Harena vs Game Life
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Harena
Explore a dynamic sandbox with over 165 materials, including sand, water, lava, and creatures. Simulate complex reactions, manage heat and electricity, and even control a character in a vast, offline world.
- 165+ materials with unique properties
- Complex heat and reaction simulation
- Electricity and magnetism mechanics
- Wind, pressure, and airflow simulation
- Playable creatures and steerable character
- Offline play with save slots
- Multiple simulation views
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- 165 materials: sand, water, lava, acid, metals, gases, plants, creatures. 32 of them are made only by reaction - Grids up to 2048 x 1152, 2.36 million cells, every cell simulated - Heat: every material has a melting, boiling and ignition point, and latent heat - Reactions have a temperature window, and each one you find is logged in the codex - Four views: material, thermal, velocity and air flow - Electricity: wire, battery, diode, lamp, and heat, cold and wind sensors - Optics and magnetism: laser, mirror, prism, two magnets, pump - Wind and pressure: smoke, spores and ash are carried by the air - Creatures and vehicles, including a character you steer yourself - Six starting worlds, ten save slots, undo, pinch to zoom and pan. Landscape only, playable offline
Game Life
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A tiny universe that runs on three simple rules. A live cell with two or three neighbours survives. An empty cell with exactly three comes alive. Everything else dies. Draw a few cells, press Play and watch gliders fly, oscillators pulse and chaos settle into still life. SEE WHAT'S COMING Every cell is coloured by its fate: green lives on, red dies next generation, grey is about to be born. Lookahead shows the board 1 to 55 generations into the future. WATCH THE AGES GLOW Aura mode colours cells by how long they have survived, from fresh green to ancient violet, with fading trails behind everything that moves. ELEVEN PUZZLES From surviving 20 generations to holding a zone, outlasting a shrinking arena and sending cells across the board. Your best (fewest generations) is saved for every challenge. HEAR YOUR PATTERNS Music Box sweeps a line across the board, and every live cell it passes plays a note. Draw a melody and let it evolve. MADE FOR TOUCH AND APPLE PENCIL Draw and erase with a finger, pinch to zoom, drag with two fingers. With Apple Pencil, the Pencil draws and your finger moves the board. Stamp classic patterns with rotate and mirror, load curated scenes, step backwards in time, and try HighLife, Day & Night and Seeds in the Rule Lab. Works offline. No ads. No tracking. No accounts. English · 中文
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Game Life at none against Harena's shown. Harena's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Harena | Game Life |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SATOSHI MAEDA | Houfu Chen |
In-app purchases
Harena
No in-app purchases
Game Life
No in-app purchases
