Comparison

Second Chance vs Afteryears

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

Head to head
About

Second Chance

Live a simulated life from birth to death, making choices that shape your career, family, and fortune. Explore special lives like royalty or vampirism, and continue your story through generations. Leave a legacy and start new lives to experience different paths.

Highlights
  • Simulated life from birth
  • Career progression
  • Family and relationships
  • Wealth building
  • Special life paths (Vampire, Royalty, Fame)
  • Generational play
  • Storytelling and legacy building
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.

About

Afteryears

Features
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Every choice leaves a trace. Afteryears is a life simulation game where small decisions can shape the decades ahead. Start at age 18 and experience a life filled with friendships, relationships, career choices, money, health, habits and unexpected events. Some decisions bring immediate rewards. Others quietly change what may happen years later. There is no perfect path. Work harder and your career may grow — but so can stress. Stay up late with friends and strengthen your relationships — while slowly forming new habits. Save your money, take risks, fall in love, change careers, build a family, or simply choose a different way to live. Your past is never completely forgotten. YOUR CHOICES HAVE CONSEQUENCES Events are influenced by your previous decisions, habits, relationships and life history. The same situation may lead to very different futures in different lives. DISCOVER HIDDEN CONNECTIONS Not every consequence is shown immediately. A choice made in your twenties may quietly influence an event many years later. LIVE A DIFFERENT LIFE EACH TIME Careers, relationships, health, finances and random events combine to create different paths. There is no single correct way to live. BUILD YOUR LIFE STORY Important moments are remembered as your personal timeline grows from year to year. PLAY AT YOUR OWN PACE Afteryears is designed as a single-player experience that can be paused and continued whenever you want. Start your life at 18. Where it goes from there is up to you.

Screenshots

Second Chance4 screens
Afteryears4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Afteryears at 3 against Second Chance's 1. Afteryears also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Second Chance sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Afteryears sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Second Chance versus Afteryears: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSecond ChanceAfteryears
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB21 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPocket Grove Ltd强 王

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Second Chance

One-time7
  • Fame$4.99
  • Time Machine$4.99
  • Royalty$4.99
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  • Vampire$4.99
  • Revive$4.99
  • All-Access Bundle$9.99
  • Unlock Everything$19.99
1 purchases

Afteryears

One-time1
  • Full Life Unlock$0.99

Questions

Is Second Chance free?
Second Chance is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Afteryears free?
Afteryears is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Second Chance or Afteryears have ads?
Neither Second Chance nor Afteryears shows ads.

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