrades. Invest wisely to make each new run longer than the last. Tons of upgrades to buy, research to be done, and secrets to uncover. Give it a try! The longer you can keep the reactor from exploding, the more money you’ll make. Start small and watch your income grow exponentially as you survive longer and longer. Delay the inevitable cataclysm as long as possible and watch your cashflow go through the roof.

Screenshots

Lowlife4 screens
Critical4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lowlife at 75% against Critical's 18%. Lowlife also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). Critical's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and 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

Both are free to download. Lowlife sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Critical sells 17 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lowlife holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lowlife has 1.4K ratings behind it against 147, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Lowlife's written reviews are positive against 18% of Critical's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lowlife ships an update every 6 days, Critical fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Lowlife versus Critical: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLowlifeCritical
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.4K ratings) — better4.4 (147 ratings)
Positive reviews75.5% of reviews — better18.2% of reviews
Number of ratings1.4K — better147
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB99 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperCoast Media House LLCWaffleStack Studio LLC

Customer experience

Lowlife

All ratings1,390 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral2.4%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews106 reviews
Positive75.5%
Neutral10.4%
Negative14.2%

Critical

All ratings125 ratings
Positive84.0%
Neutral4.8%
Negative11.2%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive18.2%
Neutral18.2%
Negative63.6%

Bugs and requests

Lowlife

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game overheating issues
  • Progression and save data not working properly
  • Auction house and marketplace bugs

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to view skill descriptions outside of combat
  • More detailed stats and information about scripts
  • Improved marketplace functionality and responsiveness
  • Option to reset game progress

Critical

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Lowlife

One-time5
  • 5,000 Memories$0.99
  • 15,000 Memories$1.99
  • VIP Ticket$2.99
Show 2 more
  • 50,000 Memories$4.99
  • 100,000 Memories$7.99
17 purchases

Critical

One-time17
  • 100 Gems$2.99
  • 100 Gems$4.99
  • Remove Ads$7.99
Show 14 more
  • 225 Gems$7.99
  • Starter Pack$9.99
  • Remove All Ads$9.99
  • 225 Gems$9.99
  • 500 Gems$9.99
  • Pro Pack$9.99
  • Pro Pack$14.99
  • New Player Sale$14.99
  • 500 Gems$14.99
  • 1400 Gems$19.99
  • 800 Gems$19.99
  • 1400 Gems$29.99
  • 3000 Gems$29.99
  • 3000 Gems$39.99

Questions

Is Lowlife free?
Lowlife is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Critical free?
Critical is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lowlife or Critical?
Lowlife is rated higher. Lowlife averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.4K ratings, while Critical averages 4.4 from 147 ratings.
Do Lowlife or Critical have ads?
Critical shows ads; Lowlife does not.
Which is updated more often, Lowlife or Critical?
Lowlife ships an update every 6 days, and Critical fortnightly. Most recently, Lowlife was updated on October 21, 2026 and Critical on October 21, 2026.

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