Cursed Lands vs Heart's Choice
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cursed Lands
Embark on an RPG adventure to uncover the mystery of a spreading mist and a destroyed army. Assemble a strike team, recruit allies, and utilize a unique social talent system to influence enemies and explore multiple romance options.
- Investigate a mysterious mist
- Assemble a strike team
- Recruit allies from across the land
- Innovative social talent system
- Bluff, intimidate, and coerce enemies
- Multiple romance options
- Bonus romance scenes and CGs
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A mysterious mist spreads from the Castle of N'Mar. The Empire sent an army to investigate, but it was destroyed. You assume the role of the Envoy, secretly serving the Grimoire Council, and must assemble a small strike team to investigate what is happening, and put a stop to whatever evil is lurking in the Caste of N'Mar. With the help of Karen, Queen of the Amazons, you'll need to recruit a team of people, united by a common goal, from all corners of Aravorn. The game plays like a RPG with an innovative social talent system that lets you take advantage of your enemies personalities. You can bluff, intimidate, coerce and even get a cease fire during some battles. Killing all enemies is no longer the only option at your disposal. Four bisexual romance options (Nuala the nomad, Vaeril the fallen druid, Sylrissa and Enok the nagas), one lesbian romance (Leena the amazon) and one homosexual (Jasper the pirate). For the first time in any Winter Wolves game, you can romance more than one love interest. Of course, be ready to face any possible consequences! Another innovation is that after you choose your final love interest, you'll also get two more bonus scenes with relative pin-up CG as couple.
Heart's Choice
Immerse yourself in interactive romance novels where your choices shape the narrative and lead to your desired happily ever after. Explore diverse stories with fully developed characters and complex plots, catering to various preferences and orientations.
- Choose your own path
- Interactive romance novels
- Branching narratives
- Player-driven endings
- Diverse characters and orientations
- Multiple spice levels
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Become the main character of a romance novel! Choose your path to passion and find your Happily Ever After. Since 2009, the team behind Choice of Games has created high-quality interactive novels in all genres. Now, our new Heart’s Choice label puts romance at the center of the story, and you at the center of the romance. There are no graphics or sound effects, so we can focus on the story. Every game is filled with vivid, fully-developed characters and complex narratives that respond to your choices. Every path is always open to you: we never charge extra for the best options or most interesting storylines. Unlike other games where you have to work your way through "failure" endings to get to the "good endings," in Heart's Choice, you'll always be able to choose a Happily Ever After with the character (or characters) you desire. Whatever gender or orientation you want to play, there will be a Heart’s Choice game for you in our catalog! And whether you like your romance sweet or smoking hot, you’ll be able to find a story that you love. Let your heart choose!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Cursed Lands at none against Heart's Choice's shown. Cursed Lands also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Heart's Choice's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (301 vs 11). 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
Both are free to download. Cursed Lands sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Heart's Choice sells 22 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Heart's Choice holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Heart's Choice has 301 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Cursed Lands's written reviews are positive against 86% of Heart's Choice's.
Cursed Lands ships an update every 3 weeks, Heart's Choice every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cursed Lands | Heart's Choice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (11 ratings) | 4.7 (301 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 85.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 301 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 216 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Celso Riva | Hearts Choice LLC |
Customer experience
Cursed Lands
Heart's Choice
Bugs and requests
Cursed Lands
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Heart's Choice
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login screen freezes
- Incompatibility issues with older devices
- Occasional loss of progress/save data
Requested features
5 requests- Add more gender and sexuality options across all stories
- Implement a 'back' or 'undo' feature for choices
- Increase the number of free or low-cost story options
- Improve app stability and reduce crashes
- Provide character bios and story descriptions to help users choose
In-app purchases
Cursed Lands
- Money and XP Cheat$0.99
- Play the full story$11.99
Heart's Choice
- Bonus Stories 3: AWPW$2.99
- Jazz Age$4.99
- Remove Advertising$4.99
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- Changeling Charade$7.99
- Witch's Brew: Love and Lattes$7.99
Questions
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