Comparison

Evertree Inn vs Broadway

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Text-based interactive story
  • Open-world tavern exploration
  • Multiple playable races
  • Combat with weapons and magic
  • Choice-driven narrative
  • Character relationship building
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Manage a theatre
  • High-stakes business
  • Dangerous romance
  • Risky alliances
  • Text-based adventure
  • Character customization
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Evertree Inn4 screens
Broadway4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Evertree Inn costs $6.99 and Broadway $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Evertree Inn versus Broadway: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEvertree InnBroadway
Price$6.99$4.99 — better
Rating4.9 (74 ratings) — better4.6 (25 ratings)
Positive reviews93.6% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings74 — better25
Update frequencyEvery 18 monthsEvery 6 months — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB29 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperHosted Games LLCChoice of Games LLC

Customer experience

Evertree Inn

All ratings75 ratings
Positive97.3%
Neutral1.3%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive93.6%
Neutral2.1%
Negative4.3%

Broadway

All ratings25 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

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

None

Evertree Inn

No in-app purchases

None

Broadway

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Evertree Inn free?
Evertree Inn costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Broadway free?
Broadway costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Evertree Inn or Broadway?
Evertree Inn is rated higher. Evertree Inn averages 4.9 out of 5 from 74 ratings, while Broadway averages 4.6 from 25 ratings.
Do Evertree Inn or Broadway have ads?
Both Evertree Inn and Broadway show ads.
Which is updated more often, Evertree Inn or Broadway?
Evertree Inn ships an update every 18 months, and Broadway every 6 months. Most recently, Evertree Inn was updated on October 24, 2026 and Broadway on October 26, 2026.

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