Pixidust vs Second Life
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pixidust
This app empowers creators to establish channels, share content, and monetize through ads. It aims to simplify business building for everyone, helping users connect with their audience and achieve financial goals with ease.
- Set up creator channels
- Post content easily
- Earn revenue from ads
- Build a business
- Reach your audience
- Achieve financial success
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Pixidust enables creators to easily set up channels, post content, and earn revenue from ads without the traditional barriers Our goal is to make building a business accessible to everyone, regardless of technical expertise, as well as help creators reach their audience and reach financial success with just a few simple clicks.
Second Life
Explore a vast 3D virtual world, meet new people, and express yourself through customizable avatars. Interact with the environment, attend virtual events, and connect with friends globally. This pioneering social platform offers endless possibilities for exploration and connection.
- Avatar customization and appearance editing
- Explore 3D virtual spaces
- Interact with the environment
- Stream audio at virtual clubs
- Global social interaction features
- Mobile virtual world exploration
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Second Life - Social Virtual World & Avatar App Now available to all users! Meet new people and chat with friends from around the world in thousands of exciting community-created 3D spaces with Second Life, the pioneering virtual world - now on mobile! Whether you’re at home or on the go, you'll never run out of places to explore and people to meet. With the Second Life app, you can: * See your avatar & edit appearance by changing outfits * Explore a virtual world of fashion, clubs, art, and roleplaying via the Destination Guide, mobile showcase, own favorites * Interact with the world through avatar movement (walk, run, fly, sit, stand) and object interactions (touch, sit) - or park your avatar and explore via flycam * Enjoy streaming audio at virtual clubs * Socialize and stay connected (nearby chat, group chat, IM, group notices, find contacts, inspect profiles) Second Life is always wonderful, sometimes weird, and 100% wow-worthy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pixidust at 77% against Second Life's 34%. Pixidust also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and rating (3.9 vs 3.5). Second Life's advantage is ratings volume (441 vs 7). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Second Life sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Pixidust asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pixidust holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Second Life has 441 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Pixidust's written reviews are positive against 34% of Second Life's.
Pixidust ships an update every 3 days, Second Life every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pixidust | Second Life |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (7 ratings) — better | 3.5 (441 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.9% of reviews — better | 33.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 441 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 290 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Viisiion LLC | Linden Research, Inc. |
Customer experience
Pixidust
Second Life
Bugs and requests
Pixidust
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Second Life
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login issues
- Inability to close group chats
- Unresponsive joystick controls
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to create new accounts
- Access to full inventory and object interaction
- Improved camera controls
- Background app functionality (notifications, etc.)
- Support for more device types
In-app purchases
Pixidust
No in-app purchases
Second Life
- 100 Linden Dollar Bundle$0.99
- 800 Linden Dollar Bundle$4.99
- 1650 Linden Dollar Bundle$9.99
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- 3400 Linden Dollar Bundle$19.99
- 8750 Linden Dollar Bundle$49.99
