Comparison

Stardew Valley+ vs Coffee Inc 2+

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

Head to head
About

Stardew Valley+

Cultivate a new life in this open-ended farming RPG. Build your dream farm, raise animals, grow crops, and explore mysterious caves. Customize your farmer, start a family, and become part of a vibrant community.

Highlights
  • Build and customize your farm
  • Raise animals and grow crops
  • Explore caves and fight monsters
  • Customize farmer and home
  • Settle down and start a family
  • Engage in community events
  • Mobile-specific controls and auto-save
Features
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Move to the countryside, and cultivate a new life in this award-winning open-ended farming RPG! With over 50+ hours of gameplay content and new Mobile-specific features, such as auto-save and multiple controls options. **Winner of the Golden Joysticks' Breakthrough Award** **Nominee of Game of the Year 2017 - BAFTA Games Awards** --- BUILD THE FARM OF YOUR DREAMS: ■ Turn your overgrown fields into a lively and bountiful farm ■ Raise and breed happy animals, grow a variety of seasonal crops and design your farm, your way ■ Customize your farmer and home! With hundreds of options to choose from ■ Settle down and start a family with 12 potential marriage candidates ■ Become part of the community by taking part in seasonal festivals and villager quests ■ Explore vast, mysterious caves, encountering dangerous monsters and valuable treasure ■ Spend a relaxing afternoon at one of the local fishing spots or go crabbing by the seaside ■ Forage, grow crops and produce artisan goods to cook up as a delicious meal ■ Rebuilt for touch-screen gameplay on iOS with mobile-specific features, such as auto-select to toggle quickly between your farming tools and auto-attack to swiftly take down fiendish monsters in the mines ■ Continue farming from where you last left off with auto-save (even if you close the app!) ■ Play the game your way with multiple controls options, such as touch-screen and virtual joystick ■ Newly Updated Single Player Content - Including new town upgrades, dating events, crops, fishing ponds, hats, clothing, and new pets! Plus more to be discovered... --- “The best version of Stardew Valley is the one you have with you … This game is absolutely incredible, and will not disappoint.” - TouchArcade "Stardew Valley beautifully combines farm simulation with RPG elements to create an intriguing, absorbing rural world." - IGN “Far more than just a farming game... filled with seemingly endless content and heart.” Giant Bomb "Village life has never been so accessible and satisfying" - The Telegraph “Stardew Valley has been the most rich and heartwarming experience I’ve had in a game in years.” CG Magazine --- Note: Features new 1.6 update story content, multiplayer functionality not supported. No in-app purchases. *All accolades belong to the App Store version of Stardew Valley, except for the following, which belong to the original title: Golden Joysticks' Breakthrough Award, BAFTA Games Award nomination, and comments by Giant Bomb and the Telegraph.

About

Coffee Inc 2+

Build a global coffee empire from a single cafe. Manage every aspect of your business, from product development and marketing to hiring executives and going public. Offers a complete, ad-free simulation experience with all features unlocked.

Highlights
  • Build a global coffee empire
  • Expand to real-world cities
  • Customize interiors and equipment
  • Develop new coffee products
  • Run marketing campaigns
  • Hire and manage staff and executives
  • Track realistic financials
  • Diversify into investments
Features
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Coffee Inc 2+ : The Complete Coffee Empire Experience Coffee Inc 2+ is the Apple Arcade edition of the hit business simulation game. Build your coffee empire across the world — without limits. Every feature, upgrade, and expansion is fully unlocked, with no in-app purchases required. Start as the founder of a single cafe and grow into a global powerhouse. Craft new products, inspire employees, expand into major cities, and dominate the market. Every decision is yours. --------------------------- Highlights in Coffee Inc 2+ • Expand into real-world cities: San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Tokyo, Osaka, London, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Rome, Madrid, Sydney, and Seattle. • Play globally with multiple currencies: USD, EUR, JPY, and GBP. • Customize interiors, exteriors, and equipment — or design your own layouts. • Set menus, pricing, and launch brand-new coffee products. • Run store marketing campaigns and city-wide promotions to raise brand awareness. • Hire staff, keep them motivated, and delegate daily operations to store managers. • Handle incidents and challenges caused by both staff and customers. • Build offices and departments for HR, Finance, Marketing, Products, Engineering, Executive, and Investment. • Track realistic financials with income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow reports. • Develop online services and apps to expand your reach beyond cafes. • Hire and manage C-level executives, from COO to CFO, and incentivize them with stock options. • Hold board meetings, decide executive pay, and distribute dividends. • Work with investment banks to go public with an IPO or pursue acquisitions. • Diversify into real estate and stock investments through your investment division. • Keep personal wealth separate from company finances. • Sync your progress across devices with iCloud. • Fully premium: all features included, no ads, no in-app purchases.

Screenshots

Stardew Valley+4 screens
Coffee Inc 2+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Coffee Inc 2+ at free against Stardew Valley+'s paid. Coffee Inc 2+ also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.2). Stardew Valley+'s advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Coffee Inc 2+ holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.3K and 2.8K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Stardew Valley+'s written reviews are positive against 56% of Coffee Inc 2+'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stardew Valley+ ships an update every 2 weeks, Coffee Inc 2+ every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Stardew Valley+ versus Coffee Inc 2+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStardew Valley+Coffee Inc 2+
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (2.3K ratings)4.6 (2.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.1% of reviews — better56.5% of reviews
Number of ratings2.3K2.8K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size447 MB415 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperConcernedApeSide Labs LLC

Customer experience

Stardew Valley+

All ratings2,208 ratings
Positive79.3%
Neutral7.7%
Negative13.0%
Written reviews631 reviews
Positive60.1%
Neutral14.7%
Negative25.2%

Coffee Inc 2+

All ratings2,745 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral4.9%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews416 reviews
Positive56.5%
Neutral20.0%
Negative23.6%

Bugs and requests

Stardew Valley+

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Game crashes when processing geodes
  • Inability to access certain shops
  • Stuck fishing reel sound
  • Freezing during combat encounters
  • Inability to start a new game

Requested features

5 requests
  • Multiplayer support
  • Ability to save progress manually
  • Improved UI optimization for notched devices
  • Controller support
  • Faster updates to match PC version

Coffee Inc 2+

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Stardew Valley+

No in-app purchases

None

Coffee Inc 2+

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stardew Valley+ free?
Stardew Valley+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Coffee Inc 2+ free?
Coffee Inc 2+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Stardew Valley+ or Coffee Inc 2+?
Coffee Inc 2+ is rated higher. Stardew Valley+ averages 4.2 out of 5 from 2.3K ratings, while Coffee Inc 2+ averages 4.6 from 2.8K ratings.
Do Stardew Valley+ or Coffee Inc 2+ have ads?
Neither Stardew Valley+ nor Coffee Inc 2+ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stardew Valley+ or Coffee Inc 2+?
Stardew Valley+ ships an update every 2 weeks, and Coffee Inc 2+ every 6 weeks. Most recently, Stardew Valley+ was updated on November 7, 2026 and Coffee Inc 2+ on November 10, 2026.

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