Comparison

Van vs Not Today, Daddy!

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

Head to head
About

Van

Help a character escape debt by becoming a successful online vlogger. Earn subscribers, make money, and upgrade your lifestyle with virtual assets. This casual idle simulator offers a stylish art style and an engaging narrative.

Highlights
  • Become a top blogger
  • Gain subscribers and earn money
  • Upgrade lifestyle with luxury items
  • Positive casual idle gameplay
  • Engaging plot and stylish art
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Van has fallen into debt. His neighbor demands repayment. He remembers his successful friend Lamar, who has risen to fame with his blog. Van decides to follow his example. Get Van out of debt, gain subscribers, earn money, move into cool houses, buy luxury cars and become a top blogger. Van - Idle Vlogger is a positive casual idle single-player free-to-play life simulator in the business clicker genre with stylish art and a cool plot.

About

Not Today, Daddy!

Features
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One tiny swimmer. An entire world determined to stop him. Not Today, Daddy! is a fast, funny endless runner where every swipe matters. Move freely through a living tunnel, find the only safe route, and survive a nonstop stream of angry eggs, sneezing immune cells, and one very determined uterus. DODGE THE SWARM Threats come in different sizes and move independently. Read the opening, change direction at the right moment, and avoid getting boxed in. BREAK FREE The uterus pulls harder as you get closer. Swipe away repeatedly before it drags you in. SURVIVE THE SNEEZE Immune cells won't end the run immediately - they disrupt your control with sneezing and sudden knockback. Recover fast or the next obstacle will finish the job. GRAB PROTECTION Pick up a temporary shield to survive one collision with an egg or a deadly capture. It won't stop an immune cell, so timing still matters. CHASE THE DISTANCE The challenge begins at full speed and never relaxes. Every meter counts, your best distance is saved, and a new attempt is only a tap away. FEATURES • Fast two-axis swipe movement • One continuous fair route through every obstacle field • Dense, unpredictable enemy combinations • Independent enemy movement and multiple enemy sizes • Distance and locally saved best distance • One optional continue per run • Quick retries and short, intense sessions • Playful cartoon animation and reactions Dodge. Escape. Beat your best.

Screenshots

Van4 screens
Not Today, Daddy!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Not Today, Daddy! at none against Van's 21. Not Today, Daddy! also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). Van's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17). On price 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. Van sells 21 one-off in-app purchases. Not Today, Daddy! asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Van ships an update every 2 months, Not Today, Daddy! every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Van versus Not Today, Daddy!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVanNot Today, Daddy!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.4K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews69.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.4K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17
Further details — not scored
Size260 MB21 MB
Age rating9+17+
DeveloperCoco PlayAleksandr Nesterov

Bugs and requests

Van

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Freezing when tapping too many times
  • Bugs at the end of the game preventing progress
  • Issues with in-app purchases not working

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add a Steve idle vlogger game
  • Extend the energy bar
  • Improve the UI and fix bugs

Not Today, Daddy!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

21 purchases

Van

One-time21
  • No Ads$0.99
  • Safe box!$1.99
  • Second safe box$1.99
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  • Pile of gold$1.99
  • Second safebox$4.99
  • Safe box$4.99
  • Second safe box$4.99
  • Safebox!$4.99
  • Piggy bank$6.99
  • A second safe box$8.99
  • Second safebox$8.99
  • Safebox$8.99
  • Safe box$8.99
  • Bunch of gold$12.99
  • Safebox$12.99
  • Second safebox$12.99
  • Safebox$14.99
  • No Ads Full$14.99
  • Safebox$17.99
  • No Ads Pass$29.99
  • Loads of gold$44.99
None

Not Today, Daddy!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Van free?
Van is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Not Today, Daddy! free?
Not Today, Daddy! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Van or Not Today, Daddy! have ads?
Both Van and Not Today, Daddy! show ads.
Which is updated more often, Van or Not Today, Daddy!?
Van ships an update every 2 months, and Not Today, Daddy! every 10 days. Most recently, Van was updated on October 22, 2026 and Not Today, Daddy! on October 3, 2026.

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