Comparison

Caliban Below vs TALETUNER

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

Head to head
About

Caliban Below

Trapped in an endless dream, you must uncover the secrets of your noble lineage and a dark inheritance. Explore ancient ruins and a mysterious realm below to find clues about your past and the events that led to your family's estrangement. This immersive narrative experience delves into centuries of darkness.

Highlights
  • Immersive storytelling
  • Explore ancient ruins
  • Uncover family secrets
  • Mysterious subterranean realm
  • Interactive narrative
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The sun will not rise, just endless moons - and you, Caliban, must try to learn why you have become trapped in a dream. It is 1680, Northern Italy. You are the last heir of a noble lineage, struggling to understand your dark inheritance. Explore the ruins of the family estate, and the incredible realm below, seeking clues to your past, and to the events that severed you from your family long ago. The darkness below reaches back centuries, and your place in this story is about to become terrifyingly clear. Caliban Below is a short story from the world of The Abbot's Book, created by the academy award winning talent of Blackthorn Media. This tale is made as a stand-alone piece, but is also part of a much larger world. We love the possibilities for storytelling in AR. The world of The Abbot's Book is enormous, and we hope to tell far more of this tale in time. Please enjoy this chapter with our compliments and share it with friends if you like it!

About

TALETUNER

Easily create immersive soundscapes for roleplaying sessions or storytelling. Combine background music, looped sounds, and triggered effects in three simple steps. Save and organize your custom audio scenes for any campaign.

Highlights
  • Create custom soundscapes
  • Combine ambience, sounds, and effects
  • Organize tunes into campaigns
  • Hand-picked sounds in categories
  • Regularly added new sounds
  • Save and customize tunes
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TALETUNER offers you an easy way to create a soundscape for your next roleplaying session, storytelling evening at a campfire or a telling a good nights story...in just 3 steps. Our "tunes" consist of the following three steps: - Ambience (piece of music in the background) - Sounds (looped sound files) - Effects (sound files with a trigger) Our recommendation, the 1-3-9 rule has proven itself useful in our sessions, so it's 1 ambience, 3 sounds and 9 effects. If you add more sounds or effects to your tune, it can get a bit chaotic ;) Since you can create as many tunes as you like, it makes sense to divide a roleplaying campaign or planned story evening into scenes or chapters. You can name each tune individually and later reopen and customize them in your library. The hand-picked sounds in TALETUNER - Gothic Horror are divided into handy categories, making it easier to choose when creating a tune. Are you looking for the right tune for a cultist site? A journey into the unknown through Lovecraft Country or even a (last) encounter with a great old one? In three short steps you can choose the right sounds for each scenario and save them for your campaign. You can also add the tunes you’ve created to campaigns and then sort them anytime in your library using drag & drop. TALETUNER will add new sounds in regular intervals. If you have urgent wishes or suggestions, we will be happy to receive them at support@zwanzigseiten.de. The most frequent requests will be added to our list! You can test the app in advance with a small pre-selection for free and without registration. If you like TALETUNER, you have the option to make a one-time purchase. By the way, we do not store any data about our customers in our apps. We don't use any analytics or tracking services and we don't annoy anyone with advertisements - promise. Chasing cultists is not your game? You want to plan your next run in the megacity and have already packed your monofilament whip and your deck? You want to free Dragons from evil princesses? No problem! We have more TALETUNER versions for the following settings: - Dark Future (e.g. Shadowrun or Cyberpunk) - Fantasy (e.g. D&D or Pathfinder) As we said, if you have any wishes, suggestions or constructive criticism, feel free to write us at support@zwanzigseiten.de. To all trolls: We have hoarded enough sunlight, so behave ;)

Screenshots

Caliban Below4 screens
TALETUNER4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Caliban Below at none against TALETUNER's 1. Caliban Below also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 12 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TALETUNER sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Caliban Below asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Caliban Below ships an update every 2 weeks, TALETUNER every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Caliban Below versus TALETUNER: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCaliban BelowTALETUNER
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size776 MB148 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperBlackthorn Media, LLCzwanzigseiten

Customer experience

Caliban Below

All ratings13 ratings
Positive69.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.8%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative30.0%

TALETUNER

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Caliban Below

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

TALETUNER

One-time1
  • Vollversion$2.99

Questions

Is Caliban Below free?
Caliban Below is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TALETUNER free?
TALETUNER is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Caliban Below or TALETUNER have ads?
Neither Caliban Below nor TALETUNER shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Caliban Below or TALETUNER?
Caliban Below ships an update every 2 weeks, and TALETUNER every 12 months. Most recently, Caliban Below was updated on October 29, 2026 and TALETUNER on October 24, 2026.

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