Comparison

Deep Life Simulator vs THRIIIVE

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

Head to head
About

Deep Life Simulator

Experience a realistic life simulation where strategic decisions in careers, business, and finance shape your destiny. Build wealth, manage debt, and navigate a dynamic economy with no guaranteed outcomes. This game emphasizes long-term planning and cause-and-effect gameplay.

Highlights
  • Deep life simulation with careers, business, and reputation
  • Realistic economy with income, expenses, loans, and bankruptcy
  • Business and investment gameplay
  • Idle or active play options
  • Premium UI for strategic focus
Features
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Every life starts the same way: no money, no job, no plan. What happens next is entirely yours. Deep Life Simulator is a life sim with a real economy underneath it. Wages are taxed. Loans charge interest. Rent is due whether or not you can pay. Markets move on their own and do not care that you are in them. Every choice compounds, for decades, until you die and hand what is left to an heir. BUILD A CAREER, OR DON'T • 20+ career ladders, from courier to surgeon to CEO • Go to university, or skip it and start earning at 16 • Or take the other road: street work, the dark web, and the chance of prison GO LIVE AND GET FAMOUS • Stream live, upload videos and grow a following from zero • Hype trains, personal bests and a recap after every broadcast • Level up Life Skills that make every career and goal easier MAKE REAL MONEY MOVES • A live stock market with sectors that rotate • Crypto you can trade or mine • Property to rent out, businesses to found, staff to hire • Loans, credit scores, arrears and the very real possibility of bankruptcy LIVE AN ACTUAL LIFE • Date, marry, argue, divorce • Raise children who inherit your looks and your money • Keep your health, your friends and your reputation alive • Buy the watch, the car, the house — or don't, and retire early THEN DO IT ALL AGAIN When you die, your heir takes over. They keep the fortune you built, the family name you made, and the mess you left behind. Prestige across generations, unlock permanent advantages, and find out how far a dynasty can go. WHY THIS ONE AND NOT ANOTHER LIFE SIM Most life sims resolve a choice with a dice roll and a line of text. Here the economy keeps running between your decisions and pushes back on them. Nothing waits for you to look at it. You can be a surgeon who never breaks the law, or a courier who ends up running a dark web operation out of a rented room. Both are real routes through the same economy, and neither is the "correct" one. HOW IT TREATS YOU • Plays offline — your save lives on your device • Full-screen ads only at year-end breaks, never in your first two years, and one purchase removes them permanently • No real-time energy bar standing between you and the next week A life runs for decades and every week is a decision you make. Most people start a second one. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://wrexist.github.io/DeepLifeSimulator/privacy.html

About

THRIIIVE

Experience a deep life simulation where your decisions have lasting impacts. Build a career, relationships, and wealth, or face the consequences of poor choices like job loss, debt, and legal trouble. Rebuilding and navigating life's challenges is the core of this experience.

Highlights
  • Deep life simulation gameplay
  • Consequential decision-making
  • Career and skill path building
  • Relationship and family management
  • Financial management (bills, debt, credit)
  • Navigating legal and health challenges
  • Business building and wealth pursuit
Features
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Your life doesn’t reset when things get messy. THRIIIVE is a deep life simulation where the choices you make can follow you for years. Build a career. Fall in love. Start a family. Buy a home. Travel. Build wealth. Chase fame. Start a business. Or watch everything go left. Lose your job. Fall behind on bills. Damage relationships. Face health problems. Deal with court, probation, custody issues, housing instability, addiction, bad decisions and the consequences that come after them. Then figure out what happens next. ONE LIFE. CONNECTED CONSEQUENCES. Your career affects your money. Your record can affect your opportunities. Your health can affect your work and relationships. Your finances affect where and how you live. Your choices can affect your family. And rebuilding takes more than tapping “start over.” LIVE MORE THAN ONE KIND OF LIFE • Build careers across different industries and skill paths • Form friendships, relationships and families • Manage money, banking, credit, bills and debt • Rent, own, move and deal with changing living situations • Buy, finance, maintain and customize vehicles • Travel and explore different places • Build businesses and pursue wealth • Navigate health, reproduction and emotional wellbeing • Deal with legal trouble, records and reentry • Survive financial hardship and rebuild after setbacks • Pursue fame, influence and unconventional opportunities Some lives become comfortable. Some become chaotic. Some fall apart completely. THRIIIVE is about what you do next.

Screenshots

Deep Life Simulator4 screens
THRIIIVE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: THRIIIVE at 100% against Deep Life Simulator's 28%. THRIIIVE also leads on ads (none vs shown). Deep Life Simulator's advantage is rating (3.8 vs 3.3). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Deep Life Simulator sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and THRIIIVE sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Deep Life Simulator holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 28% of Deep Life Simulator's written reviews are positive against 100% of THRIIIVE's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Deep Life Simulator ships an update every 8 days, THRIIIVE weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Deep Life Simulator versus THRIIIVE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeep Life SimulatorTHRIIIVE
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (5 ratings) — better3.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews28.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB94 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperIsac MolinNIA CONERLY

Customer experience

Deep Life Simulator

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive28.0%
Neutral28.0%
Negative44.0%

THRIIIVE

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

17 purchases

Deep Life Simulator

Subscriptions2
  • DeepLife+ Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • DeepLife+7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time15
  • 100 Gems$0.99
  • Work Pay Boost$1.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
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  • Revival Pack$2.99
  • Financial Planning Service$2.99
  • Skill Boost$2.99
  • Business Banking Package$3.99
  • 500 Gems$4.99
  • Premium Credit Card$4.99
  • Starter Pack$6.99
  • Unlock All Perks - Bundle$6.99
  • Money Boost$7.99
  • 1,000 Gems$9.99
  • 5,000 Gems$19.99
  • 50,000 Gems$99.99
6 purchases

THRIIIVE

One-time6
  • Around the World$9.99
  • Power & State$9.99
  • Fame & Influence$9.99
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  • Business Empire$9.99
  • Real Estate$9.99
  • Safety Net & Survival$9.99

Questions

Is Deep Life Simulator free?
Deep Life Simulator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is THRIIIVE free?
THRIIIVE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Deep Life Simulator or THRIIIVE?
Deep Life Simulator is rated higher. Deep Life Simulator averages 3.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while THRIIIVE averages 3.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Deep Life Simulator or THRIIIVE have ads?
Deep Life Simulator shows ads; THRIIIVE does not.
Which is updated more often, Deep Life Simulator or THRIIIVE?
Deep Life Simulator ships an update every 8 days, and THRIIIVE weekly. Most recently, Deep Life Simulator was updated on October 13, 2026 and THRIIIVE on October 15, 2026.

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