Comparison

Open Sorcery vs MudMonster

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

Head to head
About

Open Sorcery

A text-based game where you embody an Elemental Firewall, a creature of magic and code. Protect your network, search for spirits, and explore themes of technology, magic, and sentience. Discover multiple endings through interactive storytelling.

Highlights
  • Text-based interactive fiction
  • Elemental Firewall role-playing
  • Network protection gameplay
  • Multiple endings
  • Animated sequences
  • Explore themes of magic and technology
Features
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You are online. You are fire and order. You are a firewall. You are here to protect. ---- "Open Sorcery" is a game about technology, magic and becoming a person. It follows the development of BEL/S, an Elemental Firewall: a creature of intertwined magic and code. It is text-based and uses the revolutionary Twine engine. There are 55,000 words of text, five animated sequences, and ten possible endings. In this game you can: * Search for malicious spirits * Protect your network * Make friends * Burn everything * Learn * Dream * Become sapient

About

MudMonster

This app is a feature-rich client for text-based multiplayer RPGs, allowing you to connect to any MUD, automate gameplay with custom scripts and aliases, and view live game data. It offers customizable controls, character profiles, and session syncing across devices.

Highlights
  • Connect to any MUD
  • Automate gameplay with reflexes, aliases, and timers
  • Live game data overlay (GMCP)
  • Customizable radial and directional controls
  • Character profiles and avatars
  • Cross-device sync and session logs
  • MUD directory and community voting
Features
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Every MUD. One Monster. MudMonster is a modern, full-featured client for Multi-User Dungeons (MUDs) — the original text-based multiplayer RPGs — built for your pocket. Connect to any MUD, automate your play, and pick up right where you left off across devices. CONNECT TO ANY REALM - Save unlimited connections and jump into any MUD over a fast, native connection. - A true terminal with full ANSI color, light and dark color themes, adjustable fonts and text size, and speedwalk. AUTOMATE EVERYTHING — no coding required - Reflexes: run commands or scripts automatically when text matches (exact, contains, or regex). Built-in pattern helpers, a live tester, and ready-made recipes make it easy — with optional sandboxed scripting for power users. - Aliases: turn short commands into full ones (type "kw" for "kill wolf"). - Timers: fire actions on a schedule. - Variables: store and reuse values across your reflexes, aliases, and timers. LIVE GAME DATA (GMCP) See your world at a glance with an on-screen Game Overlay: - HP / MP / MV vitals bar and XP bar - Room map - Group members, active effects, and channel chat — reorder them however you like. PLAY WITH YOUR THUMBS Floating radial and directional controls send your most-used commands with a swipe. Dwell on a direction to reveal quick hold-actions, and drag the controls anywhere on screen. MANY CHARACTERS, ONE APP Give every character its own profile and avatar, scoped to each connection. MudMonster remembers who's who. SYNC & SESSION LOGS Sign in to sync your connections, settings, and characters across all your devices. Optionally log your sessions and read them back anytime. DISCOVER NEW WORLDS Browse a directory of active MUDs and find your next home. VOTE & REVIEW Champion your favorite worlds. Cast your vote and write player reviews to push the best MUDs up the rankings — helping the whole community find great places to play. Thoughtful extras: haptic feedback, trigger highlighting, keep-awake during sessions, and screen-reader support. MudMonster connects you to independently operated, third-party MUD servers, each run by its own community. Free to download. Start your adventure.

Screenshots

Open Sorcery3 screens
MudMonster4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MudMonster at Free against Open Sorcery's $2.99. Open Sorcery's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 1) and chart position (#198 vs unranked). On rating, update cadence, 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

MudMonster is free to download; Open Sorcery costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Open Sorcery against 5.0 for MudMonster. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Open Sorcery has 21 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Open Sorcery ships an update fortnightly, MudMonster every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Open Sorcery versus MudMonster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpen SorceryMudMonster
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (21 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings21 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#198 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB60 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperAbigail CorfmanCodeSquatch, LLC

Customer experience

Open Sorcery

All ratings21 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

MudMonster

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Open Sorcery

No in-app purchases

None

MudMonster

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Open Sorcery free?
Open Sorcery costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is MudMonster free?
MudMonster is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Open Sorcery or MudMonster?
Open Sorcery and MudMonster are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 21 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Open Sorcery or MudMonster have ads?
Neither Open Sorcery nor MudMonster shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Open Sorcery or MudMonster?
Open Sorcery ships an update fortnightly, and MudMonster every 3 weeks. Most recently, Open Sorcery was updated on October 8, 2026 and MudMonster on September 24, 2026.

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