Infamous Machine vs Dawn, P.I.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Infamous Machine
Embark on a hilarious point-and-click adventure through history. Help legendary geniuses complete their masterworks and repair the unraveling fabric of time. Explore three wacky chapters with iconic historical figures.
- Point-and-click gameplay
- Time travel adventure
- Historical figures
- Humorous story
- Gorgeously drawn chapters
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Kelvin and the Infamous Machine is a hilarious point-and-click adventure in which you stumble irresponsibly through history to help legendary geniuses complete their masterworks! Kelvin is the well-meaning research assistant of Dr. Edwin Lupin, an outstanding but tacky physicist who goes completely nuts when his life’s work, a shower-shaped time machine, is ridiculed by the scientific community. Bent on leaving his mark, Lupin launches himself into the past to prevent history’s greatest geniuses from completing their defining works, so HE can complete them instead. Now the very fabric of time is beginning to unravel, and it’s up to Kelvin and his fellow research assistant Lise to repair it. Point and click your way through three wacky, gorgeously drawn chapters to help Ludwig van Beethoven, Isaac Newton, and Leonardo da Vinci achieve their destined greatness!
Dawn, P.I.
Step into the shoes of a high school detective in this hand-drawn, point-and-click adventure game. Explore a mysterious high school, find clues, solve puzzles, and interrogate characters to uncover the truth behind strange occurrences.
- Point-and-click gameplay
- Investigative puzzles
- Character interrogation
- Hand-drawn animation
- Mystery solving
- Explore school environment
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What mystery lurks in Marlowe High? Become a detective in this point-and-click adventure game and solve the case! If you enjoy detective stories, escape games and puzzles, Dawn, P.I. is the game for you. Become Dawn, a high schooler with a penchant for investigation and occasional property damage. Explore the school to find clues and solve puzzles to ultimately get to the bottom of the case: why is Meg's horoscope suddenly working? Is someone interfering with the school paper? Why are people missing? Why is the librarian so annoying? And what in the world is "The Guiding Wind"? Fully hand-drawn and -animated, Dawn, P.I. will transport you to a cartoon noir world, where you'll have to be sharp and creative to advance in every step. Sweep rooms for objects to help you on your investigation and interrogate everyone to uncover their hidden secrets.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Dawn, P.I. at Free against Infamous Machine's $2.99. Dawn, P.I. also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). Infamous Machine's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (171 vs 13). On review sentiment, ads, 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
Dawn, P.I. is free to download; Infamous Machine costs $2.99 up front. Dawn, P.I. sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Infamous Machine asks for nothing beyond the download.
Dawn, P.I. holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Infamous Machine has 171 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 74% of Infamous Machine's written reviews are positive against 67% of Dawn, P.I.'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Infamous Machine ships an update every 3 months, Dawn, P.I. monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Infamous Machine | Dawn, P.I. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (171 ratings) | 4.8 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.2% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 171 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 315 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Blyts | Bruno Maestrini |
Customer experience
Infamous Machine
Dawn, P.I.
Bugs and requests
Infamous Machine
Reported bugs
9 issues- Game freezes every few minutes requiring restart
- Chapter 3 castle guard progression bug - unable to exit
- Invisible characters with audible dialogue
- Audio echoing and repetition
- Game crashes on iPhone X and iPad models
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- Force close on startup (iPad Pro)
- Chapter 3 rat poison man reward not triggering
- Jerky gameplay and video transitions
- Performance issues on iPad mini 1
Requested features
8 requests- Sequel or more chapters
- Faster character movement/run option
- Hint or help system
- Map feature for quick navigation
- Russian language support
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- German voice acting/dubbing
- More female characters
- Longer gameplay experience
Dawn, P.I.
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Infamous Machine
No in-app purchases
Dawn, P.I.
- Full Game$2.99
Questions
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