Comparison

Everlasting Summer vs The Prison Simulator

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

Head to head
About

Everlasting Summer

A young man mysteriously transported from winter to a summer pioneer camp must navigate new relationships, solve camp mysteries, and decide if he wants to return to his old life. This interactive story offers choices that shape the narrative.

Highlights
  • Interactive story with choices
  • Explore relationships and find love
  • Solve camp mysteries
  • Multiple endings
  • Optimized for iPhone and iPad
  • Intuitive swipe controls
Features
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Meeting Semyon, the game's main character, you would've never paid attention to him. Just an ordinary young man with thousands, even hundreds of thousands of those like him in every ordinary city. But one day something completely unusual happens to him: he falls asleep in a bus in winter and wakes up... in the middle of a hot summer. In front of him is "Sovionok" - a pioneer camp, behind him is his former life. To understand what happened to him, Semyon will have to get to know the local inhabitants (and maybe even find love), find his way in the complex labyrinth of human relationships and his own problems and solve the camp's mysteries. And answer the main question - how to come back? Should he come back? Now optimized for both iPhone and iPad! Conrols – swipe screen: – Up to open game menu. – To the right to enable skipping. – To the left to open text history. – Down to hide the interface. Attention! After the update you may experience some problems with the saves you made earlier. Your device should be running under iOS 8.0 or later.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

Screenshots

Everlasting Summer4 screens
The Prison Simulator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Everlasting Summer at 88% against The Prison Simulator's 18%. Everlasting Summer also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 15). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. The Prison Simulator sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Everlasting Summer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Everlasting Summer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 494 and 280 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Everlasting Summer's written reviews are positive against 18% of The Prison Simulator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Everlasting Summer ships an update every 2 weeks, The Prison Simulator every 11 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Everlasting Summer versus The Prison Simulator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEverlasting SummerThe Prison Simulator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (494 ratings) — better4.1 (280 ratings)
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews — better18.1% of reviews
Number of ratings494 — better280
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1000 MB135 MB
Age rating17+9+
DeveloperAnton ArkatovAppscraft

Customer experience

Everlasting Summer

All ratings486 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral1.0%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews128 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral4.7%
Negative7.8%

The Prison Simulator

All ratings280 ratings
Positive71.1%
Neutral13.6%
Negative15.4%
Written reviews166 reviews
Positive18.1%
Neutral16.9%
Negative65.1%

User reviews

Everlasting Summer

From 494 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent game with great story and characters
  • 👍 Immersive and emotional experience
  • 🎨 Beautiful art and music
  • 💯 Highly replayable with many endings
  • 🆓 Generous free-to-play model

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
  • 🌐 Translation issues and untranslated content
  • 📱 Suboptimal mobile optimization, UI scaling problems
  • 🔍 Lack of guidance, can be confusing for new players

The Prison Simulator

From 280 App Store ratings

What 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

Everlasting Summer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes on first choice in prologue
  • Unreadable text due to language issues
  • Incorrect aspect ratio and black bars on newer devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more character routes and storylines
  • Improve mobile UI and controls
  • Provide full English translation and localization
  • Implement cloud save/sync across devices
  • Add more customization and mod support

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

None

Everlasting Summer

No in-app purchases

15 purchases

The Prison Simulator

One-time15
  • 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

Questions

Is Everlasting Summer free?
Everlasting Summer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Prison Simulator free?
The Prison Simulator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Everlasting Summer or The Prison Simulator?
Everlasting Summer is rated higher. Everlasting Summer averages 4.8 out of 5 from 494 ratings, while The Prison Simulator averages 4.1 from 280 ratings.
Do Everlasting Summer or The Prison Simulator have ads?
The Prison Simulator shows ads; Everlasting Summer does not.
Which is updated more often, Everlasting Summer or The Prison Simulator?
Everlasting Summer ships an update every 2 weeks, and The Prison Simulator every 11 days. Most recently, Everlasting Summer was updated on October 24, 2026 and The Prison Simulator on October 24, 2026.

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