Elba vs Double Cover
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Elba
Embark on a text-based narrative adventure to uncover the secrets of an abandoned island. As you and an old friend explore, more questions arise about your shared past and the island's mysteries.
- Text-based gameplay
- Narrative experience
- Mystery uncovering
- Story-driven
- Chapter-based progression
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Elba is a text based, narrative experience. Together with an old friend you uncover the mysteries of an abandoned island. More questions then answers arise as your common past unravels throughout the story. Content: Prologue Chapter I Chapter II Chapter III Chapter IV Chapter V
Double Cover
Step into the shoes of a top bodyguard to solve your client's murder. Explore a lush landscape, solve puzzles, and interact with locals in this first-person adventure. Uncover hidden talents and prove your detective skills.
- First-person adventure gameplay
- Solve murder mysteries
- Hand-drawn art style
- Engaging puzzles
- Interactive characters
- Thrilling musical score
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You're the best bodyguard in the business. Can you help it if you have no surviving clients? Solve your latest customer's murder and make your detractors eat their words. This is DOUBLE COVER, another engaging first-person adventure from the makers of FLEETING MEMORY and FLEETING JOURNEY. – Try the latest offering from MysteryCaper with no obligation to become a human shield. You may even unlock some hidden talents as you go. It's fun. It's exciting. It contains very little celery. Dish out a heaping bowl of your awesomeness today. – FEATURES • outstanding hand-drawn art • a thrilling musical score • captivating puzzles • stirring interaction with the locals • loads of wacky in-game comments • your very own travel-sized bodyguard • people trying to kill you • herbs • a lush New England landscape • AND you, the finest amateur detective on Berwald Island Dig in! – MysteryCaper. It's COMEDY SOLVED.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Elba at Free against Double Cover's $5.99. Elba also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 40 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 76%). Double Cover's advantage is ratings volume (44 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Elba is free to download; Double Cover costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Elba holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Double Cover has 44 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Elba's written reviews are positive against 76% of Double Cover's.
Elba ships an update monthly, Double Cover every 40 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Elba | Double Cover |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.7 (44 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 76.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 44 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 40 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 131 MB | 151 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Steffen Diesing | MysteryCaper, LLC |
Customer experience
Elba
Double Cover
In-app purchases
Elba
No in-app purchases
Double Cover
No in-app purchases
