That Life vs Bayview
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Bayview
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Bayview: Life Simulator is a cozy life simulation game set in a seaside city of four neighborhoods. Pick your hero, find a job, make friends with your neighbors and turn a tiny studio into a home you love. Explore the city on foot, by bike or by car and live your city life your way. WORK YOUR WAY UP • Seven jobs: barista, cashier, food truck cook, smoothie maker, diner server, delivery rider and taxi driver • Serve real orders at the counter, ride across town with deliveries, drive passengers to their stops • Earn tips and get promoted: from Barista to Café manager, from Taxi driver to Limo driver A CITY THAT LIVES • Four districts to explore: busy Midtown, the cobbled Old Quarter, sunny Bayside and leafy Maple • Take the metro, ride a bike or a moped, or buy your own car • Day and night, rain and sunshine, neighbors with their own routines • Weekly events: Friday concerts, the Saturday market, beach bonfires, jazz in the park and the Sunday Fun Run FRIENDS AND STORIES • Over 40 neighbors with personalities, favorite topics and stories to discover • Chat, bring flowers, help with their requests and become close friends MAKE IT YOURS • Rent a loft, a sea-view flat or a house with a garden, and decorate it your way • Cook recipes in a hands-on kitchen mini-game, play the guitar, paint your own pictures and take photos all over town • Go fishing at the pier, carve pumpkins at the October Harvest Fair and complete your collections PLAY YOUR WAY • Play as long as you like: no waiting, no game over, life simply goes on • Short sessions that fit into your day, and it plays offline • Available in 11 languages If you enjoy life simulator games, cozy simulation games and games you can play offline, Bayview is waiting for you by the bay. Bayview is free to play. It shows ads only at natural breaks, such as the end of a shift, going to sleep or a metro ride. Watching a rewarded ad is always optional.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bayview at none against That Life's 1. 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
Both are free to download. That Life sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bayview asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | That Life | Bayview |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Daily | — |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kirk Dickey | ILHAN ISIK |
In-app purchases
That Life
- Remove Ads Forever$4.99
Bayview
No in-app purchases








