Comparison

Dream Gym vs Candy Cup!

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

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About

Dream Gym

Build and manage your own fitness empire in this addictive time management game. Design your gym, train clients, and watch your business grow. Compete with friends and unlock new exercises and equipment.

Highlights
  • Build and decorate a 3D gym
  • Train a variety of customers
  • Complete hundreds of quests
  • Upgrade trainers and interact with visitors
  • Access well-known fitness equipment
  • Perform over 100 fitness exercises
  • Compete on world leaderboards
Features
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BEST. FITNESS GAME. EVER. Welcome to Dream Gym, the most addictive time management game on mobiles and tablets. Build your own gym from scratch and get an enjoyable experience of making it grow into a huge fitness hall full of happy customers. Be your own boss, trainer, manager and decor stylist. Give your clients the right work-out and get paid for that. Watch your characters' body shape change advancing level by level. THIS IS THE MOST INSANELY FUN MANAGEMENT GAME EVER! Features: • Build, decorate and manage your own gym in stunning 3D graphics! • Variety of customers are waiting for you to be trained. • Hundreds of quests to complete. • Upgrade your trainer and interact with happy visitors. • All well-known fitness equipment in your property. • More than 100 fitness exercises to use. • Play with your Facebook friends and progress in world leader-boards. HealthKit Integration: • Achieve more rewards depending on your daily real-life activity. • Daily bonus reward will be multiplied for fitness active users. • Players avatar visually transforms day by day when Steps Challenge completed daily. ————— PLAYER REVIEWS ————— 5/5 It's a very fun game to play especially when you have friends to compete with 5/5 I love this game I'm kind of addicted I enjoy the whole concept it's great and I really feel like I own my own gym lol 5/5 I can't stop expanding. I need sleep 5/5 This game is creative and fun. I've recommended it to several friends!:D 5/5 This game is very addictive!!! Warning!! You might not get ur life back after downloading this game:):):) highly recommend!!!! Never owned your personal gym before? Download Dream Gym for FREE today and start your new business adventure now. ********************************************************** Become a fan of Dream Gym: www.facebook.com/DreamGymGame For news and fresh updates visit us at: Facebook: www.facebook.com/tatemgames Twitter: www.twitter.com/tatemgames YouTube: www.youtube.com/tatemgames We send many thanks to those who play our games; we always love to hear your thoughts and reviews so please don’t hesitate to let us know!

About

Candy Cup!

Guide falling candies through a cup to maximize points by collecting bonuses. Unlock challenges with hundreds of levels and enjoy mesmerizing graphics and ASMR vibrations. A relaxing and satisfying puzzle experience.

Highlights
  • Drop candies through bonuses
  • Maximize points and multiply score
  • Unlock level challenges
  • Hundreds of new levels
  • Mesmerizing graphics and colors
  • ASMR based tiny vibrations
Features
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In this Sweet edition of the popular game, you will need to drop the candies in the right way to maximize your points! Drop candies from the cup through the bonuses, to multiply and increase them in the best path possible and unlock the challenge at the end of the level. Enjoy hundreds of new levels and mesmerizing graphics, colors and ASMR based tiny vibrations! Very relaxing and satisfying game! Enjoy! Terms of se - http://app-central.com/terms

Screenshots

Dream Gym4 screens
Candy Cup!3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dream Gym at 65% against Candy Cup!'s 29%. Dream Gym also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (1.7K vs 183). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Dream Gym sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Candy Cup! sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dream Gym holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dream Gym has 1.7K ratings behind it against 183, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Dream Gym's written reviews are positive against 29% of Candy Cup!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dream Gym ships an update monthly, Candy Cup! every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Dream Gym versus Candy Cup!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDream GymCandy Cup!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (1.7K ratings) — better3.7 (183 ratings)
Positive reviews65.1% of reviews — better28.9% of reviews
Number of ratings1.7K — better183
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.211.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size242 MB379 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTatem Games Inc.FRIENDLY APPS LTD

Customer experience

Dream Gym

All ratings1,705 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral9.3%
Negative13.0%
Written reviews1,365 reviews
Positive65.1%
Neutral12.0%
Negative22.9%

Candy Cup!

All ratings184 ratings
Positive68.5%
Neutral1.1%
Negative30.4%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive28.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative71.1%

User reviews

Dream Gym

From 1.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Fun and addictive game
  • 🕰 Good time-passer
  • 🏋️‍♀️ Motivates real-life workouts
  • 👍 Enjoyable gameplay

Room to improve

  • 🕰 Slow progression and high costs
  • 🚨 Frequent ads and crashes
  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 🔍 Lack of customization and social features

Candy Cup!

From 183 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Entertaining and passes time
  • 👍 Fun and addicting
  • 👍 Good animation
  • 👍 Really nice to play
  • 👍 Great for time spending

Room to improve

  • anúncios Everywhere
  • anúncios After every level
  • anúncios Unskippable ads
  • anúncios Intrusive ads
  • anúncios Too many ads

Bugs and requests

Dream Gym

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game crashing and not loading
  • Losing progress and saved data
  • Issues with ads and fitbuck rewards
  • Clients getting stuck or not responding properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • More gym expansion and equipment options
  • Faster coin/fitbuck earning
  • Offline play mode
  • Better customer/trainer management

Candy Cup!

Reported bugs

26 issues
  • Ads are in every match
  • Ads after every round
  • Ads on next level button
  • Ads after nearly every level
  • Ads after every level, some unskippable
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  • Ads decrease rewards
  • Ads decrease as you play
  • Ads decrease gem payout
  • Ads mess up game
  • Ads over continue button
  • Ads over buttons you need to press
  • Ad banner blocks continue button
  • Game freezes
  • Buttons don't work
  • Game stuck on level 2
  • Can't advance levels
  • Continue button under banner advertisement
  • Replay button does nothing
  • Free trial button doesn't work
  • No ads button doesn't lead anywhere
  • Game freezes nonstop
  • Ad placement doesn't allow past level two
  • Frozen on level 2, continue button doesn't work
  • Continue button under ad banner
  • Stuck on level 4, have to shut down app
  • Freezes after every game

Requested features

4 requests
  • Fix the button issues
  • Fix the ad placement
  • Improve gem utility
  • Fix freezing and glitches

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Dream Gym

One-time11
  • Stack of Coins$0.99
  • Stack of FitBucks$1.99
  • Starter Pack$1.99
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  • Pile of Coins$3.99
  • Pile of FitBucks$4.99
  • Heap of Coins$9.99
  • Heap of FitBucks$9.99
  • Bag of Coins$19.99
  • Bag of FitBucks$19.99
  • Locker of Coins$49.99
  • Locker of Bucks$49.99
2 purchases

Candy Cup!

Subscriptions2
  • Unlock All Features$4.991 Month
  • All AppCentral Games Unlocked!$39.991 Month

Questions

Is Dream Gym free?
Dream Gym is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Candy Cup! free?
Candy Cup! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dream Gym or Candy Cup!?
Dream Gym is rated higher. Dream Gym averages 4.2 out of 5 from 1.7K ratings, while Candy Cup! averages 3.7 from 183 ratings.
Do Dream Gym or Candy Cup! have ads?
Both Dream Gym and Candy Cup! show ads.
Which is updated more often, Dream Gym or Candy Cup!?
Dream Gym ships an update monthly, and Candy Cup! every 6 weeks. Most recently, Dream Gym was updated on October 21, 2026 and Candy Cup! on October 21, 2026.

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