Comparison

5 vs Kids Chronicles

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

Head to head
About

5

This app serves as a timer for a cooperative card game, helping players manage mission time. It provides reminders and motivational messages from an AI companion to enhance the gameplay experience.

Highlights
  • Mission time tracking
  • Helpful reminders
  • Encouragement from AI
  • Companion app for card game
  • Fast-paced gameplay support
Features
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This timer is a companion app for 5-Minute Marvel, the chaotic, fast-paced, cooperative card game. With this app, you'll be able to keep track of the time left in your mission and receive helpful reminders and encouragement from J.A.R.V.I.S., Iron Man's AI companion.

About

Kids Chronicles

Embark on a cooperative adventure investigating mysteries in magical fairy tale lands. Use your device to scan QR codes on game components, triggering clues and immersive 3D scenes. Solve puzzles and help characters to find magical artifacts in this app-integrated board game experience.

Highlights
  • Scan&Play QR code technology
  • Immersive 3D scenes
  • Cooperative family gameplay
  • Adventure and mystery investigation
  • Save progress and resume later
  • Offline gameplay after initial download
Features
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This application is a digital companion for the Kids Chronicles board game. Kids Chronicles is a family, co-operative game of adventure and mystery investigation, mixing a board game and app. As magicians' apprentices, players dive into the fairy tale lands of the Kingdom of Summer and the Winter Empire. Accompanied by the faithful familiar, Nills The Moon Cat, they embark on a quest to find four magical Moon Stones. To achieve their goal, young magicians have to solve numerous mysteries and help inhabitants of both Kingdoms overcome their problems. Using the Scan&Play technology, each component — locations, characters, items, etc. — has a unique QR code, which depending on the scenario selected will activate and trigger different clues and stories. Experiencing the 3D scenes requires only a mobile phone or a tablet. Players simply hold their mobile device in front of their eyes to immerse themselves in the game's universe and search for clues in a virtual world. The game comes with one tutorial and five unique stories. Each game session lasts around 30 to 45 minutes. Once the app and a scenario are downloaded, the app doesn't require any internet connection during gameplay. The language can be selected within the app. The app saves your progress through the campaign, so you can stop and pick up again whenever you like.

Screenshots

54 screens
Kids Chronicles3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 5 at none against Kids Chronicles's 1. 5 also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (52 vs 10). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Kids Chronicles sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 5 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.4 for 5 against 3.3 for Kids Chronicles. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 5 has 52 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 37% of 5's written reviews are positive against 32% of Kids Chronicles's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

5 ships an update fortnightly, Kids Chronicles every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
5 versus Kids Chronicles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter5Kids Chronicles
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (52 ratings) — better3.3 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews36.7% of reviews — better31.8% of reviews
Number of ratings52 — better10
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB210 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWiggles 3DGoliath Poland Sp z o.o

Customer experience

5

All ratings52 ratings
Positive59.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative32.7%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive36.7%
Neutral10.0%
Negative53.3%

Kids Chronicles

All ratings10 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive31.8%
Neutral18.2%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

5

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Kids Chronicles

One-time1
  • The Portal - Extra Adventure$7.99

Questions

Is 5 free?
5 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kids Chronicles free?
Kids Chronicles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 5 or Kids Chronicles?
5 is rated higher. 5 averages 3.4 out of 5 from 52 ratings, while Kids Chronicles averages 3.3 from 10 ratings.
Do 5 or Kids Chronicles have ads?
Neither 5 nor Kids Chronicles shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 5 or Kids Chronicles?
5 ships an update fortnightly, and Kids Chronicles every 3 months. Most recently, 5 was updated on September 16, 2026 and Kids Chronicles on September 20, 2026.

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