Comparison

Life Simulator vs Box Office Sim 2

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

Head to head
About

Life Simulator

Experience a virtual life where you can pursue your dream career, invest in stocks and businesses, and build wealth. Make decisions about education, purchases, and real estate to achieve financial freedom and live a luxurious lifestyle. Become a business tycoon from humble beginnings.

Highlights
  • Pursue desired careers
  • Invest in stocks and businesses
  • Develop and manage mobile apps
  • Buy and sell real estate
  • Live a luxurious lifestyle
  • Learn financial management skills
Features
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The Life Simulator Game of this century where you can do everything you miss in a Real Life. ======================== > Work the Jobs you like most. > Get Education to improve your skill set. > Earn interest income from bank savings account > Earn rental income from rental properties > Buy and sell businesses. Become a business tycoon > Invest in shares in Stock Market Level up your trading game to become stock market tycoon > Manage Social Media Account and earn money with ads and sponsors income. > Start your own Taxi Cab Business and operate taxi business in multiple cities around the world. > Develop your ride share app from scratch, add features of your choice. > Manage your own Airport Start from an empty plot of land to a global aviation hub. > Apply for credit cards > Shop anything with your money. Entertainment, fun and travel around the world. > Live your online Life the way you always wanted. ======================== Taxi Cab Business Start taxi cab business in cities of your choice. Buy offices, garage, cabs and develop a fuel storage facility. Install cabs with multiple accessories. Hire drivers and start earning taxi cab fares. Develop ride share mobile app and run it as a business Develop your ride share app with features of your choice. Manage employees, train CEO for effective headhunting, multiple hosting plans and marketing strategies to gain users for the app. Airport Simulator and Airport Tourism City Buy land, purchase aviation license, build runways, passenger terminals and cargo terminals. Contract with multiple airlines that bring passengers and cargo flights to your airport. Manage every operation of an airport. From building boarding gates, waiting areas, premium shops, taxi, bus and train station to airport hotels and VIP lounges. Build an airport city that focuses on tourism. Build attractions for tourists that bring global passengers. Earn billions of dollars from your airport operations and airport city tourism. ======================== Prove that you were born for a better life! Become a rich and successful business tycoon, earn money to possess wealth and run your own business in this Business Life Simulator Financial Game. Ever wanted to build wealth and earn money like rich people do, having a constant income and cash flow so you can enjoy the desired financial freedom? Learn real life finance world! Life Simulator the game of life gives you the experience of a good business game at the same time it teaches you the real life money management skill. Become An Entrepreneur ! This game teaches you the importance of being an entrepreneur and the solutions to the problems faced by an entrepreneur all life. This game answers the most important question: How To Become An Entrepreneur? Start your life from Poor to Rich and rise from rags to riches. Turn from a poor homeless to rich billionaire tycoon! Sounds crazy, isn’t it? City Life Simulator is the game to really test your financial skills. From zero to hero become a rich business tycoon guy. It’s your success story: get the first job, rent an apartment , get education to climb the career ladder. Earn money to start realistic business. Do you have what it takes to become a sims game billionaire? Would you like to live a luxurious life? You can buy as many cars, boats, bikes and planes as you want with all your cash. And you will still have enough to buy several villas, king's castle and properties around the world or even an island! If you like tycoon games, business games, idle money cash games and management games, you will enjoy this life simulator game. Make important management decisions to build your business empire and grow your LIFE From Zero to Hero!!! BEST GAME FOR REAL BUSINESS LEARNERS ! App Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: https://www.umarkhaleeq.com/privacy-policy-life-simulator-game.html Standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Box Office Sim 2

Manage your own movie studio, from creating scripts and casting actors to setting release dates and running marketing campaigns. Compete in film festivals and aim for awards as you grow from an indie studio to a major film powerhouse.

Highlights
  • Manage your own movie studio
  • Create or buy scripts
  • Cast and negotiate contracts
  • Set release dates and run marketing
  • Compete in film festivals
  • Win awards
Features
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Box Office Sim 2 is a business sim game in which you manage your own movie studio. Start as a small independent film studio and see if you have what it takes to rise through the ranks and become one of the few Major film studios. Create your own scripts, or buy existing scripts off the market, then cast and negotiate cast contracts. Set opportune release dates and run marketing campaigns, for the best possible opening weekend. Make the best quality movies that you can and see if you can earn the top prize at yearly award shows. Enter your movies into Competition at Film Festivals around the world! See if you have what it takes to move up the ranks, starting from making low budget indie films, to making multi-movie franchises and blockbusters. Icons provided by: http://icons8.com http://flaticon.com (Pixel Perfect, Freepik, Surang) http://iconsdb.com

Screenshots

Life Simulator4 screens
Box Office Sim 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Life Simulator at 74% against Box Office Sim 2's 20%. Life Simulator also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.4). Box Office Sim 2's advantage is update cadence (daily vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. Life Simulator sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Box Office Sim 2 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

Life Simulator holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 289 and 182 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Life Simulator's written reviews are positive against 20% of Box Office Sim 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Life Simulator ships an update fortnightly, Box Office Sim 2 daily. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Life Simulator versus Box Office Sim 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLife SimulatorBox Office Sim 2
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (289 ratings) — better2.4 (182 ratings)
Positive reviews73.7% of reviews — better20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings289 — better182
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size153 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMuhammad Umar KhaleeqJohn Jaco

Customer experience

Life Simulator

All ratings289 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral3.5%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral7.9%
Negative18.4%

Box Office Sim 2

All ratings181 ratings
Positive23.2%
Neutral15.5%
Negative61.3%
Written reviews125 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral20.8%
Negative59.2%

User reviews

Life Simulator

From 289 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great game concept
  • 👍 Fun time passer
  • 👍 Underrated game
  • 👍 Addicting and well thought out
  • 👍 Good game, easy to earn money

Room to improve

  • 💸 Paid ad removal doesn't work
  • 📉 Actions broken, minimal income
  • 💸 Too much ads
  • 💸 Took my money, ads still present
  • 📉 Expenses not adding up

Box Office Sim 2

From 182 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great concept and improvements from first game
  • 👍 Interesting new features like locations and contracts
  • 💡 Potential for more features like TV shows and streaming

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Extremely buggy and glitchy, causing crashes and loss of progress
  • 🔨 Confusing and cluttered UI, needs simplification
  • 👎 Worse than the first game in some aspects

Bugs and requests

Life Simulator

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • Paid removal of ads doesn’t work
  • Actions are broken and give minimal income
  • Tips on taxi service are glitched
  • Cannot buy stocks
  • CEO office in Pakistan button greyed out
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  • Expenses not adding up correctly
  • Credit card does not work
  • Cannot hire social media marketing team
  • Don't know how to earn research points
  • No auctions after month 4000
  • Drivers license class resets but takes money
  • Cannot hire anyone for ride share business
  • Ride share business upgrades unclear
  • Bank interest rate calculation incorrect
  • Cannot hire staff for rideshare business

Requested features

10 requests
  • More visual or other businesses and jobs
  • Add a feature for new job notifications
  • Stock market less randomized or influenced by in-game events
  • Explain how credit cards work
  • Add more businesses or things to do
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  • More frequent updates
  • Add a way to get rid of the 3-second timer
  • News to see stock market effects
  • More end-game businesses
  • More interactive gameplay instead of 3-second timer

Box Office Sim 2

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Buttons not working, screen splitting issues
  • Crashes when trying to save or advance weeks
  • Purchased features not working as intended

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add auto-naming for movies and characters
  • Improve search and filtering for cast/crew
  • Implement audience reviews and box office news

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Life Simulator

Subscriptions1
  • Remove All Ads$9.991 Month
One-time10
  • Purchase Asset 1$1.99
  • Ride App Business Points$2.99
  • Get Cash 1$2.99
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  • Perma Income - Mini Cash$4.99
  • Purchase Asset 2$5.99
  • Get Cash 2$7.99
  • Perma Income - Mega Cash$14.99
  • Get Cash 3$19.99
  • Purchase Asset 3$24.99
  • Perma Income - Ultra Cash$29.99
4 purchases

Box Office Sim 2

One-time4
  • Add Studios and Talent$2.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • Add-On Pack 1$2.99
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  • Add-On Pack 2$2.99

Questions

Is Life Simulator free?
Life Simulator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Box Office Sim 2 free?
Box Office Sim 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Life Simulator or Box Office Sim 2?
Life Simulator is rated higher. Life Simulator averages 4.6 out of 5 from 289 ratings, while Box Office Sim 2 averages 2.4 from 182 ratings.
Do Life Simulator or Box Office Sim 2 have ads?
Both Life Simulator and Box Office Sim 2 show ads.
Which is updated more often, Life Simulator or Box Office Sim 2?
Life Simulator ships an update fortnightly, and Box Office Sim 2 daily. Most recently, Life Simulator was updated on October 25, 2026 and Box Office Sim 2 on October 25, 2026.

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