Comparison

Alter Ego vs Infinite Life Simulation

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

Head to head
About

Alter Ego

Experience a text-based life simulation where your choices shape your destiny from birth to death. Navigate over a thousand multiple-choice questions to determine your path, relationships, and career. Play as male or female in this deeply engaging interactive fiction.

Highlights
  • Text-based interactive fiction
  • Branching narrative choices
  • Life simulation from birth to death
  • Male and female character paths
  • Over 1000 multiple-choice questions
  • Updated interface
Features
Currently charting
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What if you could live your life over again? In this text-based interactive fiction, you choose what happens next. It's in the style of pick-a-path gamebooks, but with over a thousand multiple-choice questions, it's much longer and deeper than traditional gamebooks. Alter Ego starts at birth and ends at death, including two substantially different versions, depending on whether you choose to be male or female. Will you grow up to be confident and happy? Will you fight with bullies, or befriend them? Will you find a date to the senior prom? Will you marry and have kids, or start your own business and become a millionaire? The choice is yours. This game will change your life. (Alter Ego was originally published in 1986 for the Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Apple II, and Macintosh. The current edition of the Alter Ego game is a production of Choose Multiple LLC. This edition includes an updated interface and fixes bugs in the original version of the game, but the content of the game hasn't changed from the original 1986 version of the game.)

About

Infinite Life Simulation

Explore alternate life paths and experience the consequences of your choices in this AI-driven life simulator. Make decisions from birth to the end of your days, building relationships, pursuing careers, and starting a family. The AI remembers your past actions, making each playthrough a unique and reactive story.

Highlights
  • Live an entire life from birth to end
  • AI remembers past choices and consequences
  • Build and manage relationships
  • Choose and pursue various career paths
  • Text-based, story-focused gameplay
  • Experience 100 years of possibilities
Features
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Ever wondered what your life would look like if you made totally different choices? Well, now you can find out. This AI life simulator lets you live an entire life — from birth to whenever you decide to call it quits. Build relationships, mess them up, start a family (or don't), chase a career, or just wing it. Your call. WHAT YOU CAN DO? Live Your Way Grow up, fall in love, get a job, have kids — or skip all that and see what happens. There's no wrong way to play. AI That Actually Gets It Our AI remembers what you did three life stages ago. Make a bad choice at 16? Yeah, it might come back at 40. That's just how life works. Relationships That Feel Real Date around, find the one, grow your family, or stay happily single. The people in your life actually react to how you treat them. Pick Your Career Path Doctor? Artist? Total mess? Every career choice opens different doors. Some close others. Choose wisely. Or don't. Text-Based, Story-Focused No flashy graphics here — just you, your choices, and a story that unfolds based on what you decide. Old school, but it hits different. 100 Years of Possibilities Can you actually make it to 100? Every playthrough is different. Every life story is yours. Ready to see what kind of life you'd actually live? Download and find out. No pressure — it's just your entire existence on the line. Privacy Policy: https://www.infinitelifesimulation.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.infinitelifesimulation.com/terms

Screenshots

Alter Ego4 screens
Infinite Life Simulation4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Infinite Life Simulation at Free against Alter Ego's $4.99. Infinite Life Simulation also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 17 months). Alter Ego's advantage is review sentiment (78% vs 42%) and rating (4.4 vs 3.9). On ads and device support 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

Infinite Life Simulation is free to download; Alter Ego costs $4.99 up front. Infinite Life Simulation sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Alter Ego asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Alter Ego holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Alter Ego has 185 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Alter Ego's written reviews are positive against 42% of Infinite Life Simulation's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Alter Ego ships an update every 17 months, Infinite Life Simulation weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Alter Ego versus Infinite Life Simulation: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlter EgoInfinite Life Simulation
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (185 ratings) — better3.9 (18 ratings)
Positive reviews78.0% of reviews — better42.1% of reviews
Number of ratings185 — better18
Update frequencyEvery 17 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#199 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB164 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperChoose Multiple LLCbugrahan senturk

Customer experience

Alter Ego

All ratings185 ratings
Positive82.7%
Neutral8.6%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews141 reviews
Positive78.0%
Neutral12.1%
Negative9.9%

Infinite Life Simulation

All ratings18 ratings
Positive72.2%
Neutral16.7%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive42.1%
Neutral21.1%
Negative36.8%

Bugs and requests

Alter Ego

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Inconsistent character and relationship progression
  • Glitches with certain life events and outcomes

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more diverse life paths and events
  • Introduce LGBTQ+ relationship options
  • Expand gameplay length and stages of life
  • Modernize the user interface and visuals
  • Implement regular content updates

Infinite Life Simulation

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Alter Ego

No in-app purchases

11 purchases

Infinite Life Simulation

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Pro Access$0.991 Month
One-time10
  • Rainbow Collar$0.99
  • Career Jetpack$0.99
  • School Pass$0.99
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  • Royal Gold Collar$1.99
  • Immortality Collar$2.99
  • Golden College Pass$2.99
  • Golden Career Pass$2.99
  • Golden Ticket$3.99
  • Lifetime Premium - Special Offer$4.99
  • Lifetime Pro Access$9.99

Questions

Is Alter Ego free?
Alter Ego costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Infinite Life Simulation free?
Infinite Life Simulation is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Alter Ego or Infinite Life Simulation?
Alter Ego is rated higher. Alter Ego averages 4.4 out of 5 from 185 ratings, while Infinite Life Simulation averages 3.9 from 18 ratings.
Do Alter Ego or Infinite Life Simulation have ads?
Both Alter Ego and Infinite Life Simulation show ads.
Which is updated more often, Alter Ego or Infinite Life Simulation?
Alter Ego ships an update every 17 months, and Infinite Life Simulation weekly. Most recently, Alter Ego was updated on October 19, 2026 and Infinite Life Simulation on October 20, 2026.

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