Comparison

Plug vs Sys Admin Sim

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

Head to head
About

Plug

Build and manage a global dealer empire on a real-world map. Automate your operations to earn offline profits and expand your territory across cities and continents. Compete with rivals in real-time events and unlock powerful upgrades.

Highlights
  • Build empire on real-world live map
  • Automate operations for offline profit
  • Expand territory city by city
  • Hire managers and unlock upgrades
  • Compete in real-time events
  • Idle tycoon and incremental progression
Currently charting
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Run the streets. Build an empire. On a REAL-WORLD map. Plug drops you into the game on an actual map of your city — grow it, move it, deal it, and launder the cash before the cops (or a rival cartel) shut you down. From a single corner to a transnational operation: • GROW & COOK — Farms, labs and fronts. Run the whole supply chain end to end. • DEAL ON A REAL MAP — Claim corners, post your crew, watch the money roll in across actual streets. • MOVE THE PRODUCT — Trucks, drivers, trains and planes. Build smuggling routes across cities and borders. • LAUNDER THE CASH — Front businesses turn dirty money clean. Don't get caught holding. • MANAGE THE HEAT — Bribe the mayor, dodge raids, bail your crew out of prison. Every move raises the stakes. • BUILD YOUR CARTEL — Recruit lieutenants, upgrade everything, rise from corner hustler to kingpin. No two empires are the same —it all plays out on the real map where YOU live. Think you can run the city? Build your plug. Become the kingpin. T&C: https://zebra.rodeo/terms-of-service/ Privacy: https://zebra.rodeo/terms-of-service/

About

Sys Admin Sim

Manage a company's IT infrastructure by resolving technical issues, upgrading systems, and developing new skills. Every choice impacts the network's stability and your career progression. Become the ultimate system administrator.

Highlights
  • Solve technical tickets
  • Fight system outages
  • Upgrade company systems
  • Unlock new skills
  • Build a sysadmin career
Features
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Solve tickets, fight outages, upgrade systems, unlock skills, and keep your company’s tech from melting down. Every decision matters. Every alert is a test. Every user… is a new kind of chaos. Build your career. Master your tools. Rule the network. Become the SysAdmin you were destined to be.

Screenshots

Plug4 screens
Sys Admin Sim4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Plug at Free against Sys Admin Sim's $0.99. Plug also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (1.8K vs 1). Sys Admin Sim's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 17) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). On 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

Plug is free to download; Sys Admin Sim costs $0.99 up front. Plug sells 17 one-off in-app purchases. Sys Admin Sim asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Plug holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plug has 1.8K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Plug's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sys Admin Sim's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Plug versus Sys Admin Sim: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlugSys Admin Sim
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.7 (1.8K ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews75.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.8K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#161 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB4 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperNocturne GamesDwayne Woodson

Customer experience

Plug

All ratings1,754 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral3.6%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews191 reviews
Positive75.4%
Neutral8.4%
Negative16.2%

Sys Admin Sim

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

17 purchases

Plug

One-time17
  • Lab Boost I$0.99
  • Production Speed I$0.99
  • Distribution I$0.99
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  • Discretion I$0.99
  • Driver Upgrade 1$0.99
  • Dryer Upgrade 1$0.99
  • Farm Upgrade 1$0.99
  • Driver Upgrade 2$2.99
  • Farm Upgrade 2$2.99
  • Dryer Upgrade 2$2.99
  • Driver Upgrade 3$4.99
  • Clean Money - $10K$4.99
  • Dryer Upgrade 3$4.99
  • Clean Money - $50K$12.99
  • Clean Money - $100K$19.99
  • Premium$29.99
  • Empire Bundle$39.99
None

Sys Admin Sim

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Plug free?
Plug is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sys Admin Sim free?
Sys Admin Sim costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Plug or Sys Admin Sim?
Plug is rated higher. Plug averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.8K ratings, while Sys Admin Sim averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Plug or Sys Admin Sim have ads?
Neither Plug nor Sys Admin Sim shows ads.

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