Comparison

Downing Draft vs Long Live

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

Head to head
About

Downing Draft

Lead your nation as Prime Minister in this replayable political strategy game. Draft a cabinet, set national priorities, and make impactful decisions to shape your legacy. See how your choices play out and compare your performance to historical leaders.

Highlights
  • Draft a cabinet from a deck of candidates
  • Assign ministers to government offices
  • Set national priorities and economic approach
  • Commit to a signature pledge
  • Receive a full verdict on your performance
  • Share your results easily
Features
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You're the new Prime Minister. A recession is already underway, the public is restless, and the only thing standing between you and history is the government you build. Downing Draft is a quick, replayable political strategy game. Draw your ministers, assign them to the right briefs, set your priorities, and pick the signature pledge that will define your time in office - then watch how your choices play out. HOW IT PLAYS - Name your Prime Minister and party - Draft a cabinet from a rolling deck of candidates - re-roll if you don't like the hand you're dealt - Match ministers to the jobs that suit them across eight great offices of state - Choose your economic approach, governing style and three national priorities - Commit to a signature pledge and live with the consequences YOUR LEGACY When the dust settles you get a full verdict: how many years you survived, your exit approval, your election result, a scorecard across government performance, political capital, cabinet cohesion and your signature policy - plus how you compare to real prime ministers. Share your result with a single tap. Pick up and play in minutes. Optional sign-in with Apple or Google lets you save your progress and personalise your profile. For entertainment only. Player ratings and outcomes are fictional game mechanics, not factual assessments of any real person, party or government.

About

Long Live

Lead a kingdom through strategic decisions and diplomacy across various historical eras. Manage six factions, engage in diplomacy or warfare with rival dynasties, and choose your heir to shape your reign. The ultimate goal is to conquer the world and then the stars.

Highlights
  • Over 600 hand-written decisions with consequences
  • Living world map for diplomacy and conquest
  • Named rival dynasties with long memories
  • Six historical eras
  • Choose your heir with unique strengths and weaknesses
  • Multiple difficulty levels
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You are the crown. From Roman Britain to the red dust of Mars, every decision that reaches your throne is yours alone — and none of them are simple. Six factions surround you: the Council, the Nobles, the Commons, the People, the Press and the powers abroad. Each wants something different. Let any one of them fall to nothing and they will remove you, permanently. Keep them all content and you may last a decade longer than the last ruler did. Between the decisions lies a living world map. Every rival nation is a named house with its own ruler, its own grudges and a long memory. Send them gifts. Plant a spy in their court. Fund unrest in their provinces until the ground is soft enough to march on. Marry into them, absorb them by treaty, or take them by force — and discover that a province taken at swordpoint stays disloyal for a generation, while one won by marriage settles in a season. Rule with an iron hand and your revolts are easily crushed — but keep your army strong, or the generals will come for you. Rule with an open hand and your provinces grow loyal and forgiving — but the world will read it as weakness, and act on it. When your ruler dies, you choose between heirs: the darling of the army, the people's own, the brilliant but frail, the child betrothed to a foreign house. Their gifts and flaws shape the entire reign that follows. FEATURES • Over 600 hand-written decisions, each with real consequences • A living world map with real geography — court, spy on, undermine or conquer any nation at any time • Named rival dynasties that remember what you did to them, across generations • Six eras of history, from Roman Britain to interplanetary rule, each with its own crises • Two victories to aim for: win the whole world, then rule on and conquer the stars • Choose your heir, and inherit their strengths and weaknesses • Events summoned by the state of your realm: starve the people and riots come; grow rich and foreign kings develop an interest in your ports • Three difficulties, from a forgiving first dynasty to a crown everyone wants • No adverts. No in-app purchases. No internet required. One price, the whole game. How long can your house last?

Screenshots

Downing Draft4 screens
Long Live4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Downing Draft at Free against Long Live's $0.99. Downing Draft also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). Long Live's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment, device support 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

Downing Draft is free to download; Long Live costs $0.99 up front. Downing Draft sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Long Live asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Downing Draft ships an update every 5 days, Long Live fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Downing Draft versus Long Live: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDowning DraftLong Live
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews85.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB6 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperNEUROCHAMPS LTDNICHOLAS EVAN FORD

Customer experience

Downing Draft

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative8.3%

Long Live

Written reviews20 reviews
Positive85.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative10.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Downing Draft

One-time6
  • Starter Points Pack$0.99
  • Small Points Pack$0.99
  • Parliament Week Pass$2.99
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  • Medium Points Pack$2.99
  • Large Points Pack$4.99
  • Parliament Pass$9.99
None

Long Live

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Downing Draft free?
Downing Draft is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Long Live free?
Long Live costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Downing Draft or Long Live have ads?
Downing Draft shows ads; Long Live does not.
Which is updated more often, Downing Draft or Long Live?
Downing Draft ships an update every 5 days, and Long Live fortnightly. Most recently, Downing Draft was updated on November 10, 2026 and Long Live on November 10, 2026.

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