Comparison

WiseMan vs From The Mud

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

Head to head
About

WiseMan

Lead a criminal empire from a small-time operator to a feared boss in this choice-driven story game. Build your crew, forge alliances, and make critical decisions that shape your path to power. Survive betrayal and explore different outcomes for high replayability.

Highlights
  • Story-driven campaigns
  • Build your crew
  • Survive betrayal
  • Choice-driven narrative
  • High replayability
Features
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You are born with nothing — a name, a country, and a family you did not choose. From there, one year at a time, you decide who you become. WiseMan is a life simulator. The street is one road, not the only one. You can stay in school and become a doctor. You can open a shop and turn it into a holding company. You can run for office. Or you can take the other door, and find out what it costs. ONE CHOICE A YEAR Every year hands you a card. A friend needs an alibi. Your father calls for money. A stranger offers you work you shouldn't take. There is no right answer — only the answer you can live with, and the years that follow it. WHAT YOU CHOOSE COMES BACK A choice is not a number. Take the blame for someone today and, six years from now, a door opens that was closed to everyone else. Look away, and someone remembers. The game keeps your record and reads it back to you. THE INFLUENCE LADDER Street, money, office and name — four pillars, one score, seven rungs, from Kid of the Block to Legend. The top rungs do not fit inside a single life: a dynasty needs a second generation, a legend a third. A WHOLE LIFE, NOT A MENU Fall in love, marry, raise children, lose people. Study, work, get promoted, get fired. Buy a car, a shop, a house, a ship. Get sick, get old. Chronic illness does not go away — you manage it, and pay for it, for the rest of your life. Prison changes what people will do with you afterwards. WHEN YOU DIE, IT ISN'T OVER Your child inherits your name, your debts and your reputation. The Dynasty Book records the peak of every life — not the moment you died, but the highest you ever stood. BORN ANYWHERE Pick from over 250 countries and regions. Where you are born changes the names around you, the money in the house, the schools, the work, and the roads open to you. 22 LANGUAGES Written for each language, not run through a translator. Free to play. Optional purchases and rewarded ads; you can remove ads for good. No account, no sign-up. Your save lives on your phone and the game works offline.

About

From The Mud

Features
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FROM THE MUD is a come-up life simulator. You start broke with a ticking life clock, and every action spends a day. Turn pocket change into an empire before time runs out. - Grind the block: buy low, grade your product, flip it or put runners on it. - Build a music career: cop beats, drop singles, press CDs, sling merch, earn royalties. - Play the market: a live, volatile in-game crypto market and a buy-low sell-high pawn game. - Go legit: buy businesses and real estate for passive income every single day. - Beat the clock: better housing, food, and insurance buy back years of life. - Achievements, save/continue, and a full run recap when your time runs out. Everything is fictional. All currency is virtual and cannot be cashed out.

Screenshots

WiseMan4 screens
From The Mud4 screens

Verdict

The call

WiseMan and From The Mud are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. WiseMan sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and From The Mud sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
WiseMan versus From The Mud: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWiseManFrom The Mud
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (64 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews69.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings64 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size143 MB61 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperMahmut AkyolERNEST BLAIS

In-app purchases

13 purchases

WiseMan

One-time13
  • 50 GEMS PACK$0.99
  • 150 Gems Pack$1.99
  • Starter Pack$1.99
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  • Captain Pack$4.99
  • Remove Ads$4.99
  • Prison Life$4.99
  • Family Legacy$4.99
  • Sea Empire$4.99
  • 500 Gems Pack$4.99
  • Boss Pack$6.99
  • Enterprise Pack$9.99
  • Don Pack$9.99
  • All Expansions$19.99
10 purchases

From The Mud

One-time10
  • $25K Cash$1.99
  • Clean Slate$1.99
  • $75K Cash$2.99
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  • Premium Unlock$4.99
  • $250K Cash$4.99
  • Come Up Bundle$5.99
  • +60 Years of Life$6.99
  • $1M Cash$9.99
  • Boss Moves Bundle$9.99
  • Empire Bundle$19.99

Questions

Is WiseMan free?
WiseMan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is From The Mud free?
From The Mud is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do WiseMan or From The Mud have ads?
Both WiseMan and From The Mud show ads.

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