text: Expensive clothes, fast cars and glittering industry parties: to the average person, the lives of the rich and famous may seem way out of reach. But the growing slew of celebrity gaming apps, from the likes of Kim Kardashian and Lindsay Lohan (and soon, Katy Perry), promise to immerse you in it all, temporarily. Femail investigates what it's like to 'live' the life of a celebrity for a day. Scroll down for video . Kim Kardashian: Hollywood is the app from the reality star, which uses her likeness and voice. Users have to build a celebrity empire similar to Kim's . The 34-year-old launched the highly lucrative app last June, and has an estimated 28 million downloads . Kim Kardashian's highly lucrative app, Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, developed by Glu Mobile, has already been downloaded an estimated 28 million times since it was launched last June. The quest-based adventure game requires users to create a character (customising a 'cute' look is compulsory), become friends with Kim Kardashian and then embark on social-climbing, empire-building adventures. The character of Kim, voiced by the reality star herself, is your best friend in the game . YOU'RE NOBODY UNTIL YOU MEET KIM . At the beginning of the game, your character works in retail, takes public transport everywhere, her apartment is essentially bare and can't even afford to adopt stray cats. That is, until you meet Kim Kardashian by chance (voiced by the reality star herself), and she slowly introduces you into the industry. The game puts an emphasis in being charming and friendly to almost everyone, and also taking every opportunity . TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY . At the beginning, your boss trusts you to lock up the clothes shop, and Kim Kardashian turns up begging you to help her. You are given no choice but to break into the shop, choose her an outfit and give it to her for free. Luckily she rewards you by inviting you to a impromptu photo shoot. This type of sporadic activity is rife throughout the game and actively encouraged. MONEY AND CHARM IS KEY . Obediently completing mini-quests will win you cash and K-stars (which you can collect by paying real money), but as is expected, to actually complete many of the tasks and buy new clothes, money is also required. Kustomise yourself: It's necessary to constantly change your outfit and appearance in order to fit in at all the industry events . IMAGE IS EVERYTHING . Within ten minutes of living Kim Kardashian's life, users have changed their outfits three times and checked their reflections twice. Seemingly, no one makes it big in Hollywood without constantly considering how their image can be improved. Vogue's Andre Leon Talley (pictured left) makes an appearance in the game. No doubt as a career booster . PEOPLE FIT INTO 3 CATEGORIES . Strangely, it seems Kim is your only friend in the game, and you'd be wrong if you think you're allowed to make new ones. Characters fit into solely three categories: potential love-interests, career-boosters, or an arch-nemesis. Your very own 'momager': Early on in the game, Kim sites that a necessity of making it in the game involves having your own 'momager' (mother/manager), just like real-life parent Kris Jenner (pictured right - in the game) (Pictured left to right) the cartoon recreations of Kourtney, Khloé, Kim and Kris Kardashian. They are characters you eventually meet later in the game . YOU'LL NEED A 'MOMAGER' One of the first things Kim Kardashian mentions to you is that you need a 'momager'. Kris Jenner, Kim Kardashian's very own, makes an appearance later in the game. You eventually also meet Kim Kardashian's real life family, who have all lent their likeness and voice to the app. This includes Kris, Kourtney, Khloé, Kendall and Kylie (but no Rob). Opportunities for fame come in all shapes of sizes, including dating (and marrying) people for exposure . YOU HAVE TO DO THINGS YOU DON'T WANT TO . Although the game allows you to fly to Milan with Kendall, and hang out with Vogue's Andre Talley Leon eventually, you have to do many things that aren't entirely favourable. This includes: dating (and marrying) people you don't want to for exposure, 'charming' people with K-Stars (which is a currency in the game) and partaking in sketchy photo shoots. Fame Game: Lindsay Lohan also launched her own game, The Price of Fame . Uncanny: Lohan's game is a lot sillier and almost works to poke fun at celebrity culture . Lindsay Lohan's game is comparatively sillier, and works more as a tongue-in-cheek critique of celebrity culture. If living a day in the life of Lindsay Lohan can be derived purely from playing her game, it's a lot sillier and crass than Kim Kardashian's. Although in both games you're similarly working towards meteoric fame, in Lindsay Lohan's you play for fans. You begin the game with no identity and no fans. Fans are earned  by spending coins on items that will boost your star status. Players must try and collect as many fans as possible, by engaging in ridiculous or unfavourable activities . All the fans: Success in Lindsay's game is judged by how many fans you can generate and also how quickly you can . ANKLE BRACELETS WILL WIN YOU FANS . Oddly enough, ankle bracelets are one of the purchases that can be used to win fans at a faster rate. Here's where the silly element of Lindsay Lohan's app really rears its head. Lindsay Lohan's game offers less trend-led outfits as Kim Kardashian's and seems to criticise the vacuity of showbiz . LOOKS AREN'T EVERYTHING . Unlike Kim Kardashian's app, Lindsay Lohan's game instantly tells you at the beginning, while you're choosing your outfit: 'Don’t worry, nothing is permanent in show business.' Your character starts off completely naked, with just stars covering her private areas. The game almost seems to critique the humiliating, vacuous process of turning into a Hollywood star. Rather than placing an emphasis on outfits and make-up, it's more about the ridiculous things you can choose to do. To generate fans quicker, you can choose to invest in publicity stunts, which include releasing nude selfies, having an elevator fights and even faking your death . SKETCHY ACTIVITIES ARE THE NORM . Publicity investments can bring you an endless barrage of fame and increase your notoriety. Options include: leaking a nude selfie, releasing a ghostwritten rap album, having an elevator fight, buying bum implants (one cheek at a time no less), faking your death, and sleeping with a poet laureate. Other investments also include phony rap beefs and nip slips. Among the ridiculous activities that can bring you press and publicity, you can also choose to engage in embarrassing photo shoots (pictured) IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT COUNT . Again, the idea of using money to directly buy your fame and influence is a key idea. Coconut water and paparazzi repellent are amongst the ridiculous things you can purchase that will earn you fans. KATY PERRY: Unnamed app . To be released at the end of 2015, the pop star has teamed up with none other than the app developers of Kim Kardashian's lucrative app: Glu Mobile. The app is likely to work on the same premise as Kim's, whereby users attempt to become Hollywood celebrities. But specifics have not yet been announced. TOM HANKS: Hanx Writer, Free . Inspired by the actor's real-life fascination with type-writers, the app recreates the nostalgic experience of an actual type-writer (noise and imagery included), but with the easy functionality of an iPad. In September of last year, the app topped the iTunes charts. DAVID HASSELHOFF: Ask The Hoff, Free . In the style of a Magic 8 Ball, the actor's app allows befuddled users to ask him for advice. It generates hilarious Hoff-appropriate answers that will see you through any problem. SAMUEL L JACKSON: iSamJackson, £0.79 . The first thing to consider before downloading the actor's app, is the warning: 'Explicit'. It works as a soundboard, whereby the user can select famous lines and Jackson will deliver them with recordings of his world-famous sass(and profanity). MARIAH CAREY: Mariah Carey-oke, £2.99 . Exactly what is says on the tin, users can test their knowledge of the diva's lyrics and vocal abilities. It uses voice recognition software to tell how well you can hit Carey's high notes. SNOOP DOGG: Snoopify, Free . Wildly popular, the app transforms users into virtual 'gangsters' with the help of digital stickers. There are sunglasses, wads of cash, gold 'bling' and neon wristwatches.
target: Kim Kardashian: Hollywood and Lindsay Lohan's The Price of Fame apps .
  Users create an aspiring celebrity and rise to fame in the games .
  Everyone is either a potential love-interest, career-booster, or enemy .