Comparison

SymLife vs Second Chance

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

Head to head
About

SymLife

Experience a text-based life simulator where you make choices from birth to death. Shape your destiny, build relationships, and see how different paths unfold. Each playthrough offers a unique story.

Highlights
  • Text-based life simulation
  • Branching storylines
  • Choice-driven gameplay
  • Character stat management
  • Family and relationship building
  • Legacy progression
Features
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Born somewhere random. Gone someday. Everything in between is yours to decide. SymLife is a text life simulator where every tap writes another chapter of a brand-new life. Spawn as a newborn anywhere on Earth, then age up one year at a time and make the choices that decide who you become, honor-roll kid or class clown, surgeon or scammer, pop star or president, devoted parent or ruthless crime boss. Reach the end and start again. No two lives are ever the same. HOW IT PLAYS Tap Age Up to live another year and see what life throws at you. Balance Happiness, Health, Smarts and Looks. React to random events, dilemmas and branching storylines, every choice ripples forward. Build karma or notoriety. Become a saint, a villain, or something in between. GROW UP Choose your birthplace from countries and cities around the world. Power through elementary, high school and college. Join extracurriculars, learn languages, and shape your stats. LOVE & FAMILY Date, fall in love, marry — or play the field. Raise kids, grow a sprawling family tree, and pass down a legacy. Juggle friends, rivals, exes and in-laws.

About

Second Chance

Experience a lifetime of choices, from birth to legacy. Build a career, find love, raise a family, and amass wealth. Explore unique paths like becoming a vampire, royalty, or a famous personality.

Highlights
  • Age up year by year
  • Climb career ladder
  • Build relationships and family
  • Accumulate wealth and investments
  • Live as a vampire, royalty, or celebrity
  • Leave a legacy score
  • Start new lives with different paths
Features
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Live the life you dream of. Second Chance puts your whole story in your hands. You are born as a baby, and from your very first breath every choice is yours. Age up one year at a time and watch a lifetime take shape. CLIMB YOUR CAREER Start with your first part-time job and work your way up. Study, build real skills, earn promotions, and rise into elite careers. Every year is a fresh chance to become who you want to be. LOVE & FAMILY Meet people, date, fall in love, and marry. Raise children and pass your story on. When your time comes, continue as your heir and carry your dynasty forward across generations. BUILD YOUR FORTUNE Turn hard work into wealth. Buy homes, make smart investments, and grow a first paycheck into an empire. Every dollar becomes part of your story. LIVE A SPECIAL LIFE Go beyond an ordinary lifetime: - Vampire: live for centuries under a whole different set of rules. - Royalty: wear the crown and rule your realm. - Fame: chase the spotlight and become a household name. LEAVE A LEGACY Collect trophies for the milestones you reach and shape a legacy score that measures the life you built. Then begin again and try a completely different path. STORIES THAT STAY WITH YOU Discover 30 optional stories with people already in your life, including family, romance and personal-help moments with later callbacks. Recorded choices shape their conversations and endings. WRITE YOUR FIRST COLLECTION Follow your short-story collection from planning and drafting through revision, editing and publication. Discuss the ending with a friend, decide what to keep or cut, and read their response when the book is published. REMEMBER A LIFE At the end of a life, look back on your portrait, milestones and up to three saved relationship memories. Revisit the conversations and choices you actually shared. Your whole life, one choice at a time. Start your story today. Build a life, make choices and continue as your heir. Play the core game free, with optional one-time purchases for special lives, Time Machine, Revive and Premium. Premium includes family continuation beyond generation 2. No subscription.

Screenshots

SymLife4 screens
Second Chance4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Second Chance at Free against SymLife's $2.49. SymLife's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 7). On ratings volume, 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

Second Chance is free to download; SymLife costs $2.49 up front. Second Chance sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. SymLife asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SymLife holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SymLife versus Second Chance: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSymLifeSecond Chance
Price$2.49Free — better
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings22
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB61 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperRichard DeBanksPocket Grove Ltd

Customer experience

SymLife

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Second Chance

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

SymLife

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Second Chance

One-time7
  • Fame$4.99
  • Time Machine$4.99
  • Royalty$4.99
Show 4 more
  • Vampire$4.99
  • Revive$4.99
  • All-Access Bundle$9.99
  • Unlock Everything$19.99

Questions

Is SymLife free?
SymLife costs $2.49, with no in-app purchases.
Is Second Chance free?
Second Chance is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SymLife or Second Chance?
SymLife is rated higher. SymLife averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Second Chance averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do SymLife or Second Chance have ads?
Neither SymLife nor Second Chance shows ads.

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