Comparison

Fugitive Notepad vs The Fox in the Forest

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

Head to head
About

Fugitive Notepad

This app digitally recreates the dry-erase notepad used in a card game. It allows players to mark fugitive locations, known non-locations, and discovered hideouts with various icons. Users can choose between two visually distinct backgrounds.

Highlights
  • Digital dry-erase notepad
  • Mark incomplete guesses
  • Mark known non-locations
  • Mark discovered hideouts
  • Two background options
  • Icon-based tracking
Features
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Tim Fowers' Fugitive card game comes with a dry-erase "notepad" that the Marshal player uses to track her guesses about where the fugitive is hiding. This app relates that notepad, with icons for marking incomplete guesses, locations where she knows the fugitive is not at, and locations where she has found one of the fugitive's hideouts. it has two different backgrounds, one plain, and one with gorgeous art directly from one of the cards in the game.

About

The Fox in the Forest

A beautifully illustrated trick-taking card game for two players. Utilize special character abilities and strategically win tricks to score points, but beware of winning too many and becoming the fairy tale villain. Plan your moves carefully to achieve the highest score and win the game.

Highlights
  • Beautifully illustrated trick-taking gameplay
  • Special abilities on odd-ranked cards
  • Dynamic game length
  • Fairy tale theme with characters
  • Strategic card play for scoring
Features
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The Fox in the Forest is a beautifully illustrated trick-taking card game for 2 players.Use special abilities and take tricks to win, but don't get greedy! Win too many tricks, and you might become the villain of your fairy tale... Once upon a time, a woodcutter and his daughter lived in a small village bordering the forest. She had traveled with him and had seen him speak with the forest animals... Fairy Tale Characters The Queen decreed that whoever defeated the monsters would be granted half the kingdom in reward. With the help of the woodcutter, swan, fox, monarch you will be able to collect treasures and gain the Witch's trust. Trick-Taking Card Game A trick-taking game for 2 players, each playing cards to win tricks against the other over multiple rounds. Players score points during a round depending on how many tricks they end of taking at the end of the round. Most points at the end wins. Special Characters All the odd ranked cards have special abilities printed on them. These cards change up the game play and might determine who the winner will be, or who leads the next trick. They are critical to you gaining treasures. Dynamic 2 player Card Game Variable length to the game by predetermining what score will end the game. Play 13 cards each round and plan your plays cunningly to score you the most points possible.

Screenshots

Fugitive Notepad3 screens
The Fox in the Forest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Fox in the Forest at 52% against Fugitive Notepad's 0%. The Fox in the Forest also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (79 vs 3). Fugitive Notepad's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99) and update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). 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

Fugitive Notepad is free to download; The Fox in the Forest costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Fox in the Forest holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Fox in the Forest has 79 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Fugitive Notepad's written reviews are positive against 52% of The Fox in the Forest's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fugitive Notepad ships an update every 9 days, The Fox in the Forest monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Fugitive Notepad versus The Fox in the Forest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFugitive NotepadThe Fox in the Forest
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)4.7 (79 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews52.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings379 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank—#98 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS5.1.1 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB170 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFowers Games Inc.Dire Wolf Digital

Customer experience

Fugitive Notepad

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

The Fox in the Forest

All ratings71 ratings
Positive91.5%
Neutral5.6%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive52.4%
Neutral19.0%
Negative28.6%

In-app purchases

None

Fugitive Notepad

No in-app purchases

None

The Fox in the Forest

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fugitive Notepad free?
Fugitive Notepad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Fox in the Forest free?
The Fox in the Forest costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fugitive Notepad or The Fox in the Forest?
The Fox in the Forest is rated higher. Fugitive Notepad averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while The Fox in the Forest averages 4.7 from 79 ratings.
Do Fugitive Notepad or The Fox in the Forest have ads?
Neither Fugitive Notepad nor The Fox in the Forest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fugitive Notepad or The Fox in the Forest?
Fugitive Notepad ships an update every 9 days, and The Fox in the Forest monthly. Most recently, Fugitive Notepad was updated on October 24, 2026 and The Fox in the Forest on October 27, 2026.

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