Make a prison vs Prison Guard Tycoon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Make a prison
Become a legendary police officer by catching criminals, managing a prison, and rehabilitating inmates. Earn money to expand facilities and acquire new weapons to restore peace to a lawless city.
- Catch and arrest criminals
- Manage and expand prison facilities
- Rehabilitate prisoners
- Acquire new weapons
- Restore public order
- Earn in-game money
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Rule the prison and become the king of the prison! 'Make a prison' - What kind of game is it? You are an excellent police officer! Thugs who commit violence, terrorists who throw bombs... Various criminals are rampaging in this lawless city. You are the only one who can defeat them! Catch the criminals, take control of the prison, rehabilitate prisoners from all over the world and earn money! Become a legendary police officer and be feared by criminals! The people of the city are looking forward to your success! ◆Maintain public order with easy operation!◆ You can freely control the player character and defeat and catch criminals who are rampaging near the police station. The enemy won't go down easily! Let's also get weapons and defeat the enemy! Don't forget to put the defeated enemies in jail, they will escape and repeat crimes over and over again. As you progress through the stages, vicious criminals will appear! The boss of the mafia will oppose us using weapons. But their retaliation will cost them dearly. By making them work, you can earn money and expand your facilities. Expand your facilities, get new weapons and turn your prison into a fortress! Change this lawless city into a peaceful city with your own hands!!
Prison Guard Tycoon
Build and manage a profitable prison. Collect money from inmates, sell them goods, and expand your facility by adding more cells. Keep your prisoners contained and manage your growing business.
- Build and expand prison cells
- Collect money from prisoners
- Sell goods to inmates
- Manage prisoner containment
- Grow your prison business
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It's time to make a first-ever profitable prison! Collect money from prisoners and sell them goods. Build more cells to expand your business and fit more bad guys and don't let them slip away. Always remember - be careful with soap in the bathroom...
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Prison Guard Tycoon at none against Make a prison's 1. Prison Guard Tycoon also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). Make a prison's advantage is review sentiment (33% vs 0%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Make a prison sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Prison Guard Tycoon asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.3 for Make a prison against 3.2 for Prison Guard Tycoon. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 5 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 33% of Make a prison's written reviews are positive against 0% of Prison Guard Tycoon's.
Make a prison ships an update every 2 months, Prison Guard Tycoon every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Make a prison | Prison Guard Tycoon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (11 ratings) — better | 3.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 333 MB | 109 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Eureka Studio Inc. | Andrii Torbenko |
Customer experience
Make a prison
Prison Guard Tycoon
In-app purchases
Make a prison
- Remove Ads$2.99
Prison Guard Tycoon
No in-app purchases
Questions
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