Candy Lab! vs Small Business!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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!
Small Business!
Manage your own small business, focusing on growing your client base and social network presence. Build an extensive inventory of items to sell and handle customer interactions effectively. Ship orders and run your business efficiently.
- Grow client base
- Increase social network presence
- Build item inventory
- Ship orders
- Manage business operations
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Congrats! You have your own Small Business! Grow your client base, increase your business social network presence, build an endless items inventory to sell and remember one thing, the client is NOT always right ;-) So what are you waiting for? Let's ship some orders!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Small Business! at 3.1 against Candy Lab!'s 2.1. Small Business! also leads on review sentiment (28% vs 0%) and ratings volume (420 vs 7). Candy Lab!'s advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). 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.
Small Business! holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Small Business! has 420 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Candy Lab!'s written reviews are positive against 28% of Small Business!'s.
Candy Lab! ships an update monthly, Small Business! every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Candy Lab! | Small Business! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (7 ratings) | 3.1 (420 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 28.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 420 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 270 MB | 377 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | SİMOFUN OYUN TEKNOLOJİLERİ ANONİM ŞİRKETİ | HalfBite LTD |
Customer experience
Candy Lab!
Small Business!
Bugs and requests
Candy Lab!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Small Business!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezes and crashes frequently
- Inability to complete certain orders due to glitches
- Ads fail to load, preventing progress
Requested features
3 requests- Reduce the number of ads
- Add an option to pay for ad-free experience
- Improve overall game stability and performance
In-app purchases
Candy Lab!
No in-app purchases
Small Business!
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Candy Lab! free?
Is Small Business! free?
Which has better reviews, Candy Lab! or Small Business!?
Do Candy Lab! or Small Business! have ads?
Which is updated more often, Candy Lab! or Small Business!?
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