Comparison

MidnightMarket vs Night Auction

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

Head to head
About

MidnightMarket

Engage in a unique trading simulation where you buy low and sell high in a mysterious night market. Analyze market trends, interact with diverse customers, and make strategic decisions to build your business and earn profits.

Highlights
  • Buy low, sell high trading
  • Market trend analysis
  • Collect over 1,000 unique items
  • Interact with diverse customers
  • Strategic decision-making for profit
  • Simple controls, intuitive systems
Features
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When night falls, the trading begins! Enter the Midnight Market, a mysterious marketplace that only opens after dark. Buy items at low prices, analyze changing market trends, and sell at the perfect moment. Your strategy determines your profit. [Synopsis] One exhausting night, the protagonist receives a letter from her late grandfather. Inside the letter is the key to an old pawn shop, along with his final wish—to continue the family business. Returning to her hometown, she opens the dusty shop and encounters a strange doll waiting inside. The doll speaks: “This shop only opens at night.” That night, the bell rings… and mysterious customers begin to appear. Trade mysterious items and build your own night market. Experience: - Buy low, sell high trading gameplay - Your judgment determines item value - Collect over 1,000 unique items - Interact with diverse customers - Big profits through strategic decisions Simple controls, intuitive systems. But reading the market is up to you. Earn even in short sessions, and seize bigger opportunities as the night deepens. Become the ultimate night trader.

About

Night Auction

Features
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Win treasures cheap and cash them in for a fortune. A night auction game against eight rival bidders. One curious lot after another comes up to the rostrum of a lamplit auction hall. You never know what a lot is really worth until the hammer falls and the certificate opens. Your clues are your rivals' faces and the morning paper. HOW IT PLAYS - Five lots a day. When the clock runs out, the highest bid wins - At the end of the day, every lot you won is cashed in at its appraised value; the difference from what you paid is your profit - Your cash carries over from day to day. Your score is your total profit over five days - At the end of each day, you can buy one of three cards that work only tomorrow - Lose money on a day, and you can watch an ad to replay that day with new lots, once per run - Your scores are kept in Rankings on your device READING THE ROOM - Eight rival bidders, each with favourite and least favourite kinds of lot - Rivals start to sweat as the price nears their limit. +$100, +$1,000 and +$10,000 each get a different reaction - If the rival bidder who knows this kind of lot best stays away, it may be a fake - Each morning's newspaper stories move that day's sale. How they move it is printed under each story - The last seven days of sales stay in your Notes. Working out the rival bidders is up to you DAILY SALE - Once a day, one night with the same five lots on every device. Hidden among them is the day's masterpiece COLLECT - Every lot you ever win joins your Collection: 120 in all, in 30 sets of four. Complete a set to unlock its story - The more of one kind you collect, the higher your appraisal level: first a price guide, then your rivals' specialities, then, once a day, whether a lot is real A day's sale takes a few minutes. Free to play. Ads appear at breaks, such as the end of a day. In-game money cannot be exchanged for real money. Available in English and Japanese.

Screenshots

MidnightMarket4 screens
Night Auction4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Night Auction at none against MidnightMarket's 25. Night Auction also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). MidnightMarket's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. MidnightMarket sells 25 one-off in-app purchases. Night Auction asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MidnightMarket ships an update every 5 days, Night Auction every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
MidnightMarket versus Night Auction: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMidnightMarketNight Auction
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews97.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size454 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRawhandO2Cafe

In-app purchases

25 purchases

MidnightMarket

One-time25
  • Step-Up Package 5$0.99
  • Step-Up Package 6$0.99
  • 3-Day Package 1$0.99
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  • Gift for Office Workers$1.99
  • Step-Up Package 3$1.99
  • Step-Up Package 4$1.99
  • Step-Up Package 7$1.99
  • Step-Up Package 8$1.99
  • Remove Interstitial Ads$1.99
  • 3-Day Package 2$1.99
  • Mistress of the Night Outfit$3.99
  • White Mafia Outfit$3.99
  • Halloween Outfit$3.99
  • Occult Gathering Invitation$3.99
  • Hire Staff$3.99
  • Hanbok Outfit$3.99
  • Alien Shark Outfit$3.99
  • Remove Ads$3.99
  • 3-Day Package 3$3.99
  • Monthly Pass$3.99
  • Notoriety Pass$4.99
  • Prestige Pass$4.99
  • Gallery Pass$4.99
  • Bulk Magic Stone Pouch$6.99
  • Mega Magic Stone Pouch$14.99
None

Night Auction

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MidnightMarket free?
MidnightMarket is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Night Auction free?
Night Auction is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MidnightMarket or Night Auction have ads?
Both MidnightMarket and Night Auction show ads.
Which is updated more often, MidnightMarket or Night Auction?
MidnightMarket ships an update every 5 days, and Night Auction every 2 days. Most recently, MidnightMarket was updated on October 31, 2026 and Night Auction on October 31, 2026.

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