Comparison

Farming Simulator 16 vs Harvest.io

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

Head to head
About

Farming Simulator 16

Experience realistic farming in an open world. Grow crops, raise livestock, and manage your land with a vast array of authentic machinery. Expand your farm and sell your produce in a dynamic market.

Highlights
  • Manage realistic farm operations
  • Plant, grow, harvest, and sell five crops
  • Raise cows and sheep
  • Operate massive agricultural machinery
  • Dynamic market for selling produce
  • Forestry operations
  • Local multiplayer mode
Features
Currently charting
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Manage your own farm and drive massive machines in an open world! Farming Simulator 16 allows you to manage your own realistic farm in extraordinary detail. Plant, grow, harvest, and sell five different crops, raise cows and sheep, and sell timber at your own pace. Buy new fields to expand your farm land. Take direct control of harvesters and tractors, or hire AI helps and manage your growing farm from the full screen management map. As the newest in the series of Farming Simulator games, this game has the best of agriculture simulation. The game features massive tractors and other machines from over 20 brands of agricultural manufacturers, including John Deere, New Holland, Case IH, Ponsse, Lamborghini, Horsch, Krone, Amazone, MAN and more. Features of Farming Simulator 16 include: - New 3D graphics show even more detail on your machinery! - Plant and harvest five different crops: Wheat, canola, corn, sugar beet and potatoes - Sell your crops in a dynamic market - Use realistic tractors and trucks from some of the biggest agriculture machine makers - Feed your cows and sheep to produce and sell milk and wool - Forestry has gone mobile! Harvest wood with dedicated machinery and sell the timber - Manage AI helpers for better results - Play with a friend in local multiplayer mode for WiFi and Bluetooth

About

Harvest.io

Drive a tractor across fields to harvest crops in this io-style farming simulator. Grow your trailer by collecting resources, but avoid colliding with yourself or other players. Enjoy satisfying gameplay with colorful graphics and competitive races.

Highlights
  • Tractor-based crop harvesting
  • Snake-like mechanics
  • IO-style arcade gameplay
  • Resource collection and trailer growth
  • Circle and steal from enemies
  • 3D graphics with various crops
Features
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Try out Harvest.io - a new farming simulator in io style. You can drive the tractor all over the field to harvest crops! Watch the trailer with haystack behind you grow as you cut & plow it all up! But be careful, the trailer might get too big: don't bump into yourself or others. Harvest.io features: - Simple, snake-like mechanics of a farming simulator - A farming arcade in io style! - Satisfying game sessions: drive as long you want, but watch out for obstacles! - Circle the enemy and steal resources - Race with your competitors! - Colourful 3D graphics & different crops to harvest Become the fastest farmer in the village!

Screenshots

Farming Simulator 164 screens
Harvest.io4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Harvest.io at 4.5 against Farming Simulator 16's 4.2. Harvest.io also leads on ratings volume (48K vs 4.2K). Farming Simulator 16's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and chart position (#160 vs unranked). On price, review sentiment, 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. Farming Simulator 16 sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Harvest.io sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Harvest.io holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Harvest.io has 48K ratings behind it against 4.2K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 62% of Farming Simulator 16's written reviews are positive against 56% of Harvest.io's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Farming Simulator 16 ships an update monthly, Harvest.io every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Farming Simulator 16 versus Harvest.io: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFarming Simulator 16Harvest.io
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (4.2K ratings)4.5 (48K ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.8% of reviews — better55.8% of reviews
Number of ratings4.2K48K — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#160 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size207 MB301 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperGIANTS Software GmbHAI Games FZ

Customer experience

Farming Simulator 16

All ratings4,167 ratings
Positive79.6%
Neutral6.2%
Negative14.2%
Written reviews1,014 reviews
Positive61.8%
Neutral12.7%
Negative25.4%

Harvest.io

All ratings46,300 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral5.1%
Negative5.4%
Written reviews500 reviews
Positive55.8%
Neutral13.0%
Negative31.2%

Bugs and requests

Farming Simulator 16

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Harvest.io

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game gets stuck on certain levels, unable to progress
  • Crop collection not being tracked properly
  • Crashes and freezes
  • Controls become unresponsive

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and content updates
  • Multiplayer mode
  • Solo/single player mode
  • Ability to see crop collection goals during gameplay

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Farming Simulator 16

One-time3
  • 200'000 Coins$0.99
  • 500'000 Coins$1.99
  • 1'000'000 Coins$2.99
1 purchases

Harvest.io

One-time1
  • No Ads$3.99

Questions

Is Farming Simulator 16 free?
Farming Simulator 16 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Harvest.io free?
Harvest.io is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Farming Simulator 16 or Harvest.io?
Harvest.io is rated higher. Farming Simulator 16 averages 4.2 out of 5 from 4.2K ratings, while Harvest.io averages 4.5 from 48K ratings.
Do Farming Simulator 16 or Harvest.io have ads?
Both Farming Simulator 16 and Harvest.io show ads.
Which is updated more often, Farming Simulator 16 or Harvest.io?
Farming Simulator 16 ships an update monthly, and Harvest.io every 3 months. Most recently, Farming Simulator 16 was updated on September 25, 2026 and Harvest.io on September 26, 2026.

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