Comparison

Visual Novel vs Lost Between the Lines

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

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About

Visual Novel

Experience a unique chat-style visual novel designed for smartphones. This interactive story follows a genius hacker boy and a quirky AI as they navigate a futuristic SF youth narrative filled with laughter and tears. Your choices shape the ending of this compelling tale.

Highlights
  • Chat-style display
  • SF youth story
  • Multiple choice endings
  • Auto save system
  • Designed for smartphones
  • Full version is free
Features
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●New Visual Novel by "Mysterious Forum and 7 Rumors" developer!!● It’s a completely unprecedented Visual Novel! The full version is 100% complementary. It’s easy and smooth to read with a chat-style app display! What is an unexplored future going to be like… which an untalkative high school boy will reach out… It’s a “Visual Novel”, especially for smartphone users!! A completely unprecedented visual novel of the very popular series of over 500,000 downloads, will finally be released! The full version is 100% complementary. It’s easy and smooth and comfortable to read. (Required time to complete: About one to two hours) ●What is a Visual Novel for smartphone users?● ・It’s made, especially for smartphone users. ・It’s easy to read since the design is specialized for smartphones. ・You feel overwhelmingly immersed in the story with the smartphone-style production. ・You can come back to exactly where you were with an auto save system. ●Story● “Kazuto Sorai” is a genius hacker boy, who by the trigger of one incident develops a communication support AI, and applies for an App Development Contest. That app gained massive attention from the company which hosted the contest, and one day a lady who works at the company visited him… It’s a SF youth story with a visual novel game style, where the untalkative main character and a little-off lady grow through various incidents. It’s a story where you can both laugh and cry! What is the mysterious project for “PEACE”…? What is the form of their ideal future…? Do not miss out on the ending of the “future” which is selected by two humans and one AI!! ●Characters● ■Kazuto Sorai “What you’re doing is a crime, you know?” 11th grade of high school boy. He became super untalkative by the trigger of one incident. He aims at winning the App Development Contest. ■Rin Kikuchi “Oh? Kazuto Kun, don't ignore that one~” She is a member of the recruitment acting committee for the App Development Contest. She is so self-assertive and really doesn’t listen to what others say. But she is a good person at heart. ■I.B. “I.B. wants to look more toned~” A communication AI, which Kazuto created. Smart, cute and a bit off.. ●We recommend this game for those who…● ・love visual novel ・want to be moved ・love interactive story games and chat fiction ・often read chat novels ・want to kill time ・want to play for free ●The choice you make leads all the way to the ending of the game! It’s a “multiple choice interactive story game”! ●The full version is a 100% complementary! ●It’s easy to read with minimal ads! ●It shows a list of all endings & allows you to skip to each section! Extra Edition: A Dream Sakaki Had When Sakaki woke up, he saw his only child, Mifuyu, who should be dead. (Please note that this additional episode includes what happened after the true endings.) 【New Release Info】 follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/entabridge

About

Lost Between the Lines

Experience a high school romance visual novel with beautiful illustrations and branching storylines. Make choices to uncover a secret and explore five different endings. Features voice acting by a popular anime voice actress.

Highlights
  • Branching storylines
  • Multiple endings
  • Beautiful illustrations
  • Voice acting
  • Choice-based gameplay
  • High school romance
Features
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[A large-volume romantic drama with beautiful illustrations by a popular artist!] As to what exactly is starting, it's a perfectly normal high school love story starring a somewhat abnormal girl! The cool, intellectual Suzumiya Rion. She usually keeps her distance from her classmates, but for some reason, she invited me out on a date! And the secret Rion's hiding will finally be revealed… If you clear all five endings, you'll find out your future with her. Try out all the different choices and see where you end up. [The game system is a simple novel-type adventure] The choices that appear here and there in the story change the distance between you and your girlfriend! The story will branch into one of five different endings accordingly. Restart the game again and again to complete all the endings! [Main character:Suzumiya Rion] She is the most elegant, serious, and studious high school girl in the school! Rine Suzumiya, who is the most popular madonna in the school, is suddenly approaching you, a girl with whom she has little contact! However, her eyes sometimes glaze over with a lonely look. ...... When her secret is revealed, their romance begins! [Voice: Hikaru Ueda] Rion is voiced by Hikaru Ueda, who also played the lead role in the Japanese animation! TwitterID:@o4novel

Screenshots

Visual Novel4 screens
Lost Between the Lines4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Visual Novel at 90% against Lost Between the Lines's 43%. Visual Novel also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.6) and ratings volume (84 vs 10). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Visual Novel sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Lost Between the Lines sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Visual Novel holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Visual Novel has 84 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Visual Novel's written reviews are positive against 43% of Lost Between the Lines's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Visual Novel versus Lost Between the Lines: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisual NovelLost Between the Lines
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (84 ratings) — better3.6 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews89.7% of reviews — better42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings84 — better10
Update frequency—Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB283 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperEntabridge Co., Ltd.5dims Inc. / 株式会社5次元

Customer experience

Visual Novel

All ratings84 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral3.6%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive89.7%
Neutral6.9%
Negative3.4%

Lost Between the Lines

All ratings10 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral42.9%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Visual Novel

One-time1
  • A Dream Sakaki Had$2.99
2 purchases

Lost Between the Lines

One-time2
  • Purchase stories$14.99
  • purchase stories$14.99

Questions

Is Visual Novel free?
Visual Novel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lost Between the Lines free?
Lost Between the Lines is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Visual Novel or Lost Between the Lines?
Visual Novel is rated higher. Visual Novel averages 4.8 out of 5 from 84 ratings, while Lost Between the Lines averages 3.6 from 10 ratings.
Do Visual Novel or Lost Between the Lines have ads?
Neither Visual Novel nor Lost Between the Lines shows ads.

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