Hay Day vs Tasty Planet

How do Hay Day and Tasty Planet compare on difficulty, ad pressure, in-app-purchase pressure and what real reviewers say? A side-by-side look, grounded in App Store data.

	Hay Day	Tasty Planet
Genre	Family	Family
Price	Free	Paid
Difficulty	easy	easy
Ad intensity	low	none
In-app-purchase pressure	medium	none
Typical session	variable	medium
Rating	4.7 / 5	4.3 / 5
Ratings count	652,340	105
Reviews say	What players like Long-term engagement (players report 9-10+ years) Creative freedom and farm customization Frequent meaningful updates Common complaints App crashes and won't load (especially iPad) Account theft/security issues not resolved by support Accidental diamond purchases too easy	What players like Relaxing and destructive gameplay satisfies Appealing to wide age range from young kids to adults Simple concept with progressive scale (tiny to planet-eating) Common complaints Gameplay becomes repetitive with filler levels that reset blob size Difficulty spike in City 4 makes some levels feel impossible Price point ($2.99-$3) considered too high by multiple reviewers

Hay Day — Build and decorate your dream farm, trade with neighbors, and grow your tycoon empire through crops, animals, and crafting. (rated easy difficulty, low ad pressure) Tasty Planet — Control a growing blob of sentient goo that devours everything in its path across 60 escalating levels from tiny rooms to entire planets. (rated easy difficulty, none ad pressure)

Data: Apple App Store, as of 2026-10-09. Last updated 2026-10-09.