Comparison

Make a Game Clicker vs Santa's Workshop

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

Head to head
About

Make a Game Clicker

Embark on a virtual game development career in this unique incremental clicker game. Tap to progress through design, implementation, testing, and selling stages, earning money to upgrade your studio and staff. Develop various game genres and climb the leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Game development career simulation
  • Incremental tapping gameplay
  • Develop mini-games
  • Staff and upgrade system
  • Achievements and leaderboards
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The story of game dev career. Make a Game Clicker is unique incremental clicker game with game development theme. This game is for people who love to click. In this game you tap to make progress and coins. You play through the game development design, implementation, testing and selling three. Work hard and you will get money to buy staff and upgrades. Features: - Game dev design, implementation, testing and selling tree. - 4 playable mini games to develop Space shooter, Jumperman, Grand Rally and Epic Sniper Party - CV of your virtual game making career - Achievements and leaderboards Are you next game tycoon? If that's the case it's time to start tapping!

About

Santa's Workshop

Help the elves craft toys and find Santa before it's too late in this holiday-themed idle game. Manage your workshop, care for reindeer, and complete missions to spread joy.

Highlights
  • Tap to build 25 unique toys
  • Offline toy crafting
  • Complete missions
  • Care for reindeer
  • Search for Santa
  • Collect achievements
  • Accessibility mode
Features
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The elves need your help! Santa is missing and they need your help to craft toys and find him before it's too late. This game features no ads, and no data mining! - Tap to build 25 unique toys. - Open factories to craft toys offline. - Chat with the head elf and complete missions. - Wrap presents and collect holiday spirit. - Feed and care for your Reindeer. - Use the locator to search for Santa! - Collect achievements along the way. Offers guides on each screen to help you navigate the game, and notifications so you know when it's time to return and collect your coins! Santa's Workshop was designed with accessibility in mind, and features an accessibility mode that provides greater support for Voice Over. Santa's Workshop takes inspiration from classic idle games and offers a unique holiday themed adventure. Fun for all ages, talk to the holiday elves and manage the workshop to build enough toys. Feed and take care of your reindeer and even decorate the stables. Use the locator to help search for Santa, and fly on your reindeer to search for him. Santa's Workshop was designed to help you get in the holiday spirit and spread a little joy!

Screenshots

Make a Game Clicker4 screens
Santa's Workshop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Santa's Workshop at none against Make a Game Clicker's 9. Santa's Workshop also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.7 vs 4.3). Make a Game Clicker's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume 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. Make a Game Clicker sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Santa's Workshop asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Santa's Workshop holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 35 and 42 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Make a Game Clicker's written reviews are positive against 60% of Santa's Workshop's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Make a Game Clicker ships an update every 3 months, Santa's Workshop every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Make a Game Clicker versus Santa's Workshop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMake a Game ClickerSanta's Workshop
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (35 ratings)4.7 (42 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3542 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB147 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSoftcenaleros.io LLC

Customer experience

Make a Game Clicker

All ratings35 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral8.6%
Negative11.4%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral7.7%
Negative42.3%

Santa's Workshop

All ratings42 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral2.4%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Make a Game Clicker

One-time9
  • Ad free$0.99
  • SW Designer$0.99
  • Stack of Coins$0.99
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  • Senior specialist$1.99
  • Bug fix expert$1.99
  • Auto tap$1.99
  • Pile of Coins$3.99
  • Bag of Coins$8.99
  • Chest of Coins$16.99
None

Santa's Workshop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Make a Game Clicker free?
Make a Game Clicker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Santa's Workshop free?
Santa's Workshop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Make a Game Clicker or Santa's Workshop?
Santa's Workshop is rated higher. Make a Game Clicker averages 4.3 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while Santa's Workshop averages 4.7 from 42 ratings.
Do Make a Game Clicker or Santa's Workshop have ads?
Make a Game Clicker shows ads; Santa's Workshop does not.
Which is updated more often, Make a Game Clicker or Santa's Workshop?
Make a Game Clicker ships an update every 3 months, and Santa's Workshop every 3 weeks. Most recently, Make a Game Clicker was updated on October 21, 2026 and Santa's Workshop on October 24, 2026.

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