Comparison

KOMRAD vs Time to Rogue

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

Head to head
About

KOMRAD

Engage in a unique interactive story game where you chat with a Soviet AI from 1985. This AI, unaware the Cold War has ended, may be connected to a nuclear arsenal. Your conversational choices shape your destiny and the world's.

Highlights
  • Interactive story game
  • Chat with AI
  • Conversational choices
  • Soviet era setting
  • Multiple endings
Features
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=> Free for a limited time to celebrate landing on CNET's Best Mobile Games of 2016! <= Chat with an A.I. - this interactive adventure game gives you a chance to chat with a Soviet Artificial Intelligence from 1985 that’s been training in the dark for thirty years, doesn’t know the Cold War ended, and may be connected to the world’s second largest nuclear arsenal. KOMRAD is a casual interactive story game for iOS 9 and 10 and watchOS 2 and 3 that plays out through conversations and choices. When the Soviets shut down a secret project in 1985, they forgot one thing—to turn off the computer. Now you are the first person to connect to this advanced artificial intelligence that has been training in the dark for thirty years, unaware the Cold War has ended. Your conversational choices will determine your fate--and the fate of the world. KOMRAD is a work of interactive fiction* created by the former Chief Design Officer of IBM Watson** based on fundamental principles of real AIs and chatbots. You may learn something. We promise it won't hurt.*** As mentioned in The Verge, WIRED Germany, TouchArcade, Polygon, and other fine publications. More importantly, here's what some of the first players**** said: - "I felt like a kid again...I couldn't put it down!" (US) - "just wanted you to know this game is incredible...really amazing script and story"" (US) - "Komrad is a fantastic experience...It changed how I see Chat Bots and AI development." (Germany) - "I just started the game but I can already say i love it...you really feel like someone's "on the other side" (Denmark) -------------------------------------------------- * not an actual AI ** batteries (and IBM Watson) not included *** much **** quotes from actual players--not our mothers

About

Time to Rogue

A roguelike game played in short bursts throughout your day. Manage your focus, which depletes with each action and recovers over real-world time. Navigate a constantly shifting maze where death is permanent and danger rises.

Highlights
  • Glanceable gameplay
  • Focus management mechanic
  • Dynamic, ever-changing maze
  • Permanent death
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Complication for focus recovery
Features
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Time to Rogue is a roguelike you play in glances throughout your day. Movement, attacks, and waiting spend focus, and your view narrows as it drains. Focus returns over real-world time, so resting is a move. Push on empty and you'll die blind. The maze keeps moving while the app is closed, and it can find you while you're away. Reach the deepest floor you can. Descend fast and you outrun the rising danger; linger and it catches up. Every run is different, and every death matters. Built for Apple Watch, now fully playable on iPhone too. Both versions show the same carefully limited dungeon view, and one run follows you between them. Check your run at a glance with an iPhone Home Screen widget or the Apple Watch complication. See your focus recover, get a nudge when you're ready, then jump back in. The full game is free. The optional Supporter Pack unlocks the clockwork Timekeeper dungeon theme and adds a supporter heart to the title screen. How deep can you get?

Screenshots

KOMRAD4 screens
Time to Rogue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Time to Rogue at Free against KOMRAD's $0.99. Time to Rogue also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). KOMRAD's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (144 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Time to Rogue is free to download; KOMRAD costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Time to Rogue holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KOMRAD has 144 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of KOMRAD's written reviews are positive against 100% of Time to Rogue's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KOMRAD ships an update every 4 days, Time to Rogue monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
KOMRAD versus Time to Rogue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKOMRADTime to Rogue
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (144 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings144 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB8 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperSentient Play LLCWesley Ehrlichman

Customer experience

KOMRAD

All ratings144 ratings
Positive93.1%
Neutral2.8%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews80 reviews
Positive71.3%
Neutral8.8%
Negative20.0%

Time to Rogue

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

KOMRAD

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • Game freezes
  • Game closes down
  • KOMRAD is busy (script, no queries)
  • Nothing for over a week
  • Cannot get back into game after failing
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  • Game reset after update, lost progress
  • Progress doesn't sync with Apple Watch
  • Froze on watch
  • Freezing on iPhone
  • App froze after waiting period
  • Kompletionist achievement bug
  • Game crashes at the end
  • Doesn't work on Apple Watch
  • Bug when game cannot play after 3rd chapter
  • Freeze when trying to go back to AI from texts

Requested features

17 requests
  • Sequel
  • More chapters
  • Longer gameplay
  • Carry over previous choices/relationship in sequel
  • More endings
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  • Option to download more adventures/chapters
  • More paths and options
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard
  • Fix Apple Watch sync
  • More time with KOMRAD
  • Option to spend longer getting to know KOMRAD
  • More dialogue options
  • More routes
  • Fix bugs
  • Lower price
  • Continue making interactive AI story games

Time to Rogue

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

KOMRAD

No in-app purchases

None

Time to Rogue

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is KOMRAD free?
KOMRAD costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Time to Rogue free?
Time to Rogue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, KOMRAD or Time to Rogue?
Time to Rogue is rated higher. KOMRAD averages 4.7 out of 5 from 144 ratings, while Time to Rogue averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do KOMRAD or Time to Rogue have ads?
Neither KOMRAD nor Time to Rogue shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KOMRAD or Time to Rogue?
KOMRAD ships an update every 4 days, and Time to Rogue monthly. Most recently, KOMRAD was updated on November 6, 2026 and Time to Rogue on October 31, 2026.

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