Life is Strange vs Five Dates
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Life is Strange
Experience a choice-driven narrative adventure as a rebellious teen forming an unlikely friendship. Your decisions shape the story, leading to multiple endings. Engage in unique conversation modes, customize your character's appearance, and leave your mark on the world with tags and drawings.
- Choice and consequence driven narrative
- Multiple endings
- Risk/reward conversation mode
- Witty tags and drawings
- Outfit customization
- Licensed indie soundtrack
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"** Supported Devices: OS: Xcode 14.3 supported devices, iOS 12 or higher. All devices starting from iPhone X. ** Life is Strange: Before the Storm features Chloe Price a 16 year-old rebel who forms an unlikely friendship with Rachel Amber, a beautiful and popular girl destined for success. When Rachel’s world is turned upside down by a family secret it takes their newfound alliance to give each other the strength to overcome their demons. - Choice and consequence driven narrative adventure - Multiple endings depending on the choices you make - ‘Backtalk’ - A risk/reward conversation mode that allows Chloe to use her barbed tongue to provoke or get her way - Make your mark on the world with witty tags and drawings - Choose Chloe’s outfit and see how people react to your look - Distinct Licensed indie soundtrack & original score by Daughter"
Five Dates
Experience a modern dating simulation where your choices shape a millennial's video dating journey during lockdown. Navigate conversations, awkward scenarios, and unexpected truths with five distinct personalities to discover attraction and compatibility.
- Interactive video dating simulation
- Branching narrative choices
- Multiple potential matches
- Explore modern dating challenges
- Engaging conversation topics
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Vinny, a millennial from London, joins a dating app for the first time while living in lockdown. With five potential female matches, Vinny must pluck up the courage to video date with wildly different personalities, starring Mandip Gill (Doctor Who) and Georgia Hirst (Vikings). The viewer’s choices will define Vinny’s interactions with each date and their interest in seeing him again. Amidst a branching, multi-directional chain of conversation topics and deep-dive questions, Vinny is faced with digital game dates, awkward scenarios and unexpected truths. Five Dates is an exploration of the unpredictable modern dating experience, which follows an average single man as he navigates the world of digital dating. Through his journey, the decisions the viewer makes for him will challenge their own conceptions of attraction and compatibility. From the publishing studio that brought you The Complex, The Bunker and The Shapeshifting Detective.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Five Dates at 4.3 against Life is Strange's 3.5. Five Dates also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 33 months) and review sentiment (55% vs 30%). Life is Strange's advantage is ratings volume (1.2K vs 231). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Life is Strange sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Five Dates sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Five Dates holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Life is Strange has 1.2K ratings behind it against 231, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of Life is Strange's written reviews are positive against 55% of Five Dates's.
Life is Strange ships an update every 33 months, Five Dates fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Life is Strange | Five Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (1.2K ratings) | 4.3 (231 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.4% of reviews | 55.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 231 |
| Update frequency | Every 33 months | Fortnightly — better |
| 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 | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.3 GB | 2.0 GB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | SQUARE ENIX Co., Ltd. | Wales Interactive Ltd. |
Customer experience
Life is Strange
Five Dates
User reviews
Life is Strange
From 1.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great story and characters
- 🎨 Beautiful art style
- 🎶 Excellent soundtrack
- 👍 Engaging gameplay
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent glitches and bugs
- 🕹️ Frustrating controls and navigation
- 🚧 Unpolished mobile port
- 💰 Expensive for a mobile game
Five Dates
From 231 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Realistic dating simulation
- 👍 Good acting and direction
- 👍 Interesting and evolving story
- 👍 High replayability
- 👍 Funny and cool gameplay
Room to improve
- 🐛 Game requires purchase after demo
- 🐛 Repetitive gameplay loop
- 🐛 Short story length
- 🐛 Choices don't significantly alter story
- 🐛 Long download times
Bugs and requests
Life is Strange
Reported bugs
4 issues- Characters disappearing or glitching during scenes
- Crashes and freezes, especially in later episodes
- Inability to progress due to game-breaking bugs
- Graphical issues like distorted textures and animations
Requested features
4 requests- Add controller support
- Improve camera and movement controls
- Optimize performance and stability
- Provide more free content
Five Dates
Reported bugs
10 issues- Keeps asking to buy the game after purchase
- Stuck on a white screen after paying
- No sound in the game
- Game crashes mid-way through dates
- Game takes a very long time to download
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- Storage full error despite free space
- Videos glitch and don't coincide
- Game freezes on processing dates screen
- Game crashes and forces restart of date
- Video freezes if game is minimized
Requested features
10 requests- More inclusivity (LGBTQ+ options)
- Female protagonist version
- More date options
- Continuation of the story/new seasons
- New characters
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- More sexy situations
- Behind-the-scenes video
- Option to replay for different choices
- Lower price for full game
- More choices visible longer
In-app purchases
Life is Strange
- Bonus Episode$1.99
- Episode 1$2.99
- Episode 2$2.99
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- Episode 3$2.99
- Season Pass [Episode 3-4]$4.99
- Season Pass [2-4]$6.99
- Season Pass [Episode 1-3]$7.99
Five Dates
- Five Dates - Unlock Full Game$4.99









