Comparison

Pack & Ship vs Papers please

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

Head to head
About

Pack & Ship

Manage a parcel company by selecting appropriate boxes, carefully packing items, and preparing them for shipment. Upgrade your workspace and tools to improve efficiency and grow your business. Enjoy a relaxing and satisfying simulation experience with cozy visuals and sounds.

Highlights
  • Select correct box sizes
  • Pack items with care
  • Prepare parcels for delivery
  • Upgrade office and tools
  • Optimize workflow
  • Relaxing ambient sounds
Features
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Run a wholesome shipping business and enjoy the satisfying rhythm of work! In Pack & Ship., you play as a packaging employee at a friendly parcel company. Your job? Follow shipment orders, choose the right box sizes, wrap items neatly, and prepare them for delivery. As you grow, upgrade your office, unlock new tools, and optimize your workflow for faster, safer deliveries. Relax to cozy sounds, soothing visuals, and the simple joy of productivity. Whether you love simulation games or just want a stress-free, feel-good experience — Pack & Ship. is the perfect place to unwind and organize your way to success. Features: Choose the right box for every order Pack and ship with precision and care Upgrade your office and expand your business Relax with cozy music and soft ambient sounds Enjoy the satisfying routine of a peaceful workday

About

Papers please

A doorman horror game where you must verify visitors to an apartment building. Decide whether to let them in or turn them away based on their identity documents and suspicious behavior. Earn money to unlock new buildings and face increasingly clever fakes.

Highlights
  • Verify visitor identities
  • Inspect identity documents
  • Listen to visitor stories
  • Build and upgrade apartment blocks
  • Collect character catalog
  • One-handed mobile play
Features
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Someone is knocking. Before you touch that lock, ask yourself: is it really them? Let Them In? is a doorman horror game. You run the night shift of a crumbling apartment building where doppelgangers knock on the door wearing your tenants' faces. Your job: verify every visitor and decide — let them in, turn them away, or worse. HOW A SHIFT WORKS - Watch the peephole as each visitor walks up to your door - Talk to them: name, phone number, their story - Demand the identity document and compare every field - Dial their number on the lobby phone and see if the line matches - Smell the air, check lip color, watch for anything… off - Complete the checklist and make the call: approve or refuse Every correct decision pays. Refuse a real human and the neighborhood turns on you. Let a doppelganger inside and you will hear what happens to the tenants through the walls. BUILD YOUR BLOCK Earn money on every shift, unlock new buildings across the map, fill apartments with verified tenants and grow from one creepy lobby to a whole district. New days bring new tools — and smarter fakes. A CATALOG OF FACES Every character you meet is registered in your catalog: the honest, the suspicious and the things pretending to be people. Collect them all — if you dare to open the door long enough. Inspired by the paranoia of document-checking classics, tuned for one-handed mobile play. Short shifts, heavy dread, no filler. Would YOU open the door? Privacy Policy: https://aplicativossociaiseconsultas.blogspot.com/2026/07/privacy-policy-let-them-in.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Pack & Ship4 screens
Papers please4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Papers please at 4.3 against Pack & Ship's 2.9. Papers please also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 months). Pack & Ship's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads 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. Pack & Ship sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Papers please asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Papers please holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Pack & Ship's written reviews are positive against 33% of Papers please's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pack & Ship ships an update every 6 months, Papers please every 9 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Pack & Ship versus Papers please: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPack & ShipPapers please
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (7 ratings)4.3 (21 ratings) — better
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews33.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings721 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size718 MB105 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerwaiba gherabJESSICA NASCIMENTO

Customer experience

Pack & Ship

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral50.0%
Negative33.3%

Papers please

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pack & Ship

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
None

Papers please

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pack & Ship free?
Pack & Ship is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Papers please free?
Papers please is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pack & Ship or Papers please?
Papers please is rated higher. Pack & Ship averages 2.9 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Papers please averages 4.3 from 21 ratings.
Do Pack & Ship or Papers please have ads?
Both Pack & Ship and Papers please show ads.
Which is updated more often, Pack & Ship or Papers please?
Pack & Ship ships an update every 6 months, and Papers please every 9 days. Most recently, Pack & Ship was updated on November 5, 2026 and Papers please on November 5, 2026.

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