Keep in Mind vs Moth Lake
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Keep in Mind
Embark on a dark adventure as Jonas, a man battling personal demons in a surreal mirror world. This therapeutic horror game challenges players to confront inner darkness and twisted beasts to find a way home. Experience a critically acclaimed story with an eerie soundtrack.
- Critically acclaimed story
- Confront personal demons
- Eerie soundtrack
- Memorable characters and emotions
- Therapeutic experience
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If you awoke in a dark world plagued by beasts and demons, what would you do? Keep in Mind: Remastered follows Jonas, a man haunted by alcoholism, depression, and grief. One night, he awakens to a shadowy mirror world where beasts lurk and the stars don't shine. Lost and scared, Jonas must face all those twisted beasts if he ever wishes to return home and learn the truth about his darkness. This game was created for those who struggle with mental illness or those who find themselves lost in the dark. This game is meant to be a therapeutic experience. Because of its dark and controversial themes, some audiences may want to be wary. It’s best played in 1 sitting, and will hopefully leave you with a few questions and some insight. Features •Critically Acclaimed Story – Join Jonas as he confronts his personal demons in order help save himself from his own destructive alcoholism •Eerie Soundtrack – Listen to the haunting soundtrack that immerses you in the game •Memorable Experience - Characters and emotions that will stick with you, long after you complete the game •Help a Good Cause - By purchasing Keep in Mind: Remastered, Akupara Game's profits are donated to charity, Child's Play
Moth Lake
Uncover a small town's dark secret through a story-driven adventure. Navigate a 2.5D pixel art world, solve unconventional puzzles, and make choices that impact character relationships and the narrative's outcome. Experience thrills, suspense, and horror with a touch of dark humor.
- 2.5D pixel art with frame-to-frame animations
- Simple controls for touch, mouse, keyboard, and controllers
- Unconventional puzzles with optional walkthrough
- Stealth-action gameplay
- Choices affecting character bonds and narrative
- Multiple endings
- Original soundtrack
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Synopsis: This is the story of Moth Lake, a small town that, behind its peaceful facade, hides a terrible secret. Only a group of teenagers, with a difficult life, will reveal what has been hidden for generations. Mysterious events will intensify starting from the eve of a solar eclipse, and our young friends will start a journey into the shadow and into their own soul. What to expect from this game: In short: •2.5D pixel art (Frame to frame animations, as if we are still in '90s) • Simple controls (Supporting touch screen, mouse, keyboard and controllers) • Unconventional puzzles (Don't worry, there's a free walkthrough if you need help!) • Stealth-action • Choices that will change the bonds between the characters as well as the spirit of the experience (Just like in life, a choice can make the difference between friendship, love, hate, life or death) • Thrills, suspense and horror (Not a survival game, but it can be creepy or scary at times) • Bad humor and strong language (They are teenagers, don't judge them) • At some point this experience might even move you to tear (I'm not crying, I just got a pixel in my eye) • 6 different endings • A soundtrack that is original, suggestive, and exciting In detail: Moth Lake is a story-driven experience, with a lot of textual contents (more than 20k words), and hundreds of different scenes (more than 300 scenarios). The script is a long journey through a mystery, through horrors and through the characters hearts. It contains dark topics and very sad stuff, but also a lot of nonsense jokes and weird conversations, so it's hard to say whether it is a horror game or not. The main characters move around a 2.5D world, interacting with many hotspots and NPCs. They can pull objects and perform a set of specific actions to solve very different puzzles. The artwork is a modern pixel art, with a big colour palette and a lot of frame-to-frame animations. There's a very large set of animations, including talking, walking, running, crouching, crawling, pushing, climbing, sneaking, punching, throwing... and much more. Scenarios have some modern lighting/shading work, with particles effects and a constant use of parallax, to simulate a 3D environment. There are 6 main characters and more than 50 NPCs, with their own look and personality. You can control 7 characters through the main story and more in the additional chapters. They all move their eyes, they change facial expressions, and they have some peculiar behaviours. As the story proceeds, the player has to take some choices, affecting the characters mood and sometimes even the plot. For most of the time the player controls a character surrounded by his/her friends. Each one has some kind of skill to be used at the right moment, and sometimes even their personality will be important to solve a puzzle. Some puzzles can be solved by a single character, while other must be solved using the whole squad cooperation. As I said, the game aims to give psychological horror vibes. So keep in mind that this game is not for everyone! Some scenes are disturbing, some scenes may give you anxiety, and some other scenes are extremely sad. Characters are constantly called to face their difficult past, and to go through their scary present. They need to hide, to take terrible decisions and sometimes even to fight for their lives. ...But after all, your choices can lead you to the best possible ending, and if you fail, you can always try again.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Moth Lake at 4.3 against Keep in Mind's 3.8. Keep in Mind's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $3.99) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 11.0). On review sentiment, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Keep in Mind costs $0.99 and Moth Lake $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Moth Lake holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 12 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Keep in Mind's written reviews are positive against 72% of Moth Lake's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Keep in Mind ships an update every 6 weeks, Moth Lake every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Keep in Mind | Moth Lake |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 3.8 (13 ratings) | 4.3 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 72.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 166 MB | 121 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Akupara Games, LLC | Stefano Mazzotta |
Customer experience
Keep in Mind
Moth Lake
In-app purchases
Keep in Mind
No in-app purchases
Moth Lake
No in-app purchases
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