Infinite Jonathans vs Instructions Not Included
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Infinite Jonathans
Guide the life of an unknowing individual through a series of choices that impact their fate. If one life ends, another begins, offering endless possibilities. Experience full-color art and voice-over narration for every decision.
- Choice-driven gameplay
- Full color art for all details
- Voice over narration
- Infinite Jonathans
- Humorous content
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Is Jonathan a sensitive soul, or a mega-villain? Is he super-broke or making big bank? How you choose will greatly impact an unknowing Jonathan’s precious life. But don't worry if he dies, there's another Jonathan waiting in the wings ready to give it all he's got! Features: - Full color art for every choice, every single detail in full RGB greatness. - Voice over for all the text ;) - Infinite Jonathans - Lolz
Instructions Not Included
A unique counter app that synchronizes across all your devices. It's presented as a social experiment, inviting users to set personal goals or explore its functionalities.
- Cross-device synchronization
- Social experiment concept
- Global counter
- API exploration
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This is a counter that syncs between all devices, it’s a social experiment, and quite possibly a bad idea. So, whatever will you do? Attempt to reach one million? Attempt to keep the counter perpetually at 42? Attempt to find and exploit the unsecured API?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Instructions Not Included at 100% against Infinite Jonathans's 57%. Instructions Not Included also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). Infinite Jonathans's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.5). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Instructions Not Included holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Infinite Jonathans's written reviews are positive against 100% of Instructions Not Included's.
Infinite Jonathans ships an update monthly, Instructions Not Included fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Infinite Jonathans | Instructions Not Included |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 257 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Simple Machine, LLC | Kenna Blackburn |
Customer experience
Infinite Jonathans
Instructions Not Included
In-app purchases
Infinite Jonathans
No in-app purchases
Instructions Not Included
No in-app purchases
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