Comparison

Deep in the woods vs Chronescher

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

Head to head
About

Deep in the woods

Explore beautifully painted scenes by dragging and swiping to solve point-and-click puzzles. This unique gameplay enhances visual perception and immersion for an engaging puzzle experience.

Highlights
  • Point-and-click puzzle gameplay
  • Beautifully painted scenes
  • Drag and swipe screen interaction
  • Deep scene exploration
  • Enhanced visual perception
  • Immersive puzzle sessions
Features
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"Deep in the woods" is a different kind of point-and-click puzzle game, like a beautiful painting. Players can use dragging and swiping the screen to explore the well-designed scenes in depth. This special gameplay experience will make the interactive puzzle sessions more interesting while enhancing the visual perception and sense of immersion.

About

Chronescher

Embark on a challenging isometric puzzle adventure through a surreal, escherpunk world. Master time, space, and perspective-bending mechanics to ascend towering structures and uncover a personal mystery. This game demands clever use of portals, time anchors, and shifting viewpoints to solve intricate levels.

Highlights
  • Isometric puzzle gameplay
  • Time and space manipulation
  • Perspective shifting mechanics
  • Escherpunk world with unique biomes
  • Narrative-driven progression
  • Portal placement and return
Features
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Ascend the roofs of the city and journey to the top of the highest tower, where you may even discover something about yourself. Chronescher is a challenging isometric puzzle game. Set in an escherpunk world consisting of six unique biomes. It requires you to learn time- space- and mind bending mechanics in order to puzzle your way forward. As you progress further you will untangle who you are playing and what happened to them. Master Time and Space: Learn to place portals and return to them at a whim. Place a time anchor in order to take a snapshot of the level and restore the saved state at a later point - without moving yourself. Change your perspective in order to unveil new paths and hidden passages. The most difficult puzzles will require you to combine all these abilities and reach places that seem almost impossible to get to.

Screenshots

Deep in the woods4 screens
Chronescher4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Deep in the woods at Free against Chronescher's $3.99. Deep in the woods also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (41 vs 4). Chronescher's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On review sentiment, update cadence, ads 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

Deep in the woods is free to download; Chronescher costs $3.99 up front. Deep in the woods sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Chronescher asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Deep in the woods holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Deep in the woods has 41 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of Deep in the woods's written reviews are positive against 75% of Chronescher's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Deep in the woods ships an update every 11 months, Chronescher every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Deep in the woods versus Chronescher: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeep in the woodsChronescher
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.3 (41 ratings) — better3.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews70.8% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings41 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 11 months — betterEvery 18 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.1 GB288 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperCOTTONGAME Network Technology Co., Ltd.Purple Sloth Studio eG

Customer experience

Deep in the woods

All ratings40 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral2.5%
Negative17.5%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive70.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative29.2%

Chronescher

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Deep in the woods

One-time1
  • Purchase game$2.99
None

Chronescher

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Deep in the woods free?
Deep in the woods is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chronescher free?
Chronescher costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Deep in the woods or Chronescher?
Deep in the woods is rated higher. Deep in the woods averages 4.3 out of 5 from 41 ratings, while Chronescher averages 3.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Deep in the woods or Chronescher have ads?
Neither Deep in the woods nor Chronescher shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Deep in the woods or Chronescher?
Deep in the woods ships an update every 11 months, and Chronescher every 18 months. Most recently, Deep in the woods was updated on November 2, 2026 and Chronescher on November 7, 2026.

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