Fugitive Notepad vs Everdell
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Digital dry-erase notepad
- Mark incomplete guesses
- Mark known non-locations
- Mark discovered hideouts
- Two background options
- Icon-based tracking
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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.
Everdell
Build a fantastical city by gathering resources, constructing buildings, and recruiting critters. Compete against others or AI in this strategic card-based city-building game adapted from a popular board game. The player with the highest-scoring city after four seasons wins.
- Worker placement for resource gathering
- Strategic card play for city building
- Build Constructions and recruit Critters
- Cross-platform multiplayer
- AI play and Solo Challenges
- Four-season game progression
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From Everfrost to Bellsong, many a peaceful year has passed in Everdell — but the time has come for new territories to be settled and new cities to be established... Adapted from the award-winning board game from Tabletop Tycoon, Everdell is a fantastical city building game combining worker placement and strategic card play to create a new civilization. Gather resources to build fanciful Constructions and recruit colorful Critters to make your city thrive. Each card in your city scores points, and after four seasons have passed the highest-scoring city wins! Face off against other founders in cross-platform multiplayer games, or test your civic wits with AI play and Solo Challenges! On each turn, you'll take one of three actions: 1.) Place a Worker. Send one of your helpful workers out into the valley to gather resources! Berries, Twigs, Resin, Pebbles...and of course Cards! You'll need them all to help your new civilization grow. 2.) Play a Card. Your city can hold up to 15 Construction and Critter cards. Cards generate resources, open up new abilities, and score points to win the game! Discover combos and synergies to race past your opponents. 3.) Prepare for the Next Season. When the seasons change, your workers come home and get ready for the next round. But plan your city carefully! After four seasons, the Winter Moon returns and the game will end. There are buildings to construct, lively characters to meet, events to host— you will have a busy year ahead of you! Will the sun shine brightest on your city before the winter moon rises? Welcome to Everdell!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Everdell at 76% against Fugitive Notepad's 0%. Everdell also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (2.7K vs 3). Fugitive Notepad's advantage is price (Free vs $9.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ads 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
Fugitive Notepad is free to download; Everdell costs $9.99 up front. Everdell sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Fugitive Notepad asks for nothing beyond the download.
Everdell holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Everdell has 2.7K 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 76% of Everdell's.
Fugitive Notepad ships an update every 9 days, Everdell every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fugitive Notepad | Everdell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.8 (2.7K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 76.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 2.7K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #20 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 5.1.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 384 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Fowers Games Inc. | Dire Wolf Digital |
Customer experience
Fugitive Notepad
Everdell
Bugs and requests
Fugitive Notepad
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Everdell
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to play certain cards or use locations
- Game freezes or crashes during online play
- Incorrect scoring or card interactions
- Placement issues with workers and cards
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for expansions and additional content
- Allow players to choose their character/critter
- Implement a confirm/undo button for actions
- Improve zoom and readability on smaller screens
- Add push notifications for online games
In-app purchases
Fugitive Notepad
No in-app purchases
Everdell
- Glimmergold$5.99
- Bellfaire$8.99
Questions
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