Comparison

Tiny Room Story vs An Elmwood Trail

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

Head to head
About

Tiny Room Story

Step into the shoes of a private detective investigating a mysterious disappearance in an empty town. Explore diverse locations, find clues, and solve intricate puzzles to uncover the truth behind your father's plea for help.

Highlights
  • Fully 3D rotatable levels
  • Diverse locations
  • Interactive world
  • Numerous puzzles
  • Detective story with plot twists
Features
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You are a private detective. After receiving a letter from your father, asking for help, you go to the small town of Redcliff. The city is completely empty. Where have all the inhabitants gone? What happened to your father? This is what you have to find out. Explore the city, find clues, solve puzzles, open locks to advance your investigation. The game is a mixture of escape the room and classic quests. Features: - Fully 3D levels that can and should be rotated to inspect them from another angle. - Variety of locations from the usual residential building to the ancient catacombs. - Interactive world - Many puzzles - Detective story, with unexpected plot twists. Awards: Best Mobile Game - Indie Prize Award Best Mobile Game - DevGAMM’2019 Best Mobile Game - GTP Indie Cup W'19 Best Indie Game (Nominee) - DevGAMM’2019 Excellence in Game Design (Nominee) - DevGAMM’2019

About

An Elmwood Trail

Engage in an interactive mystery game to find a missing girl in the town of Riverstone. Investigate clues, interrogate suspects, and make critical decisions to unravel the secrets of Elmwood Forest and bring her home safely.

Highlights
  • Interactive mystery investigation
  • Gather clues and hints
  • Interrogate suspects
  • Access private information
  • Solve puzzles and break codes
  • Unlock diary notes
  • Suspect board for deduction
Features
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Solve the biggest mystery in the town of Riverstone surrounded by the Elmwood Forest. Find the missing girl and prove yourself to everyone. It’s been 3 weeks since a young teen has gone missing and despite the town’s police's best efforts, they hit a dead end and declared the case of 18-year-old Zoey Leonard a runaway. For all the interactive mystery game fanatics. Develop your own trail to unravel the secrets of the town of Riverstone! This is YOUR chance to help a detective regain his legacy, save the life of a missing girl, and uncover the orchestrator behind such a sick crime. Investigate the case of the missing girl. Navigate through the story, interact with people, gather clues and hints, and make sense of the story. You get to decide what happens. Can you bear the responsibility to bring Zoey home? Make tough decisions and choices that will lead you straight to her. Access private information. Get access to all images, chats, albums, social media, voice mails, and calls. Interrogate the suspects. Interact with the characters, make new friends, and find out the truth. But the question is, can you trust them? Are these people really the ones who cared for Zoey or the ones behind her disappearance? Everyone knows there is more to this story than what the news says. The fate of the missing girl lies in YOUR hands. It’s up to you now to find her because there is some truth to what the people around the town say about you. YOU are the best detective Riverstone has ever seen. An unknown person has asked you to take up this case, and this is probably the only way to ignite your long-gone career. FEATURES Puzzle-cracking and code-breaking missions that will challenge your memory and problem-solving skills. Experience the in-game realism through messenger, where you can send and receive messages to help you unfold the story events. Interrogate the ones you suspect and get an upper hand by revealing the hidden clues. Unlock the missing girl’s diary notes to uncover her past. Navigate through your phone and hers. Connect the dots on the suspect board for better visualization and deduction. Stuck on a puzzle? Don’t worry, every objective is equipped with 3 useful hints that will ensure you keep moving even through the toughest tasks. STORY The town of Riverstone was built on the banks of a man-made harbor and is surrounded by the Elmwood Forest. This place is said to hold many mysteries but for the longest time, this town was silent until one day an 18-year-old girl went missing, without a trace, sending a wave of fear throughout. A case of disappearance that was marked a runaway in order to hide the agonizing truth, there is now only one person who can save this town and put it out of its misery, YOU. Now, you must embark on this journey to find out what went wrong the night she went missing. Where did Zoey go? What happened to her? Can you trust the people who claim to be the closest to her? Who can lead us to the final page of this mystery? The answer to these questions depends on your actions. You get to decide your next move. Can you outplay the mastermind behind her disappearance? Download and play it right now! Take part in this thrilling criminal investigation and crack down on clues to reach the truth in this interactive mystery story game! An Elmwood Trail is and will forever remain free, so share it with your friends and join in on all the episodes together! An Elmwood Trail is a free and interactive text-based role-playing game. Such games come under the category of choose-your-own-decision, decision-making, or RPG. SOCIAL MEDIA https://www.instagram.com/techyonic https://twitter.com/techyonic https://discord.gg/EtZEkkWgar

Screenshots

Tiny Room Story4 screens
An Elmwood Trail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: An Elmwood Trail at none against Tiny Room Story's shown. An Elmwood Trail also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (256K vs 11K). On price, rating, 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. Tiny Room Story sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and An Elmwood Trail sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Tiny Room Story against 4.9 for An Elmwood Trail. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: An Elmwood Trail has 256K ratings behind it against 11K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Tiny Room Story's written reviews are positive against 96% of An Elmwood Trail's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tiny Room Story ships an update every 4 months, An Elmwood Trail daily. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Tiny Room Story versus An Elmwood Trail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTiny Room StoryAn Elmwood Trail
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (11K ratings)4.9 (256K ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.9% of reviews95.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11K256K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#160#98 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size644 MB259 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperKiary Games LtdSparsh Tyagi

Customer experience

Tiny Room Story

All ratings11,200 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral2.1%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews1,231 reviews
Positive85.9%
Neutral6.6%
Negative7.6%

An Elmwood Trail

All ratings255,624 ratings
Positive98.6%
Neutral1.1%
Negative0.3%
Written reviews4,960 reviews
Positive95.8%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.0%

User reviews

Tiny Room Story

From 11K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Engaging puzzles and story
  • 🚀 Smooth gameplay and navigation
  • 💡 Unique 3D exploration mechanics
  • 👍 Challenging but solvable puzzles
  • 👍 Generous free content

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Paywall for full game access
  • 🐛 Some puzzles lack clear logic
  • 🐛 Occasional technical issues
  • 🐛 Disorienting map navigation

An Elmwood Trail

From 256K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🤩 Captivating story and mystery
  • 🧠 Engaging puzzles and challenges
  • 🎨 Unique and polished visual style
  • 🔍 Immersive detective experience
  • 🎉 Addictive and hard to put down

Room to improve

  • 📝 Some grammatical/translation issues
  • 🤔 Dialogue can feel unnatural at times
  • 🤷‍♂️ Limited choices/impact on story
  • 🤯 Cliffhanger ending leaves you wanting more

Bugs and requests

Tiny Room Story

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes and freezes after purchasing full game
  • Progress loss after reinstalling app

Requested features

3 requests
  • Hint system with varying levels of assistance
  • Ability to skip certain puzzles
  • More detailed story and character development

An Elmwood Trail

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional freezing or crashing
  • Puzzles/mini-games not always intuitive

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow player to choose their own name/gender
  • More in-depth character development
  • Ability to freely explore environments
  • Expand on the storyline and mysteries

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Tiny Room Story

One-time7
  • Small Keys Pack$1.49
  • Medium Keys Pack$1.99
  • Full set$2.99
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  • Big Keys Pack$3.49
  • Giant Keys Pack$7.49
  • Colossal Keys Pack$14.99
  • Titanic Keys Pack$34.99
3 purchases

An Elmwood Trail

One-time3
  • Remove Ads$3.99
  • Sidetrails$6.99
  • Saver Pack$7.99

Questions

Is Tiny Room Story free?
Tiny Room Story is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is An Elmwood Trail free?
An Elmwood Trail is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tiny Room Story or An Elmwood Trail?
An Elmwood Trail is rated higher. Tiny Room Story averages 4.8 out of 5 from 11K ratings, while An Elmwood Trail averages 4.9 from 256K ratings.
Do Tiny Room Story or An Elmwood Trail have ads?
Tiny Room Story shows ads; An Elmwood Trail does not.
Which is updated more often, Tiny Room Story or An Elmwood Trail?
Tiny Room Story ships an update every 4 months, and An Elmwood Trail daily. Most recently, Tiny Room Story was updated on September 24, 2026 and An Elmwood Trail on September 24, 2026.
Which is more popular, Tiny Room Story or An Elmwood Trail?
Tiny Room Story currently peaks at #160 in the App Store charts, and An Elmwood Trail at #98. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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