Tiny Prison vs The Prison Simulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tiny Prison
Manage your own correctional facility as the Warden. Assign prisoners to jobs, construct new facilities like infirmaries and gyms, and conduct cell searches for contraband. Experience the full game with an optional one-time purchase.
- Warden simulation
- Assign prisoners to work
- Build new prison floors
- Search cells for contraband
- Optional in-app purchases
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Welcome to your Tiny Prison, where you are the Warden, and you can run your prison however you see fit! Send prisoners to work in the shop. Build new floors for your prison such as an infirmary or a gym. Search cells for contraband, and much, much more! PLEASE NOTE! Tiny Prison is free to play, but uses a shareware model. To access all of the game’s features, there is a one-time in-app purchase. Try before you buy! In addition, a game resource can be purchased for real money. This service is completely optional and not necessary for regular and full use of the product. If you don’t want to use this feature, please disable in-app purchases in your device’s settings.
The Prison Simulator
Experience life as a prison warden, managing every aspect of your correctional facility. Balance inmate needs, staff, and external pressures to maintain order and prevent riots. Grow your prison from humble beginnings into a thriving, efficient institution.
- Build and expand prison infrastructure
- Manage prison economy and resources
- Maintain order and prevent riots
- Balance inmate, staff, and external pressures
- Hire staff and set rules
- Make strategic decisions with consequences
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Try yourself as a prison warden. You start with a small prison made of just a few barracks, and only you decide how it will grow. Maintain order to prevent fights, manage the economy and constantly make sure hunger riots never begin. But that’s not all. In this prison simulator, you must constantly balance between greedy officials focused on profit, mafia bosses running shady deals, and inmates who only dream of getting out as soon as possible. Every decision has consequences: increase security and inmate dissatisfaction will rise; make a deal with the mafia and risk losing government trust. Develop infrastructure, open new cell blocks, improve living conditions, hire staff and set the rules behind prison walls. Can you maintain the fragile balance of power, prevent riots and turn a rundown prison into an efficient and profitable correctional facility? The choice is yours. For any questions, contact us at: support@appscraft.am
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tiny Prison at 82% against The Prison Simulator's 18%. Tiny Prison also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.5 vs 4.1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Tiny Prison sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and The Prison Simulator sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tiny Prison holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tiny Prison has 4.2K ratings behind it against 280, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Tiny Prison's written reviews are positive against 18% of The Prison Simulator's.
Tiny Prison ships an update every 3 weeks, The Prison Simulator every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tiny Prison | The Prison Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (4.2K ratings) — better | 4.1 (280 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.1% of reviews — better | 18.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4.2K — better | 280 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 12.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 135 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Two-Bit Titans, LLC | Appscraft |
Customer experience
Tiny Prison
The Prison Simulator
User reviews
Tiny Prison
From 4.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and addictive game
- 🕹 Simple and easy to play
- 🕰 Good way to pass time
- 🎨 Unique prison theme
- 🤗 Enjoyable gameplay
Room to improve
- 🔒 Execution block locked behind paywall
- 🔁 Repetitive and lacks new content
- 🐢 Slow progression and star earning
- 🤖 Cartoonish prisoner design
- 🤯 Crashes and bugs reported
The Prison Simulator
From 280 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Engaging gameplay concept with prison management theme
- 🎨 Good graphics and visual design
- 🌍 Multi-language support available
- 💰 Free-to-play model with optional purchases
Room to improve
- 💸 Aggressive monetization and pay-to-win mechanics
- 🐛 Frequent and game-breaking bugs throughout
- ⏱️ Stressful timed missions with no restart option
- ❌ Broken in-app purchase system that charges without delivering
- 🆘 Non-functional customer support and contact options
Bugs and requests
Tiny Prison
Reported bugs
3 issues- Prisoners not properly assigned to cells and jobs
- Frequent crashes and performance issues
- Inconsistent save/restore functionality
Requested features
5 requests- Add more room types (cafeteria, yard, etc.)
- Improve prisoner AI and interactions
- Introduce more customization options
- Implement a death row or maximum security block
- Add more levels and progression content
The Prison Simulator
Reported bugs
15 issues- In-app purchases charge money but don't deliver items/currency
- Restore purchases button doesn't function
- Mission 34: Sewing workshop income cap at 60 instead of required 65
- Mission 16: Prisoner won't disappear or die as required
- Mission 20: Canteen feeding progress not registering (0/10)
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- Prisoners freeze or become immovable in certain rooms
- Prisoner models appear in wrong locations
- Interrogation room dialog boxes unresponsive with no close button
- Dining hall building gets stuck in corner of screen
- Game crashes or hangs at specific mission levels (20, 25, 34)
- Prisoner release blocked incorrectly claiming half-term not served
- Game music settings reset on each app launch
- Support contact page fails to load
- Mission objectives impossible to complete (e.g., recruit rat without torture room)
- Game lag and performance issues
Requested features
10 requests- Mission restart button without waiting for timer expiration
- Ability to change language in-game settings
- Auto-fill features for repetitive tasks (feeding, work assignments)
- Freedom to manage prison without strict mission constraints
- Better tutorial and on-screen guidance for new players
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- Ability to play custom music instead of game music
- Cross-device synchronization for game progress
- More female prisoner characters
- Faster money earning methods
- Reduced feeding costs for prisoners
In-app purchases
Tiny Prison
- Opportunist$0.99
- Executioner's Block$2.99
- Power Player$4.99
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- Rock Star$19.99
The Prison Simulator
- 10000 coins$0.99
- 5 tickets$0.99
- Premium building$0.99
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- Premium room$0.99
- Second chance$0.99
- Disable advertisement$0.99
- 30000 coins$1.99
- 15 tickets$1.99
- 22000 coins$1.99
- Special offer$2.99
- Starter pack$2.99
- Supper Pack$2.99
- 40000 coins$2.99
- 50 tickets$3.99
- 100000 coins$4.99
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