Comparison

FatePlay vs THRIIIVE

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

Head to head
About

FatePlay

Features
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Live a Lifetime of Choices! FatePlay lets you experience an entire lifetime in minutes. Create a unique character—choose a name, appearance, birth region, and zodiac sign—then watch the character evolve through AI-generated portraits from infancy to old age. Every decision matters. Study hard or skip class. Choose supportive friends or follow the wrong crowd. Build a career, take risks, form relationships, and face the consequences. With hundreds of branching life events, dynamic stats, and evolving portraits, each playthrough tells a different story. FEATURES: • AI-Generated Portraits — Your character’s appearance evolves at major milestones and reflects age, lifestyle, and important life choices. • Hundreds of Life Events — Navigate childhood friendships, school decisions, career crossroads, relationships, health challenges, financial choices, and unexpected opportunities. • Branching Storylines — Earlier decisions create consequences and callbacks later in life, giving every playthrough a different path. • Dynamic Stats — Health, Happiness, Intelligence, Wealth, Reputation, and Looks change as you make decisions. Balance them carefully as your story unfolds. • Personalized Experience — Birth region, zodiac sign, appearance, and early choices influence the character and events you encounter. • Multiple Life Stages — Experience infancy, childhood, the teenage years, young adulthood, adulthood, middle age, and senior life, each with distinct events and visual changes. • Second Chances — After an ordinary Game Over, revive your character at the same age and continue the life. Premium includes unlimited Second Chances; non-Premium players can use an available Second Chance Credit. • Share Your Story — When a life ends, share the character’s story, score, and final portrait with friends. Play free through age 15, then choose a monthly subscription or one-time premium purchase to continue the full journey. Optional Second Chance Credits are available as consumable in-app purchases. How long will you live? What will you become? Your next life begins in FatePlay. Support: support@shepherdapps.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

THRIIIVE

Experience a deep life simulation where your decisions have lasting impacts. Build a career, relationships, and wealth, or face the consequences of poor choices like job loss, debt, and legal trouble. Rebuilding and navigating life's challenges is the core of this experience.

Highlights
  • Deep life simulation gameplay
  • Consequential decision-making
  • Career and skill path building
  • Relationship and family management
  • Financial management (bills, debt, credit)
  • Navigating legal and health challenges
  • Business building and wealth pursuit
Features
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Your life doesn’t reset when things get messy. THRIIIVE is a deep life simulation where the choices you make can follow you for years. Build a career. Fall in love. Start a family. Buy a home. Travel. Build wealth. Chase fame. Start a business. Or watch everything go left. Lose your job. Fall behind on bills. Damage relationships. Face health problems. Deal with court, probation, custody issues, housing instability, addiction, bad decisions and the consequences that come after them. Then figure out what happens next. ONE LIFE. CONNECTED CONSEQUENCES. Your career affects your money. Your record can affect your opportunities. Your health can affect your work and relationships. Your finances affect where and how you live. Your choices can affect your family. And rebuilding takes more than tapping “start over.” LIVE MORE THAN ONE KIND OF LIFE • Build careers across different industries and skill paths • Form friendships, relationships and families • Manage money, banking, credit, bills and debt • Rent, own, move and deal with changing living situations • Buy, finance, maintain and customize vehicles • Travel and explore different places • Build businesses and pursue wealth • Navigate health, reproduction and emotional wellbeing • Deal with legal trouble, records and reentry • Survive financial hardship and rebuild after setbacks • Pursue fame, influence and unconventional opportunities Some lives become comfortable. Some become chaotic. Some fall apart completely. THRIIIVE is about what you do next.

Screenshots

FatePlay4 screens
THRIIIVE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: THRIIIVE at weekly against FatePlay's every 4 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. FatePlay sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and THRIIIVE sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FatePlay ships an update every 4 weeks, THRIIIVE weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
FatePlay versus THRIIIVE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFatePlayTHRIIIVE
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.6 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB104 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperShepherd Apps LLCNIA CONERLY

In-app purchases

4 purchases

FatePlay

Subscriptions1
  • FatePlay Monthly Premium$3.991 Month
One-time3
  • 1 Second Chance Credit$0.99
  • 5 Second Chance Credits$3.99
  • One-Time Premium$29.99
10 purchases

THRIIIVE

One-time10
  • Ad-Free$3.99
  • VELVET$9.99
  • Lux Life$9.99
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  • Around the World$9.99
  • Power & State$9.99
  • Fame & Influence$9.99
  • Business Empire$9.99
  • Real Estate$9.99
  • Safety Net & Survival$9.99
  • Major Support$99.99

Questions

Is FatePlay free?
FatePlay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is THRIIIVE free?
THRIIIVE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FatePlay or THRIIIVE have ads?
Neither FatePlay nor THRIIIVE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FatePlay or THRIIIVE?
FatePlay ships an update every 4 weeks, and THRIIIVE weekly. Most recently, FatePlay was updated on October 17, 2026 and THRIIIVE on October 25, 2026.

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