Comparison

From The Mud vs That Life

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

Head to head
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.

About

That Life

An East Coast-inspired pixel-art RPG where you build your character and make a name for yourself in a sprawling city. Explore districts, take on jobs, customize your style, and decide whether to join a crew or go solo.

Highlights
  • Pixel-art city exploration
  • Character customization
  • Jobs and reputation system
  • Crew or solo gameplay
  • Vehicle and property ownership
  • In-game phone with apps
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That Life is an East Coast-inspired pixel-art street-life RPG set in fictional Bellmore City and County. Create your character and decide how you will make a name for yourself. Explore five city districts and the County, take on story jobs and repeatable work, build your reputation, customize your style, collect rides, buy property, and join a crew or run solo. MAKE YOUR OWN LIFE • Explore shops, traffic, neighborhoods, homes, businesses, and local characters. • Customize hairstyles, clothing, accessories, and your home. • Follow story objectives or earn through clean work, crafting, property, and other in-game activities. • Use your phone for maps, guides, jobs, collections, records, and city updates. • Continue your local campaign without an account. TAKE A COUNTY BREAK • Play 1–18 holes at Stonegate against a golf opponent, with par-3/4/5 holes, clubs, wind, shot cameras, scorecards, and saved continuation. • Compare completed 9- and 18-hole golf scores by difficulty, birdies, race wins, catches, deliveries, and other solo activity records on optional leaderboards. • Harvest and explore Hollow Run Farm & Trail, then deliver produce back in the city. FACE LIVE RIVALS • Choose Classic Duel or nine new real-time modes: Hot Block, Double Cross, Hot Package, Last Clip, Ride or Die, Block Hustle, Last Delivery, Corner Store Clash, and Blend In. • Compete in crew objectives, courier races, shop competition, and hide-and-seek with equal match equipment and clearly labeled AI practice. • Challenge mutual friends and compare mode wins, with human-only and AI/mixed records kept separate. KEEP THE CITY MOVING • Return to City War for persistent AI rivals, Trap Raid and Block Hold operations, five city fronts, Set competition, and a separate County Line wildcard. • Connect optionally through The Wire for mutual-friend messages, private groups, clan chat, and house visits. Reporting, blocking, and profile deletion are available. Online features require an internet connection. • Experience Jail Life with work, training, commissary, contacts, and reentry goals. That Life is fictional entertainment. All locations and characters are fictional. In-game money, products, businesses, crimes, and events have no real-world cash value.

Screenshots

From The Mud4 screens
That Life4 screens

Verdict

The call

From The Mud and That Life 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. From The Mud sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and That Life sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
From The Mud versus That Life: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFrom The MudThat Life
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—85.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequency—Daily
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB9 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperERNEST BLAISKirk Dickey

In-app purchases

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
1 purchases

That Life

One-time1
  • Remove Ads Forever$4.99

Questions

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

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