Past For Future vs The Bear
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Past For Future
Explore a tragic story of time travel and escape an unhappy present by romanticizing the past. Journey to a beautiful coastal town to uncover a woman's story and perhaps find your own escape.
- Time travel narrative
- Explore a coastal town
- Uncover a tragic story
- Escape present unhappiness
- Romanticize the past
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A man struggling to accept his current life and time discovers the story of a brilliant and eccentric woman who was able to travel through time to escape her present unhappiness. As a player you travel to the beautiful coastal town of Taranto to uncover her real tragic story, track her down through time and maybe escape your own present. This is a game about escaping an unhappy present and romanticising the past. Past For Future has been produced by the National Archaelogical Museum of Taranto (MArTA).
The Bear
Embark on a friendship adventure with a bear and a little one across a magical universe. This interactive bedtime experience features hand-drawn animations and original music, offering a calming story about togetherness and belonging.
- Interactive bedtime experience
- Friendship-forming adventure
- Hand-drawn animations
- Specially composed music
- Touching story
- Calming experience
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The Bear is an interactive bedtime experience for everyone. The game is free-to-try with no ads. You can play the first chapter for free and unlock the remaining 4 chapters with a single in-app purchase. Lead the bear and the little one through a friendship-forming adventure as they travel across the atmospheric universe of the World of Gra. Relax and stargaze with these weird little characters, as they tell you stories of togetherness, of letting go and of the longing to find a place you belong. The Bear has been lovingly crafted with hundreds of hand drawn animations, specially composed music and a touching story to create a uniquely calming experience, that feels like a bedtime story, read to you by a loved one.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: The Bear at 4.6 against Past For Future's 3.3. The Bear also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 52%) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 12). Past For Future's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. The Bear sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Past For Future asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Bear holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Bear has 1.1K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Past For Future's written reviews are positive against 78% of The Bear's.
Past For Future ships an update every 3 weeks, The Bear every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Past For Future | The Bear |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (12 ratings) | 4.6 (1.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.2% of reviews | 78.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 1.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 131 MB | 1.7 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TuoMuseo | Mucks Games |
Customer experience
Past For Future
The Bear
Bugs and requests
Past For Future
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
The Bear
Reported bugs
2 issues- Game resets when leaving the screen
- Compatibility issues with older devices
Requested features
2 requests- Make the full game free
- Add a demo or trial version
In-app purchases
Past For Future
No in-app purchases
The Bear
- Buy us a cookie!$0.99
- Unlock all chapters$2.99
- Buy us a coffee!$2.99
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- Buy us lunch!$3.99
Questions
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