Comparison

Lifeline vs THRIIIVE

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

Head to head
About

Lifeline

Experience a life simulation where every choice matters, from childhood activities to career paths and family legacies. Navigate over a thousand unique events and hundreds of decisions that shape your character's destiny and impact future generations. Discover your earned epitaph and the legacy you leave behind.

Highlights
  • Generational gameplay
  • Extensive career paths
  • Meaningful life choices
  • Inheritable traits
  • Hundreds of unique events
  • Multiple prestige paths
  • End-game epitaphs
Features
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LifeLine is a life, one year at a time. You are born somewhere in the world to a family you did not pick, and what you do at eight is still following you at eighty. Press Age. A year happens: money, people, health, and something you did not see coming. Choose what to do about it. Press Age again. Do that until the stone. A CHILDHOOD THAT ACTUALLY MATTERS Most life sims make you tap through the first eighteen years. LifeLine does not. Take up martial arts, boxing, swimming, music, art, coding, drama, debate or chess. Stay with it year after year and it becomes part of who you are, permanently, as a trait your own children can inherit. Behave at school or cause trouble. Both follow you out of the building at eighteen. THEN THE REST OF IT Sixty-six careers, from barista to neurosurgeon. Ask for a raise and your boss remembers the last time you asked. Buy a house on a mortgage and the bank expects its money. Ten prestige paths that are games of their own: found a company that actually trades, launch a coin and decide whether to run, join a family and rise, run a corner and manage the heat, climb from school board to the White House, enlist and deploy, start a cult, wear a badge or a robe, fight for a title, post until the algorithm loves you. Marriage, children, the friends who drift, the parent who asks for money, the coworker you covered for, the will. More than a thousand hand-written events and over three hundred career decisions, each one a real choice with a real cost. EVERY LIFE ENDS When it does you get a verdict: the epitaph you earned, the life goal you chased, and whether you actually reached it. Eighty epithets to win, fifty-nine things on the bucket list, and a headstone that says what you will be remembered for. Then carry on as one of your own children and watch a family line unfold across generations, traits and money and grudges and all. THE THIRTY PACKS Courtroom, a say when a charge lands. Landlord, tenants with names. Stage and Studio, a band and a label. Pro Sports, from a youth pitch to the draft. Hearts, married life. Bloodline, a trust and a named heir. Golden Years, retirement as its own game. Passport, the world a stamp at a time. Parenthood, each child raised your way. Campus, four college years. Heist, a crew of four and a target. Crown, born in line for a throne. Underworld, crime and a detective who does not forget. Supernatural, ghost hunts and a haunted house. Custody and Family Court, mediation or a judge. Homestead, a farm and the fair. First Responders, fire or ambulance. Hard Lives, six origins that start you behind. Second Chances, six lives that start as an adult. Wardrobe, frames and a stone for your grave. High School, a clique, the team and prom. Estate Planner, trusts and contested wills. Oval Office, a cabinet and impeachment. Family Tree, reunions and old feuds. Streamer, a channel with mods and sponsors. Kennel & Stable, pets you train, show and breed. Block Party, the neighbors, the HOA and the watch. Clinic, a patient list and a practice of your own. Newsroom, sources, stories and a paper of your own. Expedition, one big hard trip at a time. Every pack is a system, never an advantage. Try any one for a whole life with a short clip. THE STORE, HONESTLY There are no forced ads. Not between years, not on the menus, not anywhere. Every ad in LifeLine is a button you choose to press, for something you already wanted: a year taken back, a second chance, a lucky break, one more year at the end. One optional payment unlocks all of those free, plus God Mode and the Time Machine. No subscription, no loot boxes, no energy timers. Nothing that is free ever moves behind a pack. No account. No sign-in. Plays offline, in English, Spanish or Portuguese. Dark by design, with a light mode and larger text. Your save stays on your device, syncs through iCloud if you want it to, and you can export a backup whenever you like. A life, one year at a time. See how far it goes.

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

Lifeline4 screens
THRIIIVE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: THRIIIVE at 100% against Lifeline's 50%. THRIIIVE also leads on ads (none vs shown). Lifeline's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 3.6) and update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Lifeline sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and THRIIIVE sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lifeline holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Lifeline's written reviews are positive against 100% of THRIIIVE's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lifeline ships an update every 2 days, THRIIIVE weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Lifeline versus THRIIIVE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLifelineTHRIIIVE
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (15 ratings) — better3.6 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB104 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperSean LynchNIA CONERLY

Customer experience

Lifeline

All ratings15 ratings
Positive73.3%
Neutral13.3%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative33.3%

THRIIIVE

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Lifeline

One-time10
  • Pro Sports$4.99
  • Welcome Plus$4.99
  • Stage & Studio$4.99
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  • Bloodline$4.99
  • Hearts$4.99
  • Plus$7.99
  • Plus to Everything Upgrade$11.99
  • Welcome to Everything Upgrade$14.99
  • Everything$19.99
  • Everything Pass, New Player$19.99
10 purchases

THRIIIVE

One-time10
  • Ad-Free$3.99
  • VELVET$9.99
  • Lux Life$9.99
Show 7 more
  • 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 Lifeline free?
Lifeline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is THRIIIVE free?
THRIIIVE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lifeline or THRIIIVE?
Lifeline is rated higher. Lifeline averages 4.2 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while THRIIIVE averages 3.6 from 5 ratings.
Do Lifeline or THRIIIVE have ads?
Lifeline shows ads; THRIIIVE does not.
Which is updated more often, Lifeline or THRIIIVE?
Lifeline ships an update every 2 days, and THRIIIVE weekly. Most recently, Lifeline was updated on November 1, 2026 and THRIIIVE on October 31, 2026.

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