Comparison

Factory World vs Surviving LA

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

Head to head
About

Factory World

Build and manage your own industrial empire by tapping to buy land and connect production chains. Develop various factories, from oil wells to toy production, to earn idle profit even when offline. Strategize your business growth to become a manufacturing tycoon.

Highlights
  • Tap to buy land tiles
  • Connect production chains
  • Develop various factories
  • Earn idle profit offline
  • Business strategy development
  • Simple tap controls
Features
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This game is very easy to control and incredibly enjoyable to play. Just tap on land tiles to buy them. Be sure to look for production properties - they connect into production chains and begin to earn you money. Build your first tap tap factory and develop your business strategy of idle factory management in the new best manager game. Become the head of the factories inc. Develop your own oil wells factory, get into idle digging and idle factory business. Build toy factory, dig deep for mining, buy territory for industry development. Connect roads to make manufacturing work and develop your industry! Produce any goods you want, become a business tycoon and receive idle profit in the new challenging factory simulator game Factory World! Game features: - Addictive gameplay - Wide chain of game mechanics - Your industry gets idle cash even when you are offline - Beautiful animation - Simple controls - A lot of biomes producing unique products - Exciting gaming sessions Start your money making business in the one of the beautiful and relaxing games!

About

Surviving LA

Navigate Los Angeles and Southern California for 52 weeks in this single-player survival and trading strategy game. Manage cash, debt, health, and inventory while reacting to shifting market prices and random events. Engage in trading, work, or investments to achieve your goals.

Highlights
  • 52-week survival challenge
  • Dynamic market trading
  • Job and investment opportunities
  • Resource and debt management
  • Random events and survival diary
  • Multiple save slots
  • Optional story adventures
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Surviving LA is a fictional, single-player survival and trading strategy game. You have 52 weeks to cross Los Angeles and Southern California, watch prices shift between 15 distinct locations, and choose whether to trade, work, or invest. Cash, debt, health, inventory, and random events shape every run. Features: • 15 Southern California locations with distinct market tendencies • Trading, jobs, and investments as weekly actions • Banks, clinics, storage upgrades, and debt repayment • Random events and a survival diary you can revisit • Three independent save slots • Optional one-time story adventures available as consumable in-app purchases • No ads or account required All goods, currencies, investments, winnings, and story events are fictional game content. The game does not offer real-money gambling, cash prizes, brokerage, or financial advice.

Screenshots

Factory World4 screens
Surviving LA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Surviving LA at none against Factory World's shown. Surviving LA also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Factory World's advantage is ratings volume (25K vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Factory World sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Surviving LA sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Surviving LA holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Factory World has 25K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Factory World versus Surviving LA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFactory WorldSurviving LA
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (25K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews30.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings25K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size349 MB42 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperAI Games FZGongming Liu

Customer experience

Factory World

All ratings24,717 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral3.8%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews340 reviews
Positive30.9%
Neutral10.6%
Negative58.5%

Surviving LA

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Factory World

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Ads still appearing after purchasing ad removal
  • Progress reset for some users after updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and regions to explore
  • Ability to restart or reset the game
  • More strategic depth and customization options
  • Improved offline earnings calculation

Surviving LA

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Factory World

One-time6
  • Small stack of tickets$2.49
  • Medium stack of tickets$6.99
  • No Ads in Idle Factory world$9.99
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  • Special offer with tickets$10.99
  • Special offer$11.99
  • Big stack of tickets$19.99
4 purchases

Surviving LA

One-time4
  • 奇遇礼包:雪中送炭$1.99
  • 奇遇礼包:便利店幸运刮卡$2.99
  • 奇遇礼包:匿名券商提示$5.99
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  • 奇遇礼包:车库旧表$9.99

Questions

Is Factory World free?
Factory World is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Surviving LA free?
Surviving LA is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Factory World or Surviving LA?
Surviving LA is rated higher. Factory World averages 4.7 out of 5 from 25K ratings, while Surviving LA averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Factory World or Surviving LA have ads?
Factory World shows ads; Surviving LA does not.

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