Maginary. Adventure text book. vs Симбионт 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Maginary. Adventure text book.
Experience a unique interactive novel where you communicate with a protagonist aware of your presence. This app blurs the lines between fiction and reality, requiring you to use your device's hardware features to help the character survive a surreal and dangerous world.
- Break the fourth wall communication
- Physical device interactivity
- Explore a surreal world
- Protagonist relies on player
- Unique hardware feature usage
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What if the character in your book knew you were reading about him? Meet Michael Sterry. A few hours ago, he fell asleep in his home in England. Now, he has woken up in a strange, deadly place called the Anomaly Zone, or Anzo. He has no idea how he got there, but he knows one thing: he is holding a mysterious medallion that connects his world directly to your smartphone. Maginary is not just a text quest; it is a groundbreaking interactive novel where the boundary between fiction and reality disappears. Michael knows you exist. He will talk to you, beg for your help, and completely rely on you to survive. To help Michael escape the bizarre and dangerous world of Anzo, reading is not enough. You will have to use every hardware feature of your device! KEY FEATURES: - Break the Fourth Wall: Communicate with a protagonist who is fully aware that he is a character in a story being read by you. - Physical Interactivity: Reading is not enough. To keep Michael alive, you will need to use the hardware features of your iPhone in ways the story will reveal — and you won't see coming.Shake your device, walk with it, use most of its features. - A Bizarre, Captivating World: Explore Anzo, a surreal landscape filled with rusty rescue robots , deserts made of yellow autumn leaves , and a sarcastic ex-smuggler who has been turned into a talking conch shell. Are you ready to turn the page? Michael is waiting for you
Симбионт 2
Embark on a sci-fi horror survival text quest as an operator guiding a mercenary through a facility overrun by the undead. Your decisions shape the narrative, influencing the fate of humanity.
- Text-based sci-fi horror survival
- Branching storylines and multiple endings
- Over 1,000 locations and 13,000 messages
- Approximately 30 hours of gameplay
- New Achievement system
- Improved environment reactions
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“and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, and the hunters became the hunted” // Revelation THE STORY. Here's a sequel to the tragedy in the Shelter M-2 lab. This time you're the operator, who has to take his protégé through all of the dangers at the facility that’s swarming with the walking dead. Sergey Berkut is a professional mercenary, a fighter of the special ops Blade troop. But even all of his skills and experience are powerless against the Symbiont. You’re his only hope! Symbiont 2 is a science fiction text quest, a mix of horror and survival. From now on, you’re on the other side of the conflict. Your role task is to complete the quest mission successfully, untangle the web of riddles and, of course, it would be best to keep the mercenary alive. Operation Clear Horizon is about to begin! FEATURES - Over 1,000 locations and 13,000 unique messages. - About 30 hours of playtime with honest playthrough. - 2 unique storyline campaigns. - 4 original endings that contain secret codes. - Unique secret locations, which won’t be accessible to everyone... - Direct sequel of the Symbiont quest, meet the familiar characters, including neuroscientist Martin Shepard, in the new game - New Achievement system and open/accessible endings panel. - Updated musical, audio and graphics library. - Improved environment reaction to player actions. - Intricately woven storyline quest, whose intrigue will keep you on your toes until the last moments! The text quest action approaches real-time. The main character will get in touch with you, tell you all about what’s going on his end, and also ask for help and advice. Sometimes he’ll need time to act or maybe just rest. Every one of our decisions influences the course of the story, both salvation of humanity and its extinction are in your hands.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Maginary. Adventure text book. at 5.5K against Симбионт 2's 21. Maginary. Adventure text book. also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). Симбионт 2's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Maginary. Adventure text book. sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Симбионт 2 sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Maginary. Adventure text book. against 4.9 for Симбионт 2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Maginary. Adventure text book. has 5.5K ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Maginary. Adventure text book.'s written reviews are positive against 89% of Симбионт 2's.
Maginary. Adventure text book. ships an update every 3 weeks, Симбионт 2 every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Maginary. Adventure text book. | Симбионт 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5.5K ratings) | 4.9 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.2% of reviews | 89.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5.5K — better | 21 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 209 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Semyon Polyakovskiy | Vitaliy Ostrovsky |
Customer experience
Maginary. Adventure text book.
Симбионт 2
Bugs and requests
Maginary. Adventure text book.
Reported bugs
3 issues- Freezing or crashing on certain devices
- Inconsistent page turning and interaction
- Sync issues between chapters
Requested features
5 requests- More story content and chapters
- Customizable reading experience
- Expanded character and world-building
- Support for more languages
- Accessibility options for disabled users
Симбионт 2
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Maginary. Adventure text book.
- Tips for the authors$1.99
- Tips for the authors$4.99
- Full version explicit$4.99
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- Full version$6.99
- Full Version Limited$6.99
- Tips for the authors$14.99
- Tips for authors$49.99
Симбионт 2
- 1 Декодер$0.99
- A cup of coffee$0.99
- Premium version (66% discount)$0.99
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- 3 Decoders$1.99
- Coffee and a cake$1.99
- Premium version (33% discount)$1.99
- Premium version$2.99
- 10 Decoders$3.99
- Pizza Margherita$4.99
Questions
Is Maginary. Adventure text book. free?
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