Hay Day vs Tiny Castle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hay Day
Build and customize your own country farm, grow crops, raise animals, and produce goods. Trade with neighbors, fulfill orders, and explore new areas like the Fishing Lake and Town. Join or create a neighborhood to play with friends and compete in events.
- Build and customize your farm
- Grow and harvest crops
- Raise and feed animals
- Produce and sell goods
- Trade with neighbors
- Explore Fishing Lake and Town
- Join or create neighborhoods
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Welcome to Hay Day, the fun farm simulator game! Build a farm, go fishing, raise animals, and explore the Valley. Farm with friends and decorate your own slice of country paradise. Farming has never been easier! Grow crops like wheat and corn in this farm simulator, and even though it never rains, they never die. Harvest and replant seeds to multiply crops, then make goods to sell. Feed your animals to produce eggs, bacon, dairy, and more to trade with neighbors or fill truck orders for coins. This farming simulator is perfect for players who love animals, farming, and trade! Grow your farm simulator empire like a true tycoon. Expand with a Bakery, BBQ Grill or Sugar Mill to sell more goods. Build a Sewing Machine and Loom to create cute outfits or a Cake Oven to bake delicious cakes. Customize your farm and decorate with a wide variety of items. Build your dream farm step by step, raising animals, farming crops, and designing your land. Trade and sell items by truck or steamboat. Trade crops, fish, and fresh goods from your animals, and share resources to gain experience and coins. Become a successful farming tycoon with your own Roadside Shop. Expand your farming simulator experience and play with friends. Join a neighborhood, or create your own with up to 30 players. Exchange tips and help each other create amazing farms! Play with friends in this farming simulator to build, trade, and fish together. Hay Day is free to download and play, however, some game items can also be purchased for real money (including random items). If you don't want to purchase game items for real money, please disable in-app purchases in your device's settings. A network connection is also required. Hay Day Features: Peaceful farm simulator - Farming is easy on this ranch simulator – get plots, grow crops, harvest, repeat! - Customize your family farm & make your own slice of paradise - Trade and sell – become a farm tycoon! Crops to grow & harvest: - Crops like wheat and corn never die in this farm simulator - Harvest and replant, or use crops like wheat to make bread - Trade and sell your crops to be a farming legend! Raise animals in-game: - Meet quirky animals! - Rear chickens, horses, cows, and more - Pets like puppies, kittens, and bunnies can be added to your farm Places to visit: - Fishing Lake: Repair your dock and cast your lure to fish - Town: Repair the train station and fulfill visitor orders - Valley: Play with friends in different seasons and events - Fishing is key to your farming adventure – fish, farming, and trade all in one game. Play with Friends & Neighbors: - Trade crops and fresh goods - Share tips with friends and help them complete trades - Compete in weekly neighborhood derby events to win rewards! Download now and build your dream farm in the most fun farming simulator! Neighbor, are you having problems? Visit https://supercell.helpshift.com/a/hay-day/?l=en or contact us in-game by going to Settings > Help and Support. Notice of Access Permission: [Optional permission] Hay Day may request permission via in-game pop ups to access your camera and send you notifications. Camera: For in-game scanning of QR codes Notifications: For sending notifications related to the game Consent is optional and you can use the app and play the game regardless of whether or not you consent. You may refuse to give consent within the game. However, certain app features may not work properly if you refuse optional access permissions. The IGRS Rating for this game is 13+. Privacy Policy: http://www.supercell.net/privacy-policy/ Terms of Service: http://www.supercell.net/terms-of-service/ Parent's Guide: http://www.supercell.net/parents/
Tiny Castle
Rebuild your family's ancient castle and rule your own kingdom. Raise magical creatures, defeat an evil queen, and explore mysterious islands. Decorate your town and uncover an ever-expanding world with new quests and creatures.
- Collect and grow magical creatures
- Summon rare hybrid creatures
- Explore an expanding world
- Upgrade your castle and town
- Defeat the Evil Queen's minions
- Decorate your island
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Live the Fairy Tale! Rebuild and rule over your very own kingdom! In Tiny Castle, save your family's ancient castle from the Evil Queen! Feed and raise magical creatures to defeat the Evil Queen who stole your family's castle many years ago. Push back her enchanting spell, build your kingdom and explore the mysterious islands! Do you have what it takes? Join millions of players in Tiny Castle and reclaim your kingdom! Download today for FREE! 5 stars! “Engaging story with heartwarming characters” 5 stars! “Great production values, very fun gameplay!” LOTS OF FUN, COOL FEATURES: - Collect ALL the Magical Creatures and see them GROW from Babies to Adults - Unlock new types of magic to SUMMON rare Hybrid creatures - UNCOVER an ever-expanding world with constant new exciting quests, creatures, and minions - Upgrade your majestic CASTLE, construct new buildings and gather resources to expand your town - Use your creatures to DEFEAT the Evil Queen’s minions - Explore the mysterious realm surrounding your Kingdom - DECORATE your island with TONS of cute items Play FREE and enjoy TinyCo’s beautiful hi-resolution artwork and out-of-this world animation Please review Tiny Castle, and give us your feedback! Tiny Castle is the BEST castle game. It is a FREE Social Game for your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch! Optimized to look AMAZING on the iPhone 5 and iPad Download Tiny Castle™ now for FREE! Share your tips, feedback, and participate in our CONTESTS on our fan page: http://facebook.com/TinyCastleGame/ http://games.swipeforwardgames.com/privacypolicy.htm http://games.swipeforwardgames.com/websitetermsofuse.htm
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hay Day at 4.7 against Tiny Castle's 3.9. Hay Day also leads on ratings volume (647K vs 1.6K) and chart position (#2 vs unranked). Tiny Castle's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (66% vs 56%). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Hay Day sells 16 one-off in-app purchases and Tiny Castle sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Hay Day holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hay Day has 647K ratings behind it against 1.6K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of Hay Day's written reviews are positive against 66% of Tiny Castle's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Hay Day ships an update monthly, Tiny Castle every 2 months. Both last shipped on September 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Hay Day | Tiny Castle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (647K ratings) — better | 3.9 (1.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 56.2% of reviews | 66.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 647K — better | 1.6K |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #2 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 790 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Supercell | Swipe Forward LLC |
Customer experience
Hay Day
Tiny Castle
User reviews
Hay Day
From 647K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fantastic gameplay
- 🌱 Relaxing farming experience
- 🤝 Helpful neighborhood features
- 🎨 Enjoyable customization options
- 🕰️ Addictive yet not time-pressured
Room to improve
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
- 🔍 Difficult to find rare items
- 🕰️ Slow progression and leveling up
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes
- 🗣️ Unhelpful customer support
Tiny Castle
From 1.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 👍 Cute and unique creature designs
- 🔥 Enjoyable fantasy theme
- 💎 Generous gem rewards
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
- ⏱️ Slow progression and level-up times
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
- 🔍 Unclear quests and objectives
Bugs and requests
Hay Day
Reported bugs
4 issues- Disappearing items from inventory
- Inability to complete derby tasks due to glitches
- Crashes when accessing certain game features
- Incorrect or missing rewards after completing tasks
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to trade or sell vouchers
- More ways to earn diamonds without spending money
- Separate newspaper sections for buying and selling
- Unlimited storage for barn and silo
- Faster land expansion and building upgrades
Tiny Castle
Reported bugs
4 issues- Quests disappearing or not triggering
- Inability to access certain habitats and temples
- Creatures not showing up in breeding/battle screens
- Game crashing when battling enemies
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to rename creatures
- More frequent content updates
- Faster resource generation
- Additional islands and areas to explore
In-app purchases
Hay Day
- Sub Dollar Offer 0.29$0.29
- Special Offer$0.49
- Sub Dollar Offer 0.79$0.79
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- Special Offer$0.99
- Special Offer2 variants$1.99
- Pile of Diamonds$1.99
- Special Offer2 variants$2.99
- Special Offer3 variants$4.99
- Bag of Diamonds$4.99
- Farm Pass$4.99
- Special Offer3 variants$9.99
- Sack of Diamonds$9.99
- Farm Pass Bundle$11.99
- Special Offer2 variants$12.99
- Box of Diamonds$19.99
- Chest of Diamonds$39.99
Tiny Castle
- Handful of Food$0.99
- Handful of Coins$0.99
- Handful of Jewels$0.99
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- Handful of Magic$0.99
- Pouch of Food$4.99
- Pouch of Jewels$4.99
- Bag of Food$9.99
- Bag of Jewels$9.99
- Chest of Food$19.99
- Chest of Jewels$19.99









