Comparison

Sally's Spa vs Capybara Spa

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

Head to head
About

Sally's Spa

Manage a bustling beauty salon in this fast-paced time management game. Serve diverse customers, match them to services, and strategically upgrade your spa to earn cash and unlock exotic locations worldwide. Enjoy fun mini-games and a compelling story.

Highlights
  • Serve diverse customers
  • Match customers to services
  • Upgrade spa and skills
  • Unlock exotic locations
  • Play fun spa mini-games
  • Manage beauty product sales
Features
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Sally's Back in this challenging time management game. In this fast-paced game you will need both speed & strategy to serve your customers. Make them happy and earn those big cash tips! * An award winning and very popular time management game loved by millions of players! Sally’s Spa: Beauty Salon is an addictive and exciting time management game filled with colorful characters, stations, and environments! This game has well designed puzzle like levels for you to play and enjoy. Run your own Spa Beauty Salon and unlock all the fun and exotic locations around the world from New York, Paris, Rome, Japan, Fiji and many more. HOW TO PLAY - Match customers with service requests to earn money and make them happy. - Tap and hold onto customers to drag them to their matched service request. - Move your finger quickly to match as many services as possible and earn cash tips - Helpful Boosters to powerup Sally to maximize your earnings. - Use your strategy to decide which customers should be moved more quickly - Reach different level targets to unlock more levels in your adventure. SALLY’S SPA: BEAUTY SALON GAME FEATURES - Easy and fun to play, challenging to master. - Tons of funny characters like Rock Stars, Heiresses, Male Models, Athletes and more! - Upgrade your Spa and boost up your skills with numerous improvements. - Match customers to your Spa stations such as Saunas, Massage Tables, Mani-Pedi stations - Serve customers Tea to help them relax and gain hearts and more cash. - Crush through fun Spa Mini Games like Mud Masks, Hot Stones, Bath Bombs, Massages, Manicures & much more! - Manage and sell beauty products to your customers to earn more cash. Items like Body Butter, Shampoo & Conditioner, Calming Bath salts, some Candy perhaps? - Daily rewards such as extra coins and boosters for coming back. EASY AND FUN PLAY - Easy to control, fun to play, great graphics! - Just tap and drag your customers with your single finger! NO TIME LIMIT - Play at your own pace! A Classic Time Management game for iOS. It is simple and fun, but also quite challenging. Easy to play, difficult to master. All levels are designed attentively. Your mission is to earn enough money to win Stars. Winning enough Stars in each level will unlock more fun and exotic locations around the world. This best Time-Management game is completely free to play, but some in-game items such as extra time or lives will require a purchase. Thanks to everyone who plays Sally’s Spa: Beauty Salon! Tell your friends and family! SUPPORT Contact us for any problem by tapping the support button on the Title Screen within the game. Terms of Service: https://gamescafe.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360056872754-Terms-of-Service Privacy Policy: https://gamescafe.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360058760433-Privacy-Policy

About

Capybara Spa

A charming simulation game where you raise adorable capybaras. Keep your capybaras happy by feeding them their favorite foods and taking them to relaxing hot springs. Earn coins to expand your capybara family and unlock new companions.

Highlights
  • Feed capybaras their preferred foods
  • Take capybaras to hot springs
  • Earn coins to buy more capybaras
  • Manage capybara happiness
  • Collect various capybara types
Features
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It's a game about raising capybaras! First, feed the capybaras. Capybaras have their own likes and dislikes, so feed them what they like and they'll be happy! After feeding them, take them to the hot springs! Capybaras love hot springs, so they'll be very happy! Take care of your capybara every day and earn coins to buy more and more capybaras!

Screenshots

Sally's Spa4 screens
Capybara Spa4 screens

Verdict

The call

Sally's Spa and Capybara Spa both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 80% of Capybara Spa's written reviews are positive against 30% of Sally's Spa's. Sally's Spa's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (11K vs 1K). On price, rating, 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. Sally's Spa sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Capybara Spa sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Sally's Spa against 4.7 for Capybara Spa. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sally's Spa has 11K ratings behind it against 1K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 30% of Sally's Spa's written reviews are positive against 80% of Capybara Spa's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sally's Spa ships an update monthly, Capybara Spa every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sally's Spa versus Capybara Spa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSally's SpaCapybara Spa
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (11K ratings)4.7 (1K ratings)
Positive reviews30.0% of reviews80.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11K — better1K
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size251 MB223 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGames Cafe Inc.Shinichiro Ihara

Customer experience

Sally's Spa

All ratings11,330 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral1.2%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews940 reviews
Positive30.0%
Neutral12.0%
Negative58.0%

Capybara Spa

All ratings1,002 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral4.5%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews316 reviews
Positive80.1%
Neutral10.4%
Negative9.5%

User reviews

Sally's Spa

From 11K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and relaxing gameplay
  • 🤩 Nostalgic for longtime players
  • 💫 Calming and enjoyable experience

Room to improve

  • 💰 Excessive microtransactions and paywalls
  • 🕰️ Frustrating time limits and waiting periods
  • 🤖 Assistants and upgrades locked behind paywalls
  • 🤯 Levels become nearly impossible without paying
  • 📺 Too many disruptive ads

Capybara Spa

From 1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Cute capybaras
  • 👍 Relaxing gameplay
  • 🐻 Capybara care experience
  • 💕 Enjoyable virtual pet

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Capybaras running away
  • ⏰ Slow progress/earnings
  • 💰 Expensive to get new capybaras
  • 🤒 Capybaras dying/disappearing

Bugs and requests

Sally's Spa

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Game crashes and freezes on certain levels
  • Progress and purchases not properly saved or restored

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to earn assistants and upgrades through gameplay
  • Removal of time limits and waiting periods
  • Reduced reliance on microtransactions
  • More free content and levels

Capybara Spa

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Capybaras disappearing after missing a day
  • Ads not loading properly
  • Glitches with finding lost capybaras

Requested features

4 requests
  • More interactive features (brushing, playing)
  • Ability to breed capybaras
  • Longer grace period before capybaras run away
  • More ways to earn currency without ads

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Sally's Spa

One-time10
  • Hire Sean!$2.99
  • Hire Michelle!$2.99
  • Hire Bobby!$2.99
Show 7 more
  • Hire Sean!$4.99
  • Hire Michelle!$4.99
  • Hire Bobby!$4.99
  • Hire Tiffany!$4.99
  • Get 15 Extra Time Boosters!$4.99
  • Purse of Coins!$4.99
  • Big Bag of Coins!$19.99
5 purchases

Capybara Spa

One-time5
  • Find the escaped capybara$0.99
  • Escape prevention support$2.99
  • Remove ad (30 days)$3.99
Show 2 more
  • Remove ad (90 days)$7.99
  • Remove ad (permanently)$19.99

Questions

Is Sally's Spa free?
Sally's Spa is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Capybara Spa free?
Capybara Spa is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sally's Spa or Capybara Spa?
Sally's Spa and Capybara Spa are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 11K and 1K ratings respectively.
Do Sally's Spa or Capybara Spa have ads?
Both Sally's Spa and Capybara Spa show ads.
Which is updated more often, Sally's Spa or Capybara Spa?
Sally's Spa ships an update monthly, and Capybara Spa every 3 months. Most recently, Sally's Spa was updated on September 24, 2026 and Capybara Spa on September 23, 2026.

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