NoStranger vs Play4
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NoStranger
Engage in a user-choice-driven narrative where you uncover a stranger's identity, motivations, and secrets. Explore virtual worlds through real-time conversations, searching blogs, social media, and contacting characters to piece together a compelling story.
- User-choice-driven narrative
- Real-time conversation
- Search blogs and social media
- Contact story characters
- Immersive virtual world exploration
- Believable experience with real websites
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NoStranger is not a game, it's a conversation. As the app opens, you receive a message from a stranger. But by the end of your experience, you will know his name, his motivation, and his dark secret. You will be led on a user-choice-driven narrative; searching through blogs, contacting the story’s characters, and scouring social media websites to find out more. Through real-time conversation, you will delve deep, and sometimes not so deep ;), exploring the interconnectedness of our virtual world. With inspiration from titles such as LifeLine and Her Story, NoStranger uses real websites, phone numbers, and videos to create a believable, immersive experience. Trigger Warnings: This narrative includes topics of suicide and violence. https://discord.com/invite/7nBgNCt https://twitter.com/BlackVeinPro http://nostranger.weebly.com/ Sign up for our newsletter via tinyurl.com/NoStrangerNews Created by Matthew Ventures (@mrVentures) and Scott Mulligan
Play4
Engage with interactive stories to combat sexist hate speech rooted in stereotypes and gender discrimination. Choose to play as Mary, Zack, or Betty and explore their unique narratives.
- Interactive storytelling
- Multiple character perspectives
- Combats sexist hate speech
- Educational content
- Stereotype and discrimination themes
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Play4 aims at fighting sexist hate speech coming from stereotypes and gender discrimination: take the role of Mary, Zack or Betty and discover their stories! Play4 was funded by the Erasmus program of the EU.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NoStranger at 4.6 against Play4's 3.0. NoStranger also leads on ratings volume (419 vs 1). Play4's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. NoStranger sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Play4 asks for nothing beyond the download.
NoStranger holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NoStranger has 419 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 88% of NoStranger's written reviews are positive against 100% of Play4's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
NoStranger ships an update every 6 months, Play4 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NoStranger | Play4 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (419 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 419 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 160 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Black Vein Productions, Inc. | SCS Centro Zaffiria |
Customer experience
NoStranger
Play4
Bugs and requests
NoStranger
Reported bugs
2 issues- Inconsistent save/progress tracking
- Glitches that reset player choices
Requested features
3 requests- More content and chapters
- Ability to skip wait times without ads
- Clearer story resolution and explanations
Play4
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
NoStranger
- Buy some Flubbertons$0.99
- Buy some more Flubbertons$4.99
- Buy ALOT of Flubbertons$7.99
Play4
No in-app purchases
