FROST vs Afterplace
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FROST
Guide ethereal spirits by drawing paths to their home planets. Witness the emergence of beautiful creatures, restore balance to a dynamic world, and uncover its secrets. Experience a captivating narrative of attraction, interaction, and transformation.
- Draw paths to guide spirits
- Guide flocking creatures
- Unravel world mysteries
- Experience dynamic world
- Witness emergent creature behaviors
- Interactive particle systems
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Draw paths to guide the flocking spirits to their home planets. Watch countless beautiful creatures emerge from light, bring balance to a world in constant motion, and unravel its mysteries. For the first time in your pocket: • Dancing Stardust • Frantic Swarms • … and Neutrino Flowers In a breathtaking tale about attraction, interaction, and transformation. Also starring: • Particle Hunters • Glowing Baitballs • Firecracker Bouquets • Living Walls • Fountains of Light • Supergravity Shepherds • … and many more! *** Please note *** In FROST, you can interact with swarms and flocks consisting of thousands of individual agents. To make this possible, the game utilizes the graphics technology Metal to the fullest and is therefore available only on the App Store.
Afterplace
Embark on an open-world adventure on your mobile device, exploring a vast landscape filled with hidden secrets, treasures, and quirky characters. Engage in combat, uncover mysteries, and forge your own path through a world without waypoints.
- Open world exploration
- Hidden secrets and treasures
- Combat with monsters
- Interactive characters
- No virtual buttons
- Dynamic control adaptation
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An open world adventure game filled with silly characters and terrible secrets. Afterplace is an adventurous indie game for mobile devices. It's a huge open world, full of hidden secrets, treasures, and creatures. You'll run around the woods, fight monsters, and talk to ostensibly shady characters! All from your pocket! Be warned though - you never know what the forest might be hiding, and not all trails are paved. Labyrinths and dungeons are tucked away in the most concealed nooks. There are no waypoints in Afterplace. You'll have to forge your own path. Afterplace has been designed from the ground up to be a fast, fluid, beautiful experience for mobile. There are no virtual buttons. You can move and attack by touching anywhere. You can tap objects directly to interact or attack, use two thumbs like a traditional controller, or control the game with a physical gamepad. The game will adapt dynamically to your play style. Pick up and set down the game at your own pace, it will always save your progress. Afterplace is made to feel like a full-fledged indie adventure game that fits in your pocket. About the Author: Afterplace is made by one person, Evan Kice. A former software engineer from Austin TX, Evan quit his job (to the dismay of his friends and family) and has been working full time on Afterplace since early 2019. The initial game released in December of 2022, but Evan plans on continuing to support and polish the game when he can!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Afterplace at monthly against FROST's every 14 months. Afterplace also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 74%) and chart position (#51 vs unranked). FROST's advantage is ratings volume (15K vs 613) and price ($4.99 vs $6.99). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
FROST costs $4.99 and Afterplace $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for FROST against 4.9 for Afterplace. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FROST has 15K ratings behind it against 613, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of FROST's written reviews are positive against 94% of Afterplace's.
FROST ships an update every 14 months, Afterplace monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FROST | Afterplace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 — better | $6.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (15K ratings) | 4.9 (613 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.6% of reviews | 94.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15K — better | 613 |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #51 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 236 MB | 249 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | kunabi brother GmbH | Evan Kice |
Customer experience
FROST
Afterplace
User reviews
FROST
From 15K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🌟 Mesmerizing visuals
- 🎶 Relaxing soundtrack
- 👍 Intuitive gameplay
- 🧠 Challenging puzzles
- 💤 Calming, stress-free experience
Room to improve
- 🔍 Too few levels
- 🔚 No replay option after completion
- 🔆 Overrides brightness settings
- 💰 Expensive for the content provided
Afterplace
From 613 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth gameplay
- 👍 Charming characters and dialogue
- 🎨 Beautiful pixel art and visuals
- 🎶 Excellent soundtrack
- 💡 Unique story and world-building
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or performance issues
- 🔍 Lack of a map or quest log can lead to getting lost
- 🔍 Some plot points not fully explained
- 🔍 Limited weapon/item variety
Bugs and requests
FROST
Reported bugs
1 issue- Brightness settings not working as expected
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and content updates
- Ability to replay completed levels
- Customizable brightness/color settings
- Free play/sandbox mode
Afterplace
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on certain devices
- Saves not loading properly
Requested features
3 requests- Landscape mode support
- Ability to restart or replay the game
- More in-depth combat and progression systems
In-app purchases
FROST
No in-app purchases
Afterplace
No in-app purchases









