Comparison

Awkward Guests vs Mandy's Quest

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

Head to head
About

Awkward Guests

Enhance your board game experience with new mystery cases and instant solution verification. Explore a vast library of scenarios with adjustable difficulty and enjoy solo play. This digital companion supports multiple languages for a global audience.

Highlights
  • New cases for board game
  • Instant solution verification
  • 1,000 different cases
  • 7 difficulty levels
  • Solo mode for 1 player
  • Multiple language support
Features
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This app is a companion for the boardgame "Awkward Guests". With it, you'll have new cases in your mobile device, and when you decide to solve you'll be able to check if your solution is correct. * 1.000 different cases * 7 difficulty levels * Solo mode for 1 player * Avoids player elimination * Solutions checked inside the app * Languages supported: English, Spanish, French, Chinese, German, Polish, Russian and Japanese "Awkward Guests" is a boardgame of mystery, deduction and cards, in which each case recreates, in a completely different manner, the night when Mr. Walton was murdered. The players must take on the investigation and, through simple logic reasoning, find out the culprit, the motive, and the weapon of the crime.

About

Mandy's Quest

Embark on a charming maze adventure with a little duckling searching for her mother. Explore 24 unique worlds, solve puzzles, collect items, and customize your character. Enjoy daily challenges and a heartwarming story.

Highlights
  • 144 levels of mazes and puzzles
  • 24 custom-designed worlds
  • Obstacle dodging and key collection
  • Tile matching for path clearing
  • Collectible items and character customization
  • Daily challenges and leaderboards
  • Family-friendly gameplay
Features
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Mandy's Quest is a relaxing maze game with a real challenge underneath. Guide Mandy home through 24 hand-built worlds and 144 levels. Each one is quick to start and satisfying to solve, from calm warm-up paths to sprawling, tricky labyrinths. REAL MAZES, BUILT TO BE SOLVED Find keys for locked gates, slip past prowling wolves, light your way through dark worlds, and ride ice, currents and wind. Later mazes add loops, open rooms and lakes, so there's always more than one way to think about a route. SING THE WAY OPEN Sometimes part of the path has gone silent. Walk up to it and solve a short match puzzle to sing it back: line up the song stones, clear the moss, free the caged notes and break the seals. Win and the path opens right in front of you. GROW AS YOU PLAY Mandy starts out slow and gets quicker every level. Earn feathers for stars, learn skills like Swift Feet and Eagle Eye, and unlock gifts that change how you play. FRIENDS WHO HELP Pip, Bramble, Echo and Tally join the journey, and each one has a real ability: block a hit, sing an extra time, light the dark or hold steady in the wind. ALWAYS SOMETHING TO CHASE Race the ghost of your best run. Take on three challenges on every level. Find 24 lost verses hidden off the path. Build up Mandy's nest. Play a fresh daily maze and keep your streak going. PLAY YOUR WAY No lives, no energy, no waiting, and the clock only decides your stars. Pause any time and set walking speed, stick feel, volumes, vibration and text size. Plays offline. Act 1 is free: 12 worlds and a complete story. Act 2 adds 12 more worlds as a one-time in-app purchase. No ads. Easy to pick up, hard to put down.

Screenshots

Awkward Guests3 screens
Mandy's Quest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mandy's Quest at 100% against Awkward Guests's 43%. Mandy's Quest also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months). Awkward Guests's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ratings volume (24 vs 2). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Mandy's Quest sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Awkward Guests asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mandy's Quest holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Awkward Guests has 24 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Awkward Guests's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mandy's Quest's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Awkward Guests ships an update every 6 months, Mandy's Quest every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Awkward Guests versus Mandy's Quest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAwkward GuestsMandy's Quest
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (24 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings24 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMEGACORPIN GAMES C.B.Inspired Gameworks, LLC

Customer experience

Awkward Guests

All ratings23 ratings
Positive52.2%
Neutral21.7%
Negative26.1%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral25.7%
Negative31.4%

Mandy's Quest

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Awkward Guests

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Mandy's Quest

One-time10
  • Coin Pouch$0.99
  • Feather Bundle$0.99
  • Coin Sack$1.99
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  • Feather Flock$1.99
  • Adventurer's Kit$1.99
  • Feather Storm$2.99
  • Duck Essentials$2.99
  • Coin Chest$3.99
  • Act 2 — The Chase for Maris$4.99
  • Quack Stack$4.99

Questions

Is Awkward Guests free?
Awkward Guests is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mandy's Quest free?
Mandy's Quest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Awkward Guests or Mandy's Quest?
Mandy's Quest is rated higher. Awkward Guests averages 3.5 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while Mandy's Quest averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Awkward Guests or Mandy's Quest have ads?
Neither Awkward Guests nor Mandy's Quest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Awkward Guests or Mandy's Quest?
Awkward Guests ships an update every 6 months, and Mandy's Quest every 5 weeks. Most recently, Awkward Guests was updated on November 2, 2026 and Mandy's Quest on October 31, 2026.

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