Maker Valley vs Capy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Maker Valley
Design and expand a charming village inhabited by celestial animals. Customize your avatar, craft decorations, fulfill villager requests, and solve match-3 puzzles to thrive. Collect unique animals and decorations while interacting with villagers and helping other players.
- Village customization and expansion
- Avatar and villager outfit customization
- Crafting decorations and items
- Fulfilling villager requests
- Match-3 puzzle mini-games
- Collecting celestial animals and decorations
- Helping and collaborating with other players
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Are you the one we’ve been waiting for? Betty & Li Na have been hoping that a Star Child will show up to restore their village. Maker Valley is a beautiful waterfront area with plenty of room to expand, all it needs is for someone like you to fix it up and turn it into a thriving community for celestial animal villagers! Maker Valley is free to download, and includes random mechanics. Maker Valley can be played offline, however a network connection is required for some features. ► GET CREATIVE AND CUSTOMIZE YOUR VILLAGE, YOUR AVATAR, AND YOUR VILLAGERS! ◆ Expand your village, place decorations, and create your perfect layout ◆ Craft decorations in the workshop & earn special decorations as gifts from villagers ◆ Customize your avatar with different outfits & accessories ◆ Unlock celestial animals then choose which ones you want to join your village ◆ Pick your villager outfits to add an extra touch of personalization ◆ Craft House skins to make your village match your aesthetic ◆ Discover limited-time items at the Moon Mart and Mushroom merchant ► COMPLETE SATISFYING TASKS THAT HELP YOUR LITTLE SOCIETY THRIVE! ◆ Fulfill villager requests at the Moonhub ◆ Farm produce in your garden to get the ingredients you need ◆ Fish in the Lake, Rivers, and Ponds ◆ Create treats at the Snackery to keep your key producers happily working ◆ Complete boat orders for materials to upgrade your house and its storage capacity ◆ Increase your villager happiness to earn unique gifts ◆ Forage for resources around the village to craft decorations at the workshop ◆ Forage for Mushrooms to buy special items at the Mushroom Merchant ◆ Play mini-games for bonus resources ► LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR CELESTIAL ANIMAL VILLAGERS! ◆ Each villager has a story and unique personality ◆ Talk to your villagers to learn more about their personalities and earn friendship titles ◆ Send out Friendship Bracelets to add more animals to your village’s waitlist ◆ Pick which animals join your village & rotate them as much or as little as you like ◆ Watch them interact with your village’s decorations ► COMPLETE ALL YOUR COLLECTIONS! ◆ Earn or craft hundreds of decorations with different themes ◆ Collect all the celestial animals and pick which ones live in your village! ◆ Fish in the lake, rivers, and ponds to collect all the Fish types! ◆ Discover every Friendship Flower by growing them with help from other players or your villagers! ► HELP OTHER PLAYERS! ◆ Grow Friendship Flowers to place around your village ◆ Help other players by watering their Friendship Flowers ◆ Grow your friend list and work together! ► PERFECT YOUR STRATEGY! ◆ Find the most effective way to expand your village ◆ Create a system that keeps your production buildings working ◆ Stay on top of all the different products ◆ Max out your village and keep all the residents happy ► SOLVE CUTE MATCH-3 PUZZLES! ◆ Complete match-3 levels for bonus rewards like power-ups and extra resources ◆ Enjoy thousands of match-3 levels at your own pace ◆ Test your ability to solve increasingly challenging puzzles If you read this far you should really just give the game a shot! We have worked very hard to create a cozy game that everyone can enjoy! Terms Terms of Service: https://firstflamestudio.com/terms-and-conditions Privacy Policy: https://firstflamestudio.com/privacy-policy
Capy
Care for a virtual capybara, either alone or with friends. Feed, exercise, and play mini-games to earn coins and customize your pet. Experience both single-player and multiplayer modes in this engaging simulation.
- Virtual pet capybara ownership
- Single and multiplayer modes
- Pet feeding and exercise
- Mini-games and coin earning
- Customization with accessories
- Co-ownership with friends
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Own a pet capybara - Single player AND multiplayer - Co-own pet capybara with your friends - Feed your pet capybara everyday - Give your pet capybara exercise - Give your pet capybara treats - Play mini games - Earn coins - Decorate your pet capybara with collars and hats Terms of use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Maker Valley at none against Capy's 10. Capy's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 8 days) and review sentiment (77% vs 63%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Capy sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Maker Valley asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Maker Valley against 4.7 for Capy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2K and 4.3K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of Maker Valley's written reviews are positive against 77% of Capy's.
Maker Valley ships an update every 8 days, Capy every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Maker Valley | Capy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2K ratings) — better | 4.7 (4.3K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.6% of reviews | 77.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2K | 4.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 881 MB | 311 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | First Flame Studio Oy | MoonBear LTD |
Customer experience
Maker Valley
Capy
User reviews
Maker Valley
From 2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ❤️ Love this game
- 🎨 Cute and cozy graphics
- 🎮 Smooth gameplay
- 🎯 Reminds me of Animal Crossing
- 🔍 No ads or in-app purchases
Room to improve
- 🔒 Lack of cross-save between devices
- 🌳 Trees getting in the way of building
- 💰 Coin grinding to progress
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
Capy
From 4.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 😍 Cute capybara
- 👍 Ability to raise capybara with others
- 🚀 Awesome game
Room to improve
- 🤑 Excessive ads and in-app purchases
- 🕰️ Hard levels too difficult without spending money
- 🤒 Capybara gets sick due to hard levels
Bugs and requests
Maker Valley
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezing at crafting station
- Unable to progress past level 5
- Loss of progress and save data after crashes
Requested features
4 requests- Add more villagers and animal characters
- Increase level cap beyond 15
- Allow moving of buildings for more customization
- Implement controller support
Capy
Reported bugs
2 issues- Hard levels impossible to complete without spending money
- Hard levels reverted to shorter time limit after promised fix
Requested features
3 requests- Activity log to track caretaker actions
- Increase time limit for hard levels
- Reduce difficulty of hard levels
In-app purchases
Maker Valley
No in-app purchases
Capy
- Capy Pass$4.991 Month
- Time booster$0.99
- Undo booster$0.99
- Magnet Booster$0.99
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- Lives pack$1.99
- Package 1$9.99
- Booster bundle$9.99
- Special offer$9.99
- Package 2$49.99
- Package 3$59.99









