Comparison

Etermín vs Ikigai

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

Head to head
About

Etermín

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Immerse yourself in the world of Etermín, a narrative universe in which all stories are interconnected, and where your decisions can totally alter the course of your adventure. In a dystopian future, humanity is divided into two categories: the organic, loyal to their mortality and human values, and the cybernetic, the powerful, focused on their quest for immortality and the colonization of new planets in which to evolve the human race. Whether you're in the underbelly of the capital city of Montarène, or lost in space on your way to the planet Etermín, it's your choices, your alliances and your enemies that will shape your story. Make the right decisions: become savior, executioner, saboteur or victim in a world that's constantly evolving, for better or for worse.

About

Ikigai

Experience a full life simulation, making choices about career, family, and relationships year by year. Your decisions impact your character's well-being and the world around them. Relive your journey through an event log and see your character age in a stylized portrait.

Highlights
  • Year-by-year life simulation
  • Career and relationship choices
  • Character stats management
  • Dynamic family and world events
  • Life event log and memoir
  • Stylized character portraits
Features
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Ikigai is a Japanese idea: the reason you get up in the morning. This is a whole life, built one year at a time, and yours to find. Create a character and press Age Up. Every year brings new choices: who to date, what job to take, whether to save or spend, how to raise your kids. Some years are quiet. Some change everything. Your happiness, health, smarts, and looks respond to what you choose, and so does everyone around you. You're not raising this character alone. Grandparents, parents, siblings, a pet: they age and change alongside you, and when they're gone, they're remembered, not deleted. The wider world moves too. The economy has good years and bad ones, prices creep up like they do in real life, and a storm or a festival might shape the year for everyone around you, not just you. Look back on your life through a full event log, chapter by chapter, and share it as a memoir when it's over. Your portrait grows with you, from childhood to old age, styled to the era you're living through. THE WHOLE GAME, FREE No forced ads. No energy timers. Nothing locked behind a currency. Everything above is in the free game from the start. Optional content packs add new stories later, but they never take anything away from what's already yours. NO CRIME, NO GORE This is a life sim built for a wider audience. No crime storylines, no drugs, no graphic violence. Just an honest, well-told life. Career, relationships, money, health. It's all here, and it's all yours to shape. Download Ikigai and see how you'd live.

Screenshots

Etermín4 screens
Ikigai4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ikigai at weekly against Etermín's every 7 months. Etermín's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Etermín ships an update every 7 months, Ikigai weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Etermín versus Ikigai: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEtermínIkigai
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.4 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size743 MB47 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperStoryroadsZakaria Ouhra

In-app purchases

None

Etermín

No in-app purchases

None

Ikigai

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Etermín free?
Etermín is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ikigai free?
Ikigai is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Etermín or Ikigai have ads?
Both Etermín and Ikigai show ads.
Which is updated more often, Etermín or Ikigai?
Etermín ships an update every 7 months, and Ikigai weekly. Most recently, Etermín was updated on October 1, 2026 and Ikigai on October 3, 2026.

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