Comparison

Fantasy Life i vs Tearscape

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

Head to head
About

Fantasy Life i

Embark on a slow-life RPG adventure on mobile, exploring a vast open world, building your own island, and choosing from 14 unique professions. Uncover the mysteries of an uncharted island by traveling between its past and present.

Highlights
  • Open-world exploration
  • Island customization and building
  • 14 unique professions (Lives)
  • Crafting and cooking systems
  • Cross-play with consoles
  • Story-driven adventure
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From thrilling adventures to building up your own island, the anything-goes slow-life RPG comes to mobile! Experience an epic story, explore a vast open world, or simply relax with fishing, cooking, and crafting. Do what you want, whenever and wherever you like—all in the palm of your hand. Start your very own Fantasy Life! ■ Play Anytime on Your Smartphone Whether you want to enjoy a laid-back life as a farmer and grow crops at your own pace, or simply run free across a vast landscape, your fantasy life is always waiting whenever you have a spare moment. Cross-play support lets you play together with friends on both mobile devices and consoles! ■ Guided by a Dragon to a Mysterious Island You are an adventurer who sets sail alongside the archaeologist Edward and his team. Following the guiding light from a fossilized dragon, you discover an uncharted island. The Depths, a mysterious skeletal dragon, and a message from a girl pleading, "Save this world..." Travel between the island's golden age 1,000 years ago and the present day to uncover the mystery behind its destruction! ■ Shape Your Adventure with 14 Unique Lives In this world, a Life is your chosen profession, and each Life has its own identity and playstyle. Switch to a Gathering Life to gather ingredients and materials, a Crafting Life to create weapons and meals, or a Combat Life to battle monsters. Swap between Lives anytime and create a Fantasy Life that's uniquely yours. ■ Craft Your Island Put your Lives to work and gather resources to restore the island to its former glory! Place houses and objects, reshape the landscape, and even create your own rivers and roads to build an island that's truly one of a kind. Expand your home, freely arrange furniture, and customize your interiors! ■ Embark on an Open-World Adventure! Explore the largest continent in the series and venture wherever your heart takes you! Climb towering cliffs, swim across rivers and lakes, or ride across the land on your favorite mount. Oh, and the Teleportation Gate lets you easily travel to the continent from anywhere. *The 2P Family Co-op feature is not available in the mobile version. ▼ Official X https://x.com/FANTASYLIFE_EN ▼ Official Website https://www.fantasylife.jp/fli/en/ ▼ System Requirements Supported OS: iOS 15 or later Please note that even if your device meets the minimum system requirements, performance may vary depending on your device model, usage conditions, or other factors.

About

Tearscape

Embark on a 2D action-adventure in a gothic world, featuring fast-paced combat, exploration, and pixel art. Master precise fighting, unlock new abilities, and delve into challenging dungeons filled with secrets.

Highlights
  • Fast-paced combat
  • Exploration
  • Pixel art style
  • Unlockable abilities
  • Dungeon crawling
  • Boss fights
  • 2-Player Local Co-Op
Features
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FEATURES • Achievements • Cloud Saves • Controller support • 2-Player Local Co-Op (Requires 2 Controllers) Discover a Gothic world in this 2D top-down action-adventure, blending fast-paced combat, exploration, and pixel art inspired by Game Boy Color classics. Fight monstrous foes, unlock new abilities, and explore a non-linear map filled with hidden secrets and dangerous challenges. COMBAT Master precise combat, where every strike and dodge matters. Manage your stamina as you face off against grotesque enemies. You have a limited number of healing flasks so use them wisely. Upgrade your character's stats to remain effective in combat. TOOLS Discover powerful new tools hidden in the dungeons that enhance both combat and exploration. Unlock new abilities to defeat enemies more effectively and access hidden paths, uncovering deeper secrets within the world. DUNGEONS Uncover hidden dungeons throughout Tearscape's dark, interconnected world. Each dungeon holds unique challenges, powerful items, and deadly enemies, pushing your combat and exploration skills to the limit. BOSS FIGHTS Face off against challenging bosses: massive, grotesque creatures born from dark experiments. Each encounter demands precise timing, strategy, and mastery of your abilities to emerge victorious. EXPLORATION Explore the vast, interconnected map filled with branching paths, hidden shortcuts, and secret areas. The non-linear design encourages exploration, rewarding you with powerful items and new abilities. NPCs Encounter a diverse cast of NPCs, some offering guidance, others seeking your help, and a few with their own hidden agendas. Every interaction adds depth to the story.

Screenshots

Fantasy Life i3 screens
Tearscape4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tearscape at $9.99 against Fantasy Life i's $24.99. Tearscape also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and review sentiment (91% vs 76%). Fantasy Life i's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (57 vs 6). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Fantasy Life i costs $24.99 and Tearscape $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fantasy Life i holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fantasy Life i has 57 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 76% of Fantasy Life i's written reviews are positive against 91% of Tearscape's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fantasy Life i ships an update every 3 weeks, Tearscape every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Fantasy Life i versus Tearscape: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFantasy Life iTearscape
Price$24.99$9.99 — better
Rating4.5 (57 ratings) — better4.3 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews76.2% of reviews90.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings57 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#106 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size3.7 GB194 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperLevel-5 Inc.NERDS TAKE OVER

Customer experience

Fantasy Life i

All ratings39 ratings
Positive82.1%
Neutral12.8%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive76.2%
Neutral9.5%
Negative14.3%

Tearscape

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%

In-app purchases

None

Fantasy Life i

No in-app purchases

None

Tearscape

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fantasy Life i free?
Fantasy Life i costs $24.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tearscape free?
Tearscape costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fantasy Life i or Tearscape?
Fantasy Life i is rated higher. Fantasy Life i averages 4.5 out of 5 from 57 ratings, while Tearscape averages 4.3 from 6 ratings.
Do Fantasy Life i or Tearscape have ads?
Neither Fantasy Life i nor Tearscape shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fantasy Life i or Tearscape?
Fantasy Life i ships an update every 3 weeks, and Tearscape every 5 days. Most recently, Fantasy Life i was updated on October 28, 2026 and Tearscape on October 30, 2026.

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