Red's Kingdom vs Yestertide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Red's Kingdom
Embark on an action-adventure quest to rescue your father and retrieve a stolen golden nut. Solve challenging puzzles, battle enemies, and explore a vibrant kingdom filled with secrets, treasures, and unlockable powers across 17 unique areas.
- Action and adventure gameplay
- Challenging puzzles
- Kingdom exploration
- Battle goons
- Discover secrets and treasure
- Unlock special powers
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Help Red explore the land in this awesome action, adventure, puzzle game. Mad King Mac has kidnapped your father and stolen your golden nut! Solve puzzles and battle goons as you explore and battle your way through the kingdom. Discover hidden treasure, collect nuts, unlock special powers and much more as you play through 17 amazing and unique areas where there's always something new to discover. Awards, TouchArcade, "Top 100 iOS Games" iMore, " Best iPad Game" BAFTA, "Best Game Nomination" Apple TV Blog, "Best Puzzle/Adventure Game" TouchArcade Game of the Week and Game of the Month, "this is more akin to an action adventure game in the same vein as something like Zelda" What the amazing reviews have said, "if you love the puzzle aspects of games like Legend of Zelda, you'll find a lot to admire about Red's Kingdom" "looks absolutely amazing" "charming and well made" "puzzles are amazing" FEATURES • Awesome action & adventure • Amazing puzzles to solve • A kingdom to explore • Goons to battle • Secrets to find • Meet new friends • Defeat Mad King Mac • A whole new world to discover More Discover more amazing Cobra Mobile games at www.cobramobile.com Support Having problems? Visit www.cobramobile.com/support to see if we can help
Yestertide
Embark on a mysterious adventure in a quaint, uncharted village. Solve puzzles, interact with cryptic characters, and uncover secrets involving time travel and aliens. Your choices are crucial to saving this strange place.
- Hand-drawn art
- Puzzles and riddles
- Cryptic character interaction
- Time-travel elements
- Alien encounters
- Card tricks
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Come in. Stay for AGES and AGES … Welcome to YESTERTIDE, another exciting mind-bender from the MysteryCaper team. Enjoy your visit. You're not going anywhere anytime soon. – You've been backpacking for days. You're tired; you're sore. You just want to SLEEP … You stumble upon a quaint old village. YESTERTIDE. Quiet, unassuming, cobblestoney. You'll rest here. It's funny, though. You've never heard of this place, and it's not on any maps. Oh well. It will do for now. But when is NOW exactly? And why do you feel like someone — or some-THING — is watching you? – FEATURES • a thrilling array of hand-drawn art • an endless supply of puzzles and riddles • the occasional cryptic character interaction • hilarious in-game comments • a pigeon • a cat • time-travel • aliens • card tricks • and YOU, the last hope for Yestertide — and beyond – MysteryCaper. It's COMEDY SOLVED.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Red's Kingdom at every 3 weeks against Yestertide's every 5 months. Red's Kingdom also leads on price ($2.99 vs $5.99). Yestertide's advantage is review sentiment (77% vs 67%) and ratings volume (77 vs 25). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Red's Kingdom costs $2.99 and Yestertide $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Red's Kingdom against 4.6 for Yestertide. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 77 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Red's Kingdom's written reviews are positive against 77% of Yestertide's.
Red's Kingdom ships an update every 3 weeks, Yestertide every 5 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Red's Kingdom | Yestertide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (25 ratings) | 4.6 (77 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 77.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 | 77 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 291 MB | 396 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Cobra Mobile Limited | MysteryCaper, LLC |
Customer experience
Red's Kingdom
Yestertide
User reviews
Red's Kingdom
From 25 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Cute visuals and charming graphics
- 💡 Addicting and challenging puzzles
- ⏳ Long playtime and ample content
- 🤔 Clever and creative game mechanics
- 👨👩👧👦 Great family game for all ages
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitches and bugs preventing progression
- 🧭 Confusing navigation and backtracking
- 🤷 Unclear game ending or objectives
- 🎶 Painful music for some users
- 🤔 Puzzles with no apparent solution
Yestertide
From 77 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Engaging story and humor
- 💡 Creative and challenging puzzles
- ⭐️ Excellent hint system available
- 🎨 Charming art style
- ⏳ Good game length
Room to improve
- 🤔 Puzzles lack logic
- 😵 Navigation is confusing
- 🤯 Puzzles are too obscure
- frustrating to navigate hints
- 🤷♀️ Some puzzles not solvable
Bugs and requests
Red's Kingdom
Reported bugs
5 issues- Game crashes on launch
- Stuck in rooms with no way out
- Levels not resetting properly
- Bug preventing progression towards the end
- Lagging on certain devices after updates
Requested features
7 requests- iCloud game sync / Cloud save
- Hint button for younger players
- More teleporters or easier navigation
- Stats for completion times and high scores
- Clearer indication of game end and credits
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- Option to use collected nuts/hearts
- More levels or a sequel
Yestertide
Reported bugs
5 issues- Fruits must be dragged twice to blend
- Cafe safe code didn't work
- Hot plate puzzle bug
- Alien keypad issue
- Safe combination in hints doesn't work
Requested features
3 requests- More games from the developer
- In-game hints instead of website
- Notebook to remind of tasks
In-app purchases
Red's Kingdom
No in-app purchases
Yestertide
No in-app purchases
Questions
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