Comparison

Heart's Choice vs Jester / King

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

Head to head
About

Heart's Choice

Immerse yourself in interactive romance novels where your choices shape the narrative and lead to your desired happily ever after. Explore diverse stories with fully developed characters and complex plots, catering to various preferences and orientations.

Highlights
  • Choose your own path
  • Interactive romance novels
  • Branching narratives
  • Player-driven endings
  • Diverse characters and orientations
  • Multiple spice levels
Features
Read full description

Become the main character of a romance novel! Choose your path to passion and find your Happily Ever After. Since 2009, the team behind Choice of Games has created high-quality interactive novels in all genres. Now, our new Heart’s Choice label puts romance at the center of the story, and you at the center of the romance. There are no graphics or sound effects, so we can focus on the story. Every game is filled with vivid, fully-developed characters and complex narratives that respond to your choices. Every path is always open to you: we never charge extra for the best options or most interesting storylines. Unlike other games where you have to work your way through "failure" endings to get to the "good endings," in Heart's Choice, you'll always be able to choose a Happily Ever After with the character (or characters) you desire. Whatever gender or orientation you want to play, there will be a Heart’s Choice game for you in our catalog! And whether you like your romance sweet or smoking hot, you’ll be able to find a story that you love. Let your heart choose!

About

Jester / King

A dark fantasy visual novel where you play as a jester investigating a demonic curse and murder. Make choices to uncover the truth, build relationships, and escape a cursed kingdom.

Highlights
  • Over 90,000 words of story
  • Voiced important lines
  • Relationship building with three characters
  • Collect 'keys' for story progression
  • Time loop with flowchart
  • Multiple character paths
Features
Read full description

The court jester, Madion, wakes up by the king's lifeless body. A demonic curse has struck down every true citizen, and driven others to madness. Madion is torn between seeking the truth, helping the survivors, and a desire to escape. From the author of Demonheart comes a new visual novel in a similarly dark setting, dealing with themes of murder, love, trust, and deceit. Features: • Story of over 90.000 words. • Important lines are voiced over. • Choices to build, or re-build, a relationship with one of three characters: Lucille, Calix, or Edwina. • Collect "keys" - bits of information needed to progress the story and discover the truth. • The cursed kingdom is looping in time - you can use a flowchart to go back to certain choices. Characters: • You play as Madion, the jester who has lost his memories. Having been forced into a life of chaos, uncertainty and deceit, Madion starts off feeling conflicted, jealous and spiteful. He needs to let go of his dark thoughts and redeem himself. You can make choices for him, affecting his relationships with the other characters. • Lady Lucille was forced to live in the king's palace while he waged war on her homeland. Quiet and cunning, she adapted quickly. Lucille believes she understands Madion, and is always there to support him. • An orphan of common origins, Calix received a favorable place in the palace thanks to his good looks and charisma. Some believed he was involved with the king, but Calix's eyes were set elsewhere. • As the king's alchemist, Edwina used to follow His Majesty's every command. She is strict and slightly paranoid, with a cold exterior, but Madion sees a different side of her.

Screenshots

Heart's Choice4 screens
Jester / King4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Jester / King at none against Heart's Choice's shown. Jester / King also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 days). Heart's Choice's advantage is ratings volume (301 vs 7). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Heart's Choice sells 22 one-off in-app purchases and Jester / King 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

Jester / King holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Heart's Choice has 301 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Heart's Choice's written reviews are positive against 100% of Jester / King's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Heart's Choice ships an update every 10 days, Jester / King every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Heart's Choice versus Jester / King: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeart's ChoiceJester / King
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (301 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings301 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB95 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperHearts Choice LLCJovana Kujovic

Customer experience

Heart's Choice

All ratings301 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral2.0%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews90 reviews
Positive85.6%
Neutral4.4%
Negative10.0%

Jester / King

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Heart's Choice

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatibility issues with older devices
  • Occasional loss of progress/save data

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more gender and sexuality options across all stories
  • Implement a 'back' or 'undo' feature for choices
  • Increase the number of free or low-cost story options
  • Improve app stability and reduce crashes
  • Provide character bios and story descriptions to help users choose

Jester / King

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

22 purchases

Heart's Choice

One-time22
  • Bonus Stories 3: AWPW$2.99
  • Jazz Age$4.99
  • Remove Advertising$4.99
Show 19 more
  • Belle-de-Nuit$4.99
  • Brimstone Manor$4.99
  • Silk and Secrets: Rites of Pleasure$4.99
  • Hearts in Hades: Divine Passion$4.99
  • Spellbound: Malachite Coven$4.99
  • Haunted Hearts Hotel$4.99
  • Dawnfall$5.99
  • Their Majesties' Pleasure$5.99
  • Vampire's Kiss$5.99
  • Love Undying$5.99
  • A Pirate's Pleasure$6.99
  • Heart of Battle$6.99
  • All-World Pro Wrestling$6.99
  • Freshman Magic$6.99
  • Devil on Your Shoulder$6.99
  • Ink and Intrigue$6.99
  • These Thieving Hearts$6.99
  • Changeling Charade$7.99
  • Witch's Brew: Love and Lattes$7.99
3 purchases

Jester / King

One-time3
  • King's Treasure x500$3.99
  • King's Treasure x1400$9.99
  • King's Treasure x3000$19.99

Questions

Is Heart's Choice free?
Heart's Choice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Jester / King free?
Jester / King is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Heart's Choice or Jester / King?
Jester / King is rated higher. Heart's Choice averages 4.7 out of 5 from 301 ratings, while Jester / King averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Heart's Choice or Jester / King have ads?
Heart's Choice shows ads; Jester / King does not.
Which is updated more often, Heart's Choice or Jester / King?
Heart's Choice ships an update every 10 days, and Jester / King every 2 days. Most recently, Heart's Choice was updated on October 24, 2026 and Jester / King on October 24, 2026.

Other comparisons