Comparison

MissionUS vs BBirthday

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

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About

MissionUS

Step into 1770 Boston as a printer's apprentice and navigate the rising tensions before the American Revolution. Make critical choices that shape your allegiance and uncover the events leading to the Boston Massacre. This interactive history game offers multiple endings and integrates primary source documents.

Highlights
  • Immersive 1770 Boston setting
  • Choice-driven story with multiple endings
  • Interactive prologue, playable parts, and epilogue
  • Diverse cast of historical and fictional characters
  • Integrated primary source documents
  • Accessibility features for readers
  • Free classroom support resources
Features
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The year is 1770. You are 14-year-old Nathaniel Wheeler. You’ve just left your family farm to become a printer’s apprentice in Boston. As you make your way in the city, you meet all kinds of people with different viewpoints, from Redcoats and Loyalist merchants to poets, apprentices, and Sons of Liberty –not to mention Constance Lillie, the charming young niece of a Loyalist merchant. When tensions between soldiers and citizens erupt in the Boston Massacre, you must decide where your allegiance lies. Are you with the Patriots, or are you loyal to the Crown? And will you help Constance find her lost dog? “For Crown or Colony?” is the first installment of the acclaimed MISSION US interactive gaming series that immerses young people in the drama of American history. Winner of the Games for Change Award for “Most Significant Impact,” the Mission US series has been called “one of the most captivating educational games online” and “a powerful game that all kids should experience.” Teachers have noted that the games are “a great way to make history real for 21st century learners” and “virtual learning at its finest.” Multiple research studies show that using Mission US leads to measurable gains in historical knowledge and skills among students. GAME FEATURES: • Immerses players in the world of 1770 Boston before the American Revolution, culminating in the Boston Massacre and its aftermath • Innovative choice-driven story with over 20 possible endings and badge system • Includes interactive prologue, 5 playable parts, and epilogue - approx. 2-2.5 hours of gameplay, segmented for flexible implementation • Diverse cast of characters features a range of perspectives on British authority and colonial protest, and includes historical figures Paul Revere and Phillis Wheatley • Primary source documents integrated into game design • Includes text-to-speech, Smartwords, and Glossary features to support struggling readers, as well as closed captioning, play/pause controls, and multi-track audio control. • Collection of free classroom support resources available at mission-us.org includes document-based questions, primary sources, class activities, vocabulary builders, standards alignments, writing prompts, and visual aids. ABOUT MISSION US: • AWARDS include: Games for Change Award for Most Significant Impact, Japan Prize, multiple Parents’ Choice Gold, Common Sense Media ON for Learning, and International Serious Play awards, and Webby and Daytime Emmy nominations. • CRITICAL ACCLAIM: USA Today: “a powerful game that all kids should experience”; Educational Freeware: “one of the most captivating educational games online”; Kotaku: “a slice of livable history that every American should play”; 5 out of 5 stars from Common Sense Media • GROWING FAN BASE: 2.5 million registered users across the US and around the world to date. • PROVEN IMPACT: Major study by Education Development Center (EDC) found students who used MISSION US significantly outperformed those who studied the same topics using typical materials (textbook and lecture) – showing a 14.9% knowledge gain versus less than 1% for the other group. • TRUSTED TEAM: Produced by THIRTEEN WNET NY Public Media (NY’s flagship PBS station) in partnership with educational game development company Electric Funstuff and the American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning, City University of New York.

About

BBirthday

Experience a dreamcore visual novel where you guide Bianca through 15 years of her life from a new viewpoint. Solve escape room puzzles with horror undertones and discover multiple endings.

Highlights
  • Visual novel gameplay
  • Dreamcore aesthetic
  • Escape room puzzles
  • Horror elements
  • Multiple endings
  • Relive life events
Features
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Help Bianca to relive the 15 years of her life, but from another perspective. Enjoy this dreamcore style visual novel with escape room elements and hints of horror. Unlock different endings.

Screenshots

BBirthday4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MissionUS at none against BBirthday's 1. MissionUS also leads on iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.0). BBirthday's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.2) and review sentiment (91% vs 67%). On price 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. BBirthday sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MissionUS asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BBirthday holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BBirthday has 1.6K ratings behind it against 53, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of MissionUS's written reviews are positive against 91% of BBirthday's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
MissionUS versus BBirthday: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMissionUSBBirthday
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (53 ratings)4.7 (1.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews91.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings531.6K — better
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS7.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size2.0 GB182 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperThirteen/WNETJuan Amaro

Customer experience

MissionUS

All ratings49 ratings
Positive77.6%
Neutral2.0%
Negative20.4%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

BBirthday

All ratings1,598 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral3.4%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews921 reviews
Positive91.0%
Neutral5.3%
Negative3.7%

Bugs and requests

MissionUS

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

BBirthday

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game crashes during boss battles
  • Dialogue/text gets stuck or freezes
  • Inability to progress past certain levels
  • Saved progress not loading correctly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add Russian language support
  • Provide more free content/endings
  • Improve stability and reduce crashes
  • Add a skip/fast-forward option for dialogue
  • Adjust age rating to better fit content

In-app purchases

None

MissionUS

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

BBirthday

One-time1
  • BBirthday Premium Version$7.99

Questions

Is MissionUS free?
MissionUS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BBirthday free?
BBirthday is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MissionUS or BBirthday?
BBirthday is rated higher. MissionUS averages 4.2 out of 5 from 53 ratings, while BBirthday averages 4.7 from 1.6K ratings.
Do MissionUS or BBirthday have ads?
Neither MissionUS nor BBirthday shows ads.

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