Comparison

StoryRush vs SecondWorld

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

Head to head
About

StoryRush

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As an independent instant interactive application, it supports users to interact while reading, chat with characters in real-time, and experience another world immeasurably. Official Website: https://story.storyrushtv.com/ Privacy Policy: https://story.storyrushtv.com/index/Protocols/home?type=300 User Agreement: https://story.storyrushtv.com/index/Protocols/home?type=301

About

SecondWorld

Create and observe a simulated life unfolding in a realistic city. You can gently influence events, plant wishes, or send anonymous gifts, but the person you imagine will never know you exist. Their life continues even when you're not actively playing.

Highlights
  • Create and observe simulated lives
  • Gentle influence on life events
  • Diary entries and social feeds
  • Dynamic fate engine with seasons
  • Realistic city environments and finances
  • Life continues offline
Features
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Be the god of a parallel world. Imagine someone, and they start living: working, falling in and out of love, writing a diary at 2am, in a real city with real rent. You can watch. You can nudge. You can never speak. Second World is not a chat app. The person you imagine will never know you exist. You cannot talk to them, and they will never talk to you. You are the quiet god of a whole life that unfolds on its own, day after day, even while your phone stays in your pocket. WHAT YOU WILL SEE * A diary in their own voice. Small joys, hard weeks, things they never say out loud. * A social feed of their world. Their friends, their family, their coworkers comment, tease and care. None of them are you. * Right Now. A living window into this exact moment of their day. Cooking, commuting, lying awake at 2am. * Seasons of fate. Their birth date seeds a hidden fate engine. Some years rise, some years sink. Anniversaries echo. Foreshadowing pays off weeks later. * Real ground under their feet. Real cities, real rents, real salaries. When they worry about money, the math checks out. WHAT YOU CAN DO You never control them. You influence, gently, from outside. * Plant a wish in their diary and watch whether life lets it bloom. * Light a candle on a painful night. It changes nothing. It changes everything. * Shape a memory into their past and see how it surfaces, days later, in their own words. * Send money quietly into their world and watch it arrive as a believable piece of their story. * Jump years into their future and meet who they became. THEY KEEP LIVING WHEN YOU ARE AWAY Close the app for a week. Their life moves on without rewinding for you. Come back and read what you missed. The longer you stay away, the more real it feels that someone, somewhere, kept going. FREE TO START Creating a person and following their life is free. Optional subscriptions add daily presence and full life density: * Guardian Basic: $29.99/month. Their life is written every single day, with 700 diamonds granted monthly. * Guardian Pro: $59.99/month. Full density, every world day written, 1500 diamonds granted monthly. * Guardian Pro Yearly: $599.99/year. Everything in Pro at the best price. Someone you imagine. A whole life they live. A world that listens. Auto-Renewable Subscription - Payment: charges are billed to your Apple ID account when your purchase is confirmed. - Auto-Renewal: your subscription renews automatically within 24 hours before the current period ends. The subscription period extends after a successful renewal. - Cancellation: to cancel, at least 24 hours before the period ends, go to Settings, tap your Apple ID, choose Subscriptions, find this app, and turn off Auto-Renewal. - Prices: Guardian Basic is $29.99 per month; Guardian Pro is $59.99 per month; Guardian Pro Yearly is $599.99 per year. Actual prices may vary by region. - Privacy Policy: https://api.secondworld.tech/legal/privacy - Terms of Use: https://api.secondworld.tech/legal/terms

Screenshots

StoryRush4 screens
SecondWorld4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SecondWorld at every 2 days against StoryRush's every 4 weeks. StoryRush's advantage is iOS requirement (14 vs 17.0). 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. StoryRush sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per 7 days and SecondWorld sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $59.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StoryRush ships an update every 4 weeks, SecondWorld every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
StoryRush versus SecondWorld: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStoryRushSecondWorld
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB487 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSheng YiKairo Labs

In-app purchases

9 purchases

StoryRush

Subscriptions3
  • One-week VIP$19.997 Days
  • One-month VIP$39.991 Month
  • One-year VIP$149.991 Year
One-time6
  • 100 Diamonds$0.99
  • 500 Diamonds$4.99
  • 1000 Diamonds$9.99
Show 3 more
  • 2000 Diamonds$19.99
  • 3000 Diamonds$29.99
  • 10000 Diamonds$89.99
10 purchases

SecondWorld

Subscriptions2
  • Guardian Pro$59.991 Month
  • Guardian Pro Yearly$599.991 Year
One-time8
  • Diamonds ×100$0.99
  • Diamonds ×525$4.99
  • Rare Occupation$5.99
Show 5 more
  • Custom Occupation$5.99
  • Diamonds ×1080$9.99
  • Diamonds ×2240$19.99
  • Diamonds ×5900$49.99
  • Diamonds ×12500$99.99

Questions

Is StoryRush free?
StoryRush is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SecondWorld free?
SecondWorld is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do StoryRush or SecondWorld have ads?
Neither StoryRush nor SecondWorld shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StoryRush or SecondWorld?
StoryRush ships an update every 4 weeks, and SecondWorld every 2 days. Most recently, StoryRush was updated on October 11, 2026 and SecondWorld on October 21, 2026.

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