Second Chance vs ZeroLife
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Simulated life from birth
- Career progression
- Family and relationships
- Wealth building
- Special life paths (Vampire, Royalty, Fame)
- Generational play
- Storytelling and legacy building
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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.
ZeroLife
Experience a life simulator where every choice shapes your destiny. Build businesses, enter politics, pursue fame, and manage relationships across generations. Explore diverse careers and life paths, from humble beginnings to global influence.
- Multiple career paths
- Business and company management
- Political simulation
- Relationship and family building
- Generational gameplay
- God Mode for fate control
- Underworld and criminal elements
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Start from zero and write your own life story – week by week, decision by decision. ZeroLife is a modern life simulator: you decide who you become. Do you study hard, build a business empire or go into politics? Do you get famous – or quietly rich? Every decision has consequences. NEW: MY COMPANIES • Run up to 5 companies at once – one yourself, the others through management • Buy companies, rescue turnarounds and use the synergy bonus NEW: POWER & POLITICS • From the town council to the highest office – with your country's own offices • Campaigns, TV debates, election nights, coalitions and laws with real effects • Scandals from your past catch up with you NEW: GOD MODE • Steer your person's fate, control wealth and trigger world events • Divine energy, trials and miracles CAREER & BUSINESS • School, apprenticeship, university, almost 50 jobs and side jobs from age 14 • Found your own company – from a small café to an IPO • Staff, customers, competitors and real business figures • Become a property developer or open your own dealership FAME & SPOTLIGHT • Become an influencer, musician or pro footballer – with fans, sponsors and scandals • After the career: coach, TV pundit or your own brand LOVE, FAMILY & GENERATIONS • Dates, weddings, children, siblings and pets • Relationships with real consequences – up to break-ups, custody and child support • Play on as your children and build your life's work THE UNDERWORLD • The dark side of life: dirty money, a rising wanted level, prison – or getting out MONEY, PROPERTY & WORLD • Bank account, loans, stocks and an ETF savings plan • Buy, build and rent out houses and apartments • Driver's license, dream car and trips with family and friends • Live in 15 cities worldwide – with real local currencies NEW EVERY WEEK • Leagues with rivals and winners, plus the weekly challenge • 30 life goals, stories with twists and a daily gift • Character Studio, light and dark mode German, English, Spanish, Turkish, Japanese and Korean · Game Center · iCloud backup Optional: ad-free, Premium and the expansions Underworld, God Mode and Power via in-app purchase. Voluntary videos unlock bonuses. All money in the game is fictional in-game cash and cannot be paid out.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ZeroLife at 4.7 against Second Chance's 3.0. ZeroLife also leads on update cadence (daily vs weekly) and ratings volume (38 vs 2). Second Chance's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Second Chance sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and ZeroLife sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ZeroLife holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ZeroLife has 38 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Second Chance ships an update weekly, ZeroLife daily. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Second Chance | ZeroLife |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.7 (38 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 77.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 38 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 137 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Pocket Grove Ltd | Asya Donmez |
Customer experience
Second Chance
ZeroLife
In-app purchases
Second Chance
- 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
ZeroLife
- Starter Pack$1.99
- Time Machine · 3 Jumps$1.99
- God Mode (Premium price)$2.99
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- God Mode$3.99
- Power (Premium price)$3.99
- Power – Politics$5.99
- Underworld – The Dark Side$5.99
- 3 in 1 (Premium price)$8.99
- ZeroLife Premium$8.99
- 3 in 1 – The Whole Life$11.99









