Comparison

Farming Diary vs Bad Sector

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

Head to head
About

Farming Diary

Build and manage your dream city by growing crops, raising animals, and trading goods. Expand your metropolis with unique buildings and decorations. Explore ancient underground tunnels for rare treasures and engage with citizens to solve their problems.

Highlights
  • Grow crops and raise animals
  • Build and customize your city
  • Trade goods and products
  • Explore underground ancient city
  • Complete citizen orders
  • Participate in events and competitions
Features
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Build the city that you’ve always dreamed of! Grow your crops, feed your cattle, and trade the product to further enhance your farming games. Bring happiness and prosperity to your citizens with exotic restaurants, convenient community buildings, and breathtaking wonders. Take on an adventure and explore the mysterious tunnels of the Ancient City buried beneath your very own land. So what are you waiting for? Get yourself READY to become the most successful mayor and build your dream city in this farming games! Farming Diary features: • Adorable farm animals for you to take care of • Numerous types of vegetables and fruits to grow and process in your farming factories • Build and customize the city your own way with advanced factories, dazzling landmarks, and glamorous decorations! • Invite, visit, and help your neighbors from Facebook to make new friends • Meet kind citizens, deliver orders to their doors, and help them with their problems as a great mayor • Discover and collect rare minerals in the underground Ancient City • Try your luck at the Happy Balloon house and receive fascinating gifts • Get yourself some special exclusive prizes in our unique events • Invest and earn cash in the City Bank to ensure a stable future for your city • Tons of great discount farming products and ingredients constantly offered on the Market stall • Smooth gameplay experience along with beautiful graphics • Offline playing mode allows you to enjoy the farmer game anywhere and anytime like traveling on the bus or walking down the street Farming Diary is a FREE TO PLAY farm game with options to purchase some in-game items to enhance your game experience with real currency. *Some features of the game will require internet connection in order to work properly such as Friends, Competitions, Save/Load data, and other features* Let us know what you think and learn more about Farming Diary at: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/farmcityofficial Twitter: https://twitter.com/farmcity_mobile Email: farmcity@zegostudio.com

About

Bad Sector

Features
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SYSTEM FAILURE IMMINENT... Bad Sector is an unforgiving love letter to analog technology and hardcore arcade survival. You are a rogue pixel in a dying CRT monitor. Your mission is simple: Collect HERTZ to keep the signal alive. Avoid the corruption. Survive the scanline. FEATURES: • ANALOG HORROR AESTHETIC: Authentic CRT shaders, scanlines, and chromatic aberration effects. • UNFORGIVING GAMEPLAY: One hit kills. The scanline never stops. • GLITCH MECHANICS: Avoid dead pixels, magnetic interference, and white noise corruption. • TACTICAL ABILITIES: Use the 'Phase' mechanic to hide in the sub-pixels, but beware—you cannot move while phasing. • SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS: Pure, skill-based survival. • HAPTIC FEEDBACK: Feel every glitch and system crash. WARNING: This game contains flashing lights and strobe effects characteristic of old CRT monitors.

Screenshots

Farming Diary4 screens
Bad Sector4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bad Sector at none against Farming Diary's 15. Bad Sector also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Farming Diary sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Bad Sector asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Farming Diary ships an update every 3 weeks, Bad Sector every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Farming Diary versus Bad Sector: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFarming DiaryBad Sector
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews45.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings1K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size446 MB21 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperZego Global Pte LtdEMILIO MARTIN VILLARREAL BAEZ

Bugs and requests

Farming Diary

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Barn and storage issues preventing access
  • Inconsistent airplane supply requirements
  • Co-op system not functioning properly
  • Disappearing tasks and lost progress

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to save progress and sync across devices
  • More customization options for the farm and buildings
  • Improved co-op and multiplayer functionality
  • Better tutorial and in-game guidance

Bad Sector

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

15 purchases

Farming Diary

One-time15
  • sale_captain_rooster package$0.99
  • new_mayor_offer_1 package$0.99
  • cash_bundle_01 package$1.99
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  • cash pack 01$1.99
  • package endless_sale_3$2.99
  • piggy_bank package$2.99
  • jewel_box package$4.99
  • cash pack 02$4.99
  • package endless_sale_4$4.99
  • golden_pass package$4.99
  • Coin Package 03$7.99
  • package endless_sale_5$9.99
  • cash pack 03$9.99
  • golden_pass_plus package$9.99
  • cash pack 04$19.99
None

Bad Sector

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Farming Diary free?
Farming Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bad Sector free?
Bad Sector is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Farming Diary or Bad Sector have ads?
Both Farming Diary and Bad Sector show ads.
Which is updated more often, Farming Diary or Bad Sector?
Farming Diary ships an update every 3 weeks, and Bad Sector every 6 weeks. Most recently, Farming Diary was updated on October 10, 2026 and Bad Sector on October 2, 2026.

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