Comparison

Hosted Games vs Jester / King

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Hosted Games

Explore a vast library of text-based interactive novels where your choices shape the narrative. Engage in diverse genres from horror and fantasy to romance and sci-fi, all powered by your imagination. Create your own stories using a simple scripting language.

Highlights
  • Vast library of interactive novels
  • Text-based storytelling
  • Choice-driven narratives
  • Multiple genres available
  • Create your own games
  • ChoiceScript programming language
Features
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The choice is yours! Joust for love and glory, solve an eldritch murder, find romance, or battle aliens with Magitek? "Hosted Games" is a magnificent library of interactive novels, written by authors like you. Hosted Games are entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. Try a few of these fan favorites: • Zombie Exodus — Fight your way out of a zombie-filled city in this interactive horror story! • Fallen Hero — Step into the shoes of a telepath turned villain and explore the dark side. • Wayhaven Chronicles — Something stalks the shadows, and it's up to you to find out what! • Sabres of Infinity — Step into the boots of a Royal Dragoon in this tale of war in a fantasy world. • Golden Rose — Explore a medieval Europe where history took a different turn! • Soul Stone War — Fight for the future—your own, and the world's! Your fate is yours. • I, the Forgotten One — Can you defeat the rebellion in your kingdom before your past consumes you? • An Unexpectedly Green Journey — From birth to death, craft your orc's legacy. Are you destined for glory? • Fields of Asphodel — Join the ranks of the Underworld's misfit gods and make it your home! • Tin Star — Ride out into the Old West as a U.S. marshal and craft a legend. Authors just like you have developed these games using ChoiceScript, a simple programming language for writing multiple-choice interactive novels. Writing games with ChoiceScript is easy and fun, even for authors with no programming experience. Learn more at https://hostedgames.org

About

Jester / King

A dark fantasy visual novel where you play as a jester investigating a demonic curse and murder. Make choices to uncover the truth, build relationships, and escape a cursed kingdom.

Highlights
  • Over 90,000 words of story
  • Voiced important lines
  • Relationship building with three characters
  • Collect 'keys' for story progression
  • Time loop with flowchart
  • Multiple character paths
Features
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The court jester, Madion, wakes up by the king's lifeless body. A demonic curse has struck down every true citizen, and driven others to madness. Madion is torn between seeking the truth, helping the survivors, and a desire to escape. From the author of Demonheart comes a new visual novel in a similarly dark setting, dealing with themes of murder, love, trust, and deceit. Features: • Story of over 90.000 words. • Important lines are voiced over. • Choices to build, or re-build, a relationship with one of three characters: Lucille, Calix, or Edwina. • Collect "keys" - bits of information needed to progress the story and discover the truth. • The cursed kingdom is looping in time - you can use a flowchart to go back to certain choices. Characters: • You play as Madion, the jester who has lost his memories. Having been forced into a life of chaos, uncertainty and deceit, Madion starts off feeling conflicted, jealous and spiteful. He needs to let go of his dark thoughts and redeem himself. You can make choices for him, affecting his relationships with the other characters. • Lady Lucille was forced to live in the king's palace while he waged war on her homeland. Quiet and cunning, she adapted quickly. Lucille believes she understands Madion, and is always there to support him. • An orphan of common origins, Calix received a favorable place in the palace thanks to his good looks and charisma. Some believed he was involved with the king, but Calix's eyes were set elsewhere. • As the king's alchemist, Edwina used to follow His Majesty's every command. She is strict and slightly paranoid, with a cold exterior, but Madion sees a different side of her.

Screenshots

Hosted Games4 screens
Jester / King4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Jester / King at none against Hosted Games's shown. Jester / King also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 77%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Hosted Games's advantage is ratings volume (956 vs 5). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hosted Games sells 33 one-off in-app purchases and Jester / King sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Jester / King holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hosted Games has 956 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Hosted Games's written reviews are positive against 100% of Jester / King's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hosted Games ships an update every 10 days, Jester / King every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Hosted Games versus Jester / King: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHosted GamesJester / King
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (956 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings956 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB95 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperHosted Games LLCJovana Kujovic

Customer experience

Hosted Games

All ratings956 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral1.7%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews213 reviews
Positive77.5%
Neutral6.6%
Negative16.0%

Jester / King

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

33 purchases

Hosted Games

One-time33
  • Dragon of Steelthorne$2.99
  • Side Stories 21-30$2.99
  • First Bull Run$2.99
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  • Tokyo Wizard$2.99
  • It Takes Three to Tango$3.99
  • Divine Ascension$4.99
  • Samurai of Hyuga$4.99
  • Keeper's Vigil$5.99
  • World War II Armored Recon$5.99
  • Life as a Lich$5.99
  • Velocity: The Race Begins$6.99
  • Keeper of the Sun and Moon$6.99
  • Samurai of Hyuga Book 6$6.99
  • Fallen Hero: Rebirth$6.99
  • Hero or Villain: Genesis$6.99
  • A Kiss from Death$6.99
  • Kitsune$6.99
  • Whiskey-Four$6.99
  • Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One$7.99
  • The Soul Stone War$7.99
  • Leas: City of the Sun$7.99
  • The People's House$7.99
  • Scales of Justice$7.99
  • Tale of Two Cranes$8.99
  • Breach: The Archangel Job$8.99
  • Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Two$8.99
  • Saturnine$8.99
  • The Golden Rose: Book One$11.99
  • Diaspora$11.99
  • Wayhaven Chronicles Three$11.99
  • Fallen Hero: Retribution$11.99
  • An Unexpectedly Green Journey$11.99
  • Fields of Asphodel$11.99
3 purchases

Jester / King

One-time3
  • King's Treasure x500$3.99
  • King's Treasure x1400$9.99
  • King's Treasure x3000$19.99

Questions

Is Hosted Games free?
Hosted Games is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Jester / King free?
Jester / King is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hosted Games or Jester / King?
Jester / King is rated higher. Hosted Games averages 4.7 out of 5 from 956 ratings, while Jester / King averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Hosted Games or Jester / King have ads?
Hosted Games shows ads; Jester / King does not.
Which is updated more often, Hosted Games or Jester / King?
Hosted Games ships an update every 10 days, and Jester / King every 2 days. Most recently, Hosted Games was updated on October 18, 2026 and Jester / King on October 2, 2026.

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