Comparison

HeartBaked vs Love Esquire

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

Head to head
About

HeartBaked

Embark on a romantic quest in a charming elven village. As a pastry chef, you must find true love to complete your grandmother's sacred recipe. Navigate quirky suitors and discover your ideal ending.

Highlights
  • Multiple romanceable characters
  • Branching story paths
  • Multiple endings
  • Original soundtrack
  • Customizable protagonist personality
Features
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Visual Novel Story: In a beautiful elven village hidden away in a lovely little forest, one pastry chef has just reached the last recipe in a sacred book passed down from her grandmother. Ginger has waited her entire career and quite possibly her life for this, and cannot wait to finally have created everything inside. However, the last recipe requires an ingredient that she doesn't have in her pantry. TRUE LOVE! Ginger must go on a journey to find this true love, hopefully in one of the three admittedly quirky guys she knows. One problem though- she sucks at it. Good luck. Featuring: + Three boys to awkwardly attempt romance with! Around 20,000 words per route. + 9 endings + 3 CGS + 8 BGs + Original music! The MC: Ginger: The protagonist, whose name can be changed. She has three possible personality types depending on player choices, and each boy will favor a different one. The Boys: Radley: Ginger's childhood friend who helps around the store, but is usually more of a hassle than actually useful due to all of his pranks. He's a complete germaphobe and is always seen wearing gloves. Carver: A rude, cheap little jerk who is quite self conscious about his height. He can be found trying to swindle people out of pretty much anything in their pockets, and/or finding excuses to make a mess in Ginger's shop. Benjamin: New in town and a bit... eccentric. His greatest loves are the two sheep he keeps with him at all times, and he uses their wool to knit all of his clothing. developed by Gourmet Visual and Repulse, music by Mandy Kowara

About

Love Esquire

Embark on a romantic-comedy adventure as a squire seeking love and pleasure. Raise your stats, battle monsters, and forge relationships with five unique heroines, each with their own secrets. Your choices lead to multiple endings in this fully voiced visual novel.

Highlights
  • 5 Dateable Waifus
  • Turn-based Combat
  • Raise Stats (Strength, Charisma, Intelligence)
  • Forge Relationships
  • Multiple Endings
  • Fully Voiced
Features
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Love Esquire is a romantic-comedy visual novel/dating sim with a touch of old-school RPG combat. In this game, you're not a famous knight, but a good-for-nothing squire who's on a quest to find man's greatest pleasure. Getting the girl won't be easy though, since most of them are waaaay out of your league! So raise those stats, battle monsters, and unleash your full potential! FEATURES 5 Dateable Waifus – Love Esquire's heroines are not just pretty faces! Each have their own unique ambitions, backstories, plots, and dirty little secrets for you to uncover. Turn-based Combat – You may not be a decent squire, but you have a number of unconventional techniques to keep your needy knight alive. Taunt, cheer, heal, and loot your way to victory! Raise Stats – Git gud and become the ideal man by increasing your strength, charisma and intelligence. These traits not only affect your combat abilities, but also your relationships. Forge Relationships – Amp up your squirely charm by giving gifts and whispering sweet nothings to your waifu. Get those romance points high enough and they'll open up in more ways than one. Multiple Endings – What's waiting for your squire at the end of the journey? Be careful with those choices! Fully Voiced – Hear your waifus fully express their undying love for you! IMPORTANT NOTES The game contains advertisements and optional items that can be purchased using real money. You need internet connection to play this game. Want more high-quality visual novels? Follow us! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yangyangmobile Twitter: https://twitter.com/yangyangmobile Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yangyangmobile/ Discord: https://discord.com/invite/yangyangmobile Buy Merch: https://www.freewebstore.org/yangyangmobile

Screenshots

HeartBaked1 screens
Love Esquire4 screens

Verdict

The call

HeartBaked and Love Esquire both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 92% of HeartBaked's written reviews are positive against 54% of Love Esquire's. HeartBaked also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Love Esquire sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. HeartBaked asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for HeartBaked against 4.5 for Love Esquire. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 61 and 147 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of HeartBaked's written reviews are positive against 54% of Love Esquire's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
HeartBaked versus Love Esquire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeartBakedLove Esquire
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (61 ratings) — better4.5 (147 ratings)
Positive reviews92.3% of reviews — better54.1% of reviews
Number of ratings61147 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size270 MB276 MB
Age rating9+17+
DeveloperColorado StarkMAMA MORIN LLC.

Customer experience

HeartBaked

All ratings57 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral3.5%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%

Love Esquire

All ratings146 ratings
Positive86.3%
Neutral3.4%
Negative10.3%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive54.1%
Neutral16.2%
Negative29.7%

In-app purchases

None

HeartBaked

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Love Esquire

One-time10
  • Handful of Gems$0.99
  • Bag of Gems$2.99
  • Bowl of Gems$4.99
Show 7 more
  • Remove Ads$4.99
  • Barrel of Gems$9.99
  • VIP Pass$9.99
  • Squire Bundle$9.99
  • Arc I Bundle$14.99
  • Arc II Bundle$19.99
  • Cart of Gems$24.99

Questions

Is HeartBaked free?
HeartBaked is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Love Esquire free?
Love Esquire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HeartBaked or Love Esquire?
HeartBaked is rated higher. HeartBaked averages 4.6 out of 5 from 61 ratings, while Love Esquire averages 4.5 from 147 ratings.
Do HeartBaked or Love Esquire have ads?
Love Esquire shows ads; HeartBaked does not.

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