Scrapyard Magnate vs My Prison Arcade
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scrapyard Magnate
Manage a recycling business by collecting junk, processing it into new products, and selling them to customers. Expand your scrapyard, hire employees, and aim to become the ultimate recycling magnate.
- Junk collection and processing
- Product crafting and sales
- Customer interaction and table cleaning
- Drive-thru customer service
- Employee hiring for efficiency
- Scrapyard expansion and development
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Welcome to the world of “Scrapyard Magnate”! In this idle arcade game, you control a player character who collects junk brought in by trucks and processes it in machines to create new products. Sell these newly crafted items to customers and earn money! Game Features: Junk Collection: Collect junk from the trucks and recycle it in the machines! Product Sales: Sell the crafted new products to customers and increase your profits. Customer Interaction: Customers will pack items at the table or create new products. Make sure to clean the tables after they leave. Drive-Thru: Don’t forget to attend to the busy drive-thru customers! Employee Hiring: Use your earnings to hire more employees and boost efficiency! Store Development: Expand your recycling shop and build a vast scrapyard empire! Find treasures in the junk and aim to become the king of the recycling shops! Pursue endless possibilities in “Scrapyard Magnate”! Download now and start your new adventure in the recycling shop! EU / California users can opt-out under GDPR / CCPA. Please respond from the pop-up displayed when starting in the app or within the settings in the app.
My Prison Arcade
Become a prison warden in this addictive hyper-casual game. Build cells and common areas, manage resources, and reinvest earnings to expand and improve your prison business. Enjoy intuitive controls and attractive graphics as you progress from small jails to maximum security facilities.
- Intuitive construction with tap and drag mechanics
- Prison business management and resource handling
- Build various prison types, from jails to penitentiaries
- Continuous upgrades and service improvements
- Attractive and immersive visual design
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My Prison Arcade. Build and Manage Your Own Prison! Welcome to My Prison Arcade, the addictive hyper-casual game where you become the prison warden! With easy and intuitive mechanics, My Prison Arcade lets you build cells and common areas, using your earnings to expand and improve your prison business. Game Features: - Intuitive Construction: Tap, drag, and drop to quickly build cells and common areas. - Business Management: Manage your prison, handle resources, and optimize services. - Variety of Prisons: Build everything from small jails to maximum security penitentiaries. - Continuous Upgrades: Reinvest your earnings to unlock new areas, improve services, and add recreational spaces. - Attractive Graphics: Enjoy a colorful, detailed visual design that immerses you in prison management. Download My Prison Arcade now and start building the best prison in town. Fun is just a tap away!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Scrapyard Magnate at 4.6 against My Prison Arcade's 2.3. Scrapyard Magnate also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 19%) and ratings volume (108 vs 15). My Prison Arcade's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Scrapyard Magnate sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and My Prison Arcade sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Scrapyard Magnate holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scrapyard Magnate has 108 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Scrapyard Magnate's written reviews are positive against 19% of My Prison Arcade's.
Scrapyard Magnate ships an update monthly, My Prison Arcade every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scrapyard Magnate | My Prison Arcade |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (108 ratings) — better | 2.3 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 18.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 108 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.5 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 244 MB | 251 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ONIGIRI GAMES | Codigames |
Customer experience
Scrapyard Magnate
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In-app purchases
Scrapyard Magnate
- AD SKIP TICKET10$1.99
- AD SKIP TICKET20$3.99
- No Ads$3.99
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- FUND MANAGER$3.99
- AD SKIP TICKET35$6.99
- FUND CEO$7.99
- ADS FREE PACK$9.99
- AD SKIP TICKET 60$12.99
- VIP PACK$19.99
- AD SKIP TICKET90$19.99
- AD SKIP TICKET260$39.99
My Prison Arcade
- 20 Gems$1.99
- 60 gems$5.99
- 95 gems$7.99
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- 150 gems$9.99
- No-ads offer$9.99
- Premium Pack$19.99
- 330 gems$22.99
- 550 gems$34.99
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