Comparison

'Normal Club vs Crunchyroll

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

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About

'Normal Club

Investigate paranormal hot spots in Buckcreek as part of a high school club. Build your team, overcome challenges, and make choices in an interactive narrative with immersive audio. Compete against academic rivals to uncover a big scoop.

Highlights
  • Explore paranormal hot spots
  • Build your investigation team
  • Overcome challenges and collect clues
  • Interactive narrative with choices
  • Binaural audio for immersive soundscapes
  • Comic-like interface
Features
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Explore Buckcreek in search of paranormal hot spots. From author Philip Armstrong, winner of the Windhammer Prize 2013 and the studio behind The Frankenstein Wars and Heavy Metal Thunder -among other adventure gamebooks. ‘Normal Club is an investigation adventure in which you build (and play as) a team of three members of the West C. High School Competitive Paranormal Investigation Club as they investigate a big scoop and try to beat their academic rivals. "For a perfectly normal American town, Buckcreek sure has an unusual amount of paranormal hot spots. While the team might be tempted to stake out the first spooky graveyard or haunted zoo they come across, it might be better if they narrow down their options and actually figure out the location of tonight’s big discovery." FEATURES · Explore Buckcreek and the mysterious surroundings in search of paranormal hot spots · Build your team (including Jim Morrison -the Club’s pet chupacabra and mascot- or not) · Overcome challenges to progress and collect the right clues · Comic-like, simple interface · Binaural audio to create immersive soundscapes · Interactive narrative with hundreds of (funny) choices Your team needs the final trophy to knock out the rival team! Adapted from the gamebook by Philip Armstrong, winner of the Windhammer Prize 2013 for Short Gamebook Fiction. Color Illustrations: Àlex Santaló. Binaural Audio & Ambience: Albert Murillo.

About

Crunchyroll

Experience a psychological horror visual novel set in a mysterious Japanese village. Unravel a complex branching story, make critical choices, and uncover the truth behind an ancient curse and a vengeful werewolf. Rewind your decisions to explore different outcomes and escape the endless cycle of death.

Highlights
  • Psychological horror story
  • Branching narrative with choices
  • Story flowchart and rewind feature
  • Unlockable Revelation Mode
  • New Game Plus
  • Tribute to Japanese folklore
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Crunchyroll Mega Fan or Ultimate Fan Membership Required Immerse yourself in a thrilling psychological horror story taking place in the secluded Japanese village of Yasumizu. A heavy mist surrounds the place, preventing everyone from ever leaving. Ancient gods have come back to hunt the villagers down one by one. The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive? A tribute to Japanese folklore Haruaki Fusaishi is a young man freshly arrived to Yasumizu, a remote settlement in a mountainous region of Japan. He will become involved in an ominous local tradition known as the feast. Among the villagers lurks the werewolf, an entity who has sworn to take revenge on everyone. A visual novel with a complex branching story Keep track of all your choices thanks to a comprehensible flowchart. Rewind the story and select other actions to see different outcomes and learn about the characters’ motivation. A death may be rewarded with a new piece of information, a Key that will give you access to new paths and bring you closer to the identity of the killer. An extensive new game plus Clear the game to unlock the Revelation Mode and discover the story in a new light. You will see the inner thoughts of the characters and unlock new scenes that will give you more insight about their motivation. An endless spiral of deaths Haruaki Fusaishi will find himself stuck in inextricable loop from which he cannot escape. Conscious of his own fate, he will take advantage of all the knowledge acquired before his tragic deaths. ———— Crunchyroll Premium members enjoy an ad-free experience, with full access to Crunchyroll's library of over 1,300 unique titles and 46,000 episodes, including simulcast series that premiere shortly after premiering in Japan. In addition, membership offers special benefits including offline viewing access, discount code to Crunchyroll Store, Crunchyroll Game Vault access, streaming simultaneously on multiple devices, and more! Privacy Policy: https://www.crunchyroll.com/games/privacy Terms: https://www.crunchyroll.com/games/terms/

Screenshots

'Normal Club4 screens
Crunchyroll4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Crunchyroll at 100% against 'Normal Club's 46%. Crunchyroll also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.3). 'Normal Club's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 14.0). On ratings volume, 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

Crunchyroll is free to download; 'Normal Club costs $0.99 up front. Crunchyroll sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $13.99 per month. 'Normal Club asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Crunchyroll holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of 'Normal Club's written reviews are positive against 100% of Crunchyroll's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

'Normal Club ships an update every 35 months, Crunchyroll daily. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
'Normal Club versus Crunchyroll: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter'Normal ClubCrunchyroll
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.3 (16 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews46.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 35 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB1.7 GB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperCubus GamesCrunchyroll, LLC

Customer experience

'Normal Club

All ratings16 ratings
Positive37.5%
Neutral37.5%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive46.2%
Neutral23.1%
Negative30.8%

Crunchyroll

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

'Normal Club

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Crunchyroll

Subscriptions1
  • Mega Fan [Monthly]$13.991 Month

Questions

Is 'Normal Club free?
'Normal Club costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Crunchyroll free?
Crunchyroll is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 'Normal Club or Crunchyroll?
Crunchyroll is rated higher. 'Normal Club averages 3.3 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Crunchyroll averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do 'Normal Club or Crunchyroll have ads?
Neither 'Normal Club nor Crunchyroll shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 'Normal Club or Crunchyroll?
'Normal Club ships an update every 35 months, and Crunchyroll daily. Most recently, 'Normal Club was updated on November 3, 2026 and Crunchyroll on November 4, 2026.

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