Comparison

Make Me a Salad 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

Make Me a Salad

Features
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Craving a puzzle that feels like a warm kitchen? Make Me a Salad is a cozy 3D spin-to-serve puzzle: rotate three wooden rings, line up matching ingredients, and watch them fly onto the plate. No timers pressuring you. No reading required. Just you, a spinning pantry, and one more recipe before bed. HOW IT WORKS * Swipe a ring to spin it — line up 3 of the same ingredient from plate to rim and it serves itself * Ten adorable toy ingredients, from squishy tomatoes to glossy fried eggs * 100 hand-tuned recipes across a winding level map ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW * A new twist every ten levels: frozen foods, wildcard stars, locked rings, caramel glaze, mystery domes and more * Pantry Box surprises after every win — will it be a jackpot? * Daily streak gifts and a Recipe Book that remembers every dish you've mastered MADE TO RELAX * Chunky glossy-toy graphics, a golden-hour kitchen, and gentle original music * Stuck? The trusty Spoon, Shuffle, and Oven Blast are in your kitchen drawer * Play a level in two minutes — your stove refills while you're away Pull up a chair. The pantry's spinning. What are we making tonight?

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

Make Me a Salad4 screens
That Life4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Make Me a Salad at none against That Life's 1. That Life's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 days). On price, ads, 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

Both are free to download. That Life sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Make Me a Salad asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Make Me a Salad ships an update every 3 days, That Life daily. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Make Me a Salad versus That Life: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMake Me a SaladThat Life
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—85.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysDaily — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB9 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperZaid AbouqamarKirk Dickey

In-app purchases

None

Make Me a Salad

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

That Life

One-time1
  • Remove Ads Forever$4.99

Questions

Is Make Me a Salad free?
Make Me a Salad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is That Life free?
That Life is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Make Me a Salad or That Life have ads?
Both Make Me a Salad and That Life show ads.
Which is updated more often, Make Me a Salad or That Life?
Make Me a Salad ships an update every 3 days, and That Life daily. Most recently, Make Me a Salad was updated on October 10, 2026 and That Life on October 24, 2026.

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