Comparison

School Cafeteria Simulator vs City Shop Simulator

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

Head to head
About

School Cafeteria Simulator

Manage and expand your own Indonesian school cafeteria. Serve authentic Indonesian foods, decorate your space, and interact with students and teachers. Complete quests, recruit staff, and even buy and decorate your own house.

Highlights
  • Serve Indonesian foods
  • Decorate cafeteria and house
  • Unlock and upgrade stalls
  • Increase reputation
  • Recruit staff
  • Complete quests and achievements
  • Play minigames
Features
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Manage your own Indonesian school cafeteria in this simple first-person simulation game! Sell Indonesian foods, such as Bakso, Telur Gulung, Cakwe, Mie Ayam, and so much more, to the students and teachers at school! Join your cousin in following your dreams of having the best cafeteria in town! Expand your cafeteria and decorate it based on what you imagine it to be, explore the mysterious and secrets in town, and meet a cast of diverse characters. Discover the following features in Kantin Sekolah Simulator Indonesia : - Serve a variety of food from Indonesian culture - Earn money and buy decorations for your cafeteria - Unlock and upgrade new stalls at your cafeteria - Increase your reputation towards teachers and students to earn special treatments! - Buy and decorate your own house as you wish! - You can have pets to protect your cafeteria from trouble! - Play minigames to collect special decorations - Expand your business by recruiting staffs - Simple first-person mechanics with tons of surprises to keep the gameplay fun and exciting - Complete quests and achievements to earn prizes! - More than 20 quests to complete

About

City Shop Simulator

Build and manage your own supermarket, starting from a small shop and expanding into a bustling retail empire. Customize your store's interior, manage inventory, hire staff, and strategically set prices to attract customers and maximize profits.

Highlights
  • Build and expand your store
  • Customize interior and exterior
  • Manage inventory and product assortment
  • Hire and manage staff
  • Set prices and analyze demand
  • Serve customers at checkout
Features
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Welcome to City Shop Simulator, an addictive game where you become the owner of your own store, developing it from a small shop to a huge supermarket! At the beginning of your journey, you get a small store with a small assortment of goods. It's up to you how you modify this space. Choose where to place shelves and refrigerators, arrange products to attract customers, and serve them at the checkout based on their needs and preferences. Your efforts will definitely not go unrewarded. Gradually, as the level of your supermarket increases, you will be able to expand it by purchasing additional space and licenses for new products. Our simulator has everything: fresh food, semi-finished products, household chemicals - your possibilities are limited only by your finances. To ensure more efficient management of your supermarket, you can hire additional employees. Cashiers will help you serve customers faster, and warehouse workers will arrange items to keep shelves organized and stocked. The better your store is organized, the more satisfied customers and revenue you will earn. You can also show your creativity by customizing your supermarket. Change the interior, paint the walls, choose the style of the floors - create a unique space that will attract attention and will appeal to visitors. Don't forget to monitor price changes. Analyze demand, adjust your assortment to customer needs, and your supermarket will become an important part of the city. Are you ready to become an experienced manager and build the most successful store in the city? Embark on an exciting journey with City Shop Simulator and turn your dream into reality!

Screenshots

School Cafeteria Simulator4 screens
City Shop Simulator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: City Shop Simulator at none against School Cafeteria Simulator's shown. City Shop Simulator also leads on ratings volume (1.3K vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). School Cafeteria Simulator's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. School Cafeteria Simulator sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and City Shop Simulator 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

School Cafeteria Simulator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: City Shop Simulator has 1.3K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 76% of School Cafeteria Simulator's written reviews are positive against 84% of City Shop Simulator's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

School Cafeteria Simulator ships an update weekly, City Shop Simulator every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
School Cafeteria Simulator versus City Shop Simulator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSchool Cafeteria SimulatorCity Shop Simulator
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.8 (1.3K ratings)
Positive reviews76.2% of reviews84.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings31.3K — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size479 MB174 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperAkhir Pekan StudioDmitriy Dedkov

Customer experience

School Cafeteria Simulator

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive76.2%
Neutral6.3%
Negative17.5%

City Shop Simulator

All ratings1,330 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral2.1%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews655 reviews
Positive84.0%
Neutral8.1%
Negative7.9%

Bugs and requests

School Cafeteria Simulator

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

City Shop Simulator

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Restockers getting stuck in corners
  • Customers not being served due to slow cashiers
  • Customers complaining about missing products that are actually in stock
  • Issues with cash purchases not being properly recorded

Requested features

17 requests
  • Add self-checkout machines
  • Increase number of cashiers
  • Expand storage room capacity
  • Improve staff work speed
  • Add more product licenses (e.g., fruits, vegetables, toys)
Show 12 more
  • Implement automatic invoice payment
  • Allow pausing individual employee duties
  • Add ability to name the store and employees
  • Introduce a button to quickly see highest to lowest priced items
  • Implement a feature to remove price tags from shelves
  • Add more furniture and decoration options
  • Introduce a gameplay speed-up button
  • Implement a breakdown/log of daily/weekly sales
  • Add loans or other financial features
  • Introduce robbers that players need to catch
  • Add weather effects like rain and storms
  • Implement shopping bags for customers

In-app purchases

13 purchases

School Cafeteria Simulator

One-time13
  • Tiny Pack$0.29
  • 30 Crystal$0.39
  • Lp50,000$0.39
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  • Small Pack$0.39
  • Lucky Cat$0.79
  • Special Painting$0.79
  • Jukebox$0.79
  • Special Lp 1$0.79
  • Starter Pack$0.79
  • Bakso Cart$0.79
  • Chapter 1 Pack$0.79
  • Bigfoot Balloon$0.79
  • Barbell Statue$0.79
5 purchases

City Shop Simulator

One-time5
  • Small currency pack$0.99
  • Limited offer$0.99
  • Medium currency pack$2.99
Show 2 more
  • Big currency pack$7.99
  • Huge currency pack$19.99

Questions

Is School Cafeteria Simulator free?
School Cafeteria Simulator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is City Shop Simulator free?
City Shop Simulator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, School Cafeteria Simulator or City Shop Simulator?
School Cafeteria Simulator is rated higher. School Cafeteria Simulator averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while City Shop Simulator averages 4.8 from 1.3K ratings.
Do School Cafeteria Simulator or City Shop Simulator have ads?
School Cafeteria Simulator shows ads; City Shop Simulator does not.
Which is updated more often, School Cafeteria Simulator or City Shop Simulator?
School Cafeteria Simulator ships an update weekly, and City Shop Simulator every 2 months. Most recently, School Cafeteria Simulator was updated on October 20, 2026 and City Shop Simulator on October 28, 2026.

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