Comparison

Redbean vs AddonCraft

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

Head to head
About

Redbean

Create a dynamic world where your original characters interact, build relationships, and generate unique stories. This life simulation game uses AI to bring your characters and town to life, allowing for endless emergent narratives and community sharing.

Highlights
  • AI-generated characters and world
  • Dynamic character relationships
  • Living town simulation
  • AI story event creation
  • Community world sharing
  • Character and object generation
Features
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Bring Your Characters to Life Ever wished your Original Characters could actually live together? Redbean lets you create a living world where your OCs walk around town, build relationships, visit places, react to events, and create stories on their own. Perfect for fans of character creators, fandoms, roleplay, and life simulation games inspired by Tomodachi Life. -Build Character Relationships Your characters don't just exist. They become friends, enemies, siblings, teammates, crushes, or rivals. Relationships influence conversations, behavior, and future stories across your town. -Create a Living Town Describe your idea and instantly generate a world. Characters wander between buildings, meet each other, discover new places, and continue living even when you're not controlling them. Every town feels different. -Create AI Story Events Start anything with one prompt. Create: • mysteries • school festivals • family drama • birthday parties • romantic moments • betrayals • secret discoveries Your entire town reacts naturally. -Watch Characters Live Their Own Lives Characters aren't standing still waiting for you. They: • explore town • visit homes and shops • talk with other characters • follow friends • build new relationships • discover unexpected moments Every visit feels different. -Create Everything with AI Build your world using: • AI text prompts • drawings • reference images Generate: • Original Characters • NPCs • furniture • buildings • decorations • world objects No design skills required. -Share Your World Publish your town for others to explore. Visit worlds created by the community. Discover new characters, stories, and unexpected interactions every day. Perfect For • Tomodachi Life fans • Original Character creators • Fandom communities • Roleplay lovers • AI storytelling • Life simulation fans • Character creators • Cozy game players Why Redbean? Unlike traditional life simulators, your AI characters keep creating stories through their relationships. Every conversation can change friendships. Every event creates new memories. Every town becomes its own living universe. Create your characters. Build your town. Watch your world come alive. Need help? We’re here for you! If you have any questions, feedback, or want to say hi — @Email us at help@redbean.ai Or join our Discord community: discord.com/invite/2xNZMtGYdC Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14JhJVHpX57KRF5aTQEruNOY8wbdfExiXXZCviagA6Hc/edit?usp=sharing

About

AddonCraft

Easily design custom blocks, items, mobs, biomes, and recipes for Minecraft Bedrock without coding. Export your creations directly into the game with a single tap.

Highlights
  • Create custom blocks, items, and mobs
  • Design unique biomes and recipes
  • Visual interface, no coding required
  • Export directly to Minecraft Bedrock
  • Create resource and behavior packs
Features
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AddonCraft is the easiest way to create Minecraft Bedrock addons on your iPhone or iPad. Design custom blocks, items, mobs, biomes, recipes and textures. All from a simple visual interface. When you're ready, export your addon and open it directly in Minecraft. WHAT YOU CAN CREATE - Custom blocks with textures and behavior - Custom items and tools - Living entities and mobs - Biomes with custom terrain - Crafting, furnace and stonecutter recipes - Resource and behavior packs NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED You don't need to know JSON or programming. AddonCraft handles all the technical file structure so you can focus on creating. EXPORT IN ONE TAP When your addon is ready, tap the play button to export and open it directly in Minecraft Bedrock.

Screenshots

Redbean4 screens
AddonCraft4 screens

Verdict

The call

Redbean and AddonCraft both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 83% of AddonCraft's written reviews are positive against 59% of Redbean's. Redbean's advantage is ratings volume (516 vs 25) and update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). On price, rating, ads 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. Redbean sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and AddonCraft sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Redbean against 4.5 for AddonCraft. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Redbean has 516 ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of Redbean's written reviews are positive against 83% of AddonCraft's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Redbean ships an update every 6 days, AddonCraft fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Redbean versus AddonCraft: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRedbeanAddonCraft
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (516 ratings) — better4.5 (25 ratings)
Positive reviews59.3% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings516 — better25
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB77 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTinai Private LimitedJakub Sak

Customer experience

Redbean

All ratings516 ratings
Positive89.0%
Neutral4.7%
Negative6.4%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive59.3%
Neutral18.6%
Negative22.0%

AddonCraft

All ratings24 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral4.2%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Redbean

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$99.991 Year
1 purchases

AddonCraft

One-time1
  • AddonCraft Pro$7.99

Questions

Is Redbean free?
Redbean is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AddonCraft free?
AddonCraft is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Redbean or AddonCraft?
Redbean is rated higher. Redbean averages 4.6 out of 5 from 516 ratings, while AddonCraft averages 4.5 from 25 ratings.
Do Redbean or AddonCraft have ads?
Neither Redbean nor AddonCraft shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Redbean or AddonCraft?
Redbean ships an update every 6 days, and AddonCraft fortnightly. Most recently, Redbean was updated on November 8, 2026 and AddonCraft on November 9, 2026.

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