Evertree Inn vs Broadway
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Evertree Inn
Embark on a text-based murder mystery adventure in a magical tavern. Your choices shape the narrative as you explore, interact with characters, and uncover clues to solve a deadly secret before the killer strikes again.
- Text-based interactive story
- Open-world tavern exploration
- Multiple playable races
- Combat with weapons and magic
- Choice-driven narrative
- Character relationship building
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A mysterious tavern with a deadly secret! Check-in to this magical tale of murder and mystery where not everything is as it seems. Explore the tavern in secret or in style, meet and mingle with guests and staff, wield weapons and magic and uncover clues before the killer strikes again! Evertree Inn is an immersive 265,000 word interactive experience by Thom Baylay, where your choices control the story. It’s entirely text-based--without graphics or sound effects--and fueled by the vast unstoppable power of your imagination. What will you do when an overnight stay in a highway tavern turns into the biggest mystery of your life? Will you rise to the challenge, or will you resist your destiny? Are you in it for the money, for the thrill of the chase or are you secretly hoping for romance? Enter an open world, where the choices you ignore matter as much as the ones you explore and where every interaction has a reaction. Choose your path as elf or dwarf, human or halfling or even the elusive brownie and find out if you have what it takes to survive the night at Evertree Inn? • Immerse yourself in the fully open and explorable tavern where your actions have real consequences. • Play as any one of five races, each with their own unique abilities and dialogue options! • Overcome obstacles with brute strength, keen perception, natural cunning and even magic. • Battle with any weapon you can imagine or unleash an impressive arsenal of spells. • Boldly confront guests and staff or lurk in the shadows as you uncover clues. • Make enemies and friends and maybe even find true love. • Play as male, female or non-binary. • Play as gay, straight, bisexual or asexual.
Broadway
Manage a 19th-century New York theatre, navigating business, romance, and danger. Make critical choices to achieve box office glory or succumb to the city's challenges. This text-based adventure offers a rich narrative experience.
- Manage a theatre
- High-stakes business
- Dangerous romance
- Risky alliances
- Text-based adventure
- Character customization
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Fight your way to box office glory, while fending off the gangs of New York! Manage a theatre in a game of high-stakes business, dangerous romance, and risky alliances set in the rough-and-tumble world of 19th century New York. You'll brave riots, fires, and political spies as you take on a city of jealous rivals, brilliant artists, and stalwart politicians. "Broadway: 1849" is a 150,000-word interactive historical adventure novel by Robert Davis. It's entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. Will you succeed by your smart business sense or enlist the city’s gangs to push your competition out of business? Can you manage the diva personalities of your actors? What about a ghost haunting your theatre's stage? Are you a flashy producer playing to please the crowd with circus acts? Do you try to earn the respect of the city's leaders with fine art? Can you wrangle the press into writing the best reviews? • Play as male, female, or non-binary; gay, straight, bi, or asexual. • Compete with rivals to stage the biggest shows and gain the largest audience! • Choose a cast from the city's brightest talent. • Investigate the hidden secrets of your theatre. • Rush to defuse a deadly bomb, or let it explode and plunge the city into chaos. • Nurture young talent or feed your own ambition for the spotlight. • Rub shoulders with the city's most notorious criminals, or bring their misdeeds to light. • Help a deserving friend escape the clutches of an unscrupulous businessman. • Join forces with a criminal gang or side with the mayor’s push for order. When forced to choose you'll decide whether to fight for peace or let the city burn.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Evertree Inn at 4.9 against Broadway's 4.6. Evertree Inn also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 75%). Broadway's advantage is update cadence (every 6 months vs every 18 months) and price ($4.99 vs $6.99). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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
Evertree Inn costs $6.99 and Broadway $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Evertree Inn holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 74 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Evertree Inn's written reviews are positive against 75% of Broadway's.
Evertree Inn ships an update every 18 months, Broadway every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Evertree Inn | Broadway |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | $4.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (74 ratings) — better | 4.6 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.6% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 74 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Hosted Games LLC | Choice of Games LLC |
Customer experience
Evertree Inn
Broadway
Bugs and requests
Evertree Inn
Requested features
2 requests- Sequel or more stories from this author
- Ability to save or go back after bad choices
Broadway
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Evertree Inn
No in-app purchases
Broadway
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Evertree Inn free?
Is Broadway free?
Which has better reviews, Evertree Inn or Broadway?
Do Evertree Inn or Broadway have ads?
Which is updated more often, Evertree Inn or Broadway?
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