Comparison

Design Makers vs Ashley's Carnival Rush

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

Head to head
About

Design Makers

Step into the role of a creative director on a TV show, transforming contestants' lives through room renovations and fashion makeovers. Engage with charming characters, unravel intriguing storylines, and enjoy mini-games for generous rewards.

Highlights
  • Room renovations and décor
  • Fashion makeovers
  • Story-driven challenges
  • Character customization
  • Mini-games and events
  • Collectible souvenir cards
Features
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Dive into one of the best design games ever! Experience yourself as the creative director of a new TV show - help the contestants change their lives for the better! Key features of the game: Executive assistant who is ready to help you 24/7. Charming characters with their own unique stories. Intriguing comics with unexpected plot twists. Selection of outfits from a variety of original items. Complete room renovations, including the placement of furniture and décor elements. Bright mini-games and colorful events with incredibly generous rewards. Themed souvenir card collections. Transform your guests and their rooms to unleash your design skills! The show is about to begin!

About

Ashley's Carnival Rush

Features
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Ashley's Carnival Rush is a memory game with your hands full. A customer steps up and shows you a ticket. Bun, patty, cheese, no onion. The next one wants a funnel cake with strawberry and a soda. Behind you are three counters — sweets, savory, drinks — and forty-eight ingredients spread across them. Build the order exactly, hand it over before their patience runs out, and keep the streak alive. Get it wrong and you break the streak. Take too long and they walk. A STAND THAT GROWS You start on a hot dog cart that sells three things: a hot dog, a hamburger and a soda. One customer at a time, and all the time in the world to read them. The County Fair opens it up to eight dishes across all three counters, still one customer at a time. The Boardwalk seats two. The State Fair seats three, and three at once is genuinely more than one pair of hands can work. Midnight Midway seats three as well, and pushes everything else instead: the shortest fuse in the game, the fastest arrivals, and the longest tickets — nearly every order comes with something extra on it. Last is the 5th Ave Cart, which sells one thing. Hot dogs, to the fastest queue in the game, at Manhattan prices — against rent that comes out of every round whether you earned it or not. Work it alone and the rent eats you. Put two hires on it and it pays better than anywhere else on the map. Each fair is unlocked with money AND stars, so getting there means playing well, not just playing often. A MENU THAT CHANGES Every round deals a fresh menu from fourteen dishes. You never settle into one routine, and the counters you need change with it. SPEND IT ON THE STAND Buy new dishes to raise what a round is worth, and hire help. A greeter works the queue so every customer waits longer before giving up on you. A prep cook makes the base of every dish ahead of time. A busser whisks a wrong order away before anyone notices, so your streak survives the mistake. A drinks runner pours every drink, so orders that come with one only need the food built. A sign spinner works the pavement, so the next seat fills sooner. A cashier upsells every single order, a little more on each one, all day long. Change the awning, the bunting, the string lights, the plates, the crowd. THINGS HAPPEN Some rounds bring news. A viral post, a health inspection, a rally in town — and occasionally something bigger in either direction. Some of it is just luck. Some of it is a decision: a developer wants to buy your pitch, a supplier offers you a crate that is a little off. You pick, and you live with it. WHAT'S NOT IN IT No ads. No in-app purchases. No energy meters, no timers to wait out, no account to make. It never connects to the internet — there is nothing to connect to. Your progress lives on your device.

Screenshots

Design Makers4 screens
Ashley's Carnival Rush4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ashley's Carnival Rush at none against Design Makers's 15. Ashley's Carnival Rush also leads on ads (none vs shown). Design Makers's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and update cadence 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. Design Makers sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Ashley's Carnival Rush asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Design Makers versus Ashley's Carnival Rush: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDesign MakersAshley's Carnival Rush
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.1K — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size466 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGAME Public SIAPF DATASTACK LLC

Bugs and requests

Design Makers

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Game freezing on event page
  • Game turning off in the middle of the game

Requested features

2 requests
  • New updates and free video for gems
  • Different level game, not just matching items

Ashley's Carnival Rush

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

15 purchases

Design Makers

One-time15
  • Small Ruby Pack$1.99
  • Limited Offer$1.99
  • Artist's Pack 1$3.99
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  • Beginner Pack$3.99
  • Growing Flowers Pack 1$4.99
  • Chinese Restaurant Pack 1$4.99
  • Restaurateur's Pack$5.99
  • Amateur Pack$5.99
  • Profit Pack #6$6.99
  • Expert Pack$7.99
  • Medium Ruby Pack$9.99
  • Battle Pass$11.99
  • Large Ruby Pack$14.99
  • Profit Pack #5$19.99
  • Profit Pack #4$22.99
None

Ashley's Carnival Rush

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Design Makers free?
Design Makers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ashley's Carnival Rush free?
Ashley's Carnival Rush is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Design Makers or Ashley's Carnival Rush have ads?
Design Makers shows ads; Ashley's Carnival Rush does not.
Which is updated more often, Design Makers or Ashley's Carnival Rush?
Design Makers ships an update weekly, and Ashley's Carnival Rush weekly. Most recently, Design Makers was updated on October 22, 2026 and Ashley's Carnival Rush on October 7, 2026.

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