Comparison

Heart's Choice vs SHADOW AND BONE Enter the Fold

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
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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

SHADOW AND BONE Enter the Fold

Embark on an interactive adventure in the Grishaverse, shaping the fate of Ravka. Play as iconic heroes or villains, explore new and familiar locations, and make choices that drive the narrative. Level up your characters and engage in minigames to advance the story.

Highlights
  • Play as iconic heroes and villains
  • Explore new and familiar Grishaverse locations
  • Embark on quests
  • Shape story through dialogue choices
  • Level up character stats
  • Engage in story-advancing minigames
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Available exclusively for Netflix members. Shape the fate of the Grishaverse. Travel war-torn Ravka and choose which powers prevail in this interactive adventure based on the fantasy series. You determine the choices of the iconic heroes of "Shadow and Bone" in this interactive RPG featuring original adventures based on the Netflix series and bestselling books. Explore the world as Alina, Jesper, Sturmhond and General Kirigan as you discover previously untold stories set between Seasons 1 and 2 of the hit Netflix show. Encounter familiar faces, new villains, hard choices and dramatic twists in this narrative RPG that puts the player in charge as the story unfolds. Features: • Play four new fantasy adventures as the iconic heroes of "Shadow and Bone," Alina, Sturmhond and Jesper, as well as the villain General Kirigan. • Explore new and familiar locations in the Grishaverse: cross the dangerous Shadow Fold that isolates East Ravka, sail the seas in Sturmhond’s ship and visit Ketterdam with the Crows. • Embark on quests to save captured Grisha, free old friends, topple corrupt officials or, in Jesper’s case, just steal a bunch of cool stuff. • Choose how each character responds in conversations that shape the fate of the story. • Level up your heroes’ Charm, Strength, Intelligence and Perception to unlock more story choices and ways to interact with the world. • Play minigames to survive ambushes, sneak into strongholds, escape pursuers and cast Grisha spells to advance the story. - Created by Chimera Entertainment.

Screenshots

Heart's Choice4 screens
SHADOW AND BONE Enter the Fold4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Heart's Choice at every 10 days against SHADOW AND BONE Enter the Fold's every 3 months. Heart's Choice also leads on review sentiment (86% vs 59%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Heart's Choice sells 22 one-off in-app purchases and SHADOW AND BONE Enter the Fold sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per month. 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 — 4.7 for Heart's Choice against 4.7 for SHADOW AND BONE Enter the Fold. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 303 and 684 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Heart's Choice's written reviews are positive against 59% of SHADOW AND BONE Enter the Fold's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Heart's Choice ships an update every 10 days, SHADOW AND BONE Enter the Fold every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Heart's Choice versus SHADOW AND BONE Enter the Fold: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeart's ChoiceSHADOW AND BONE Enter the Fold
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (303 ratings)4.7 (684 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.6% of reviews — better59.5% of reviews
Number of ratings303684 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB1.2 GB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperHearts Choice LLCNetflix, Inc.

Customer experience

Heart's Choice

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

SHADOW AND BONE Enter the Fold

All ratings562 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral3.7%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive59.5%
Neutral18.9%
Negative21.6%

User reviews

Heart's Choice

From 303 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💖 Immersive and engaging stories
  • 🌈 Inclusive representation of diverse characters and relationships
  • 📚 High-quality writing and worldbuilding
  • 🔄 Meaningful choices with significant impact on the story
  • 👍 Reasonable wait times between chapters for free users

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Limited gender and sexuality options in some stories
  • 🔙 Lack of ability to undo/go back on choices
  • 🕰️ Occasional issues with app stability and crashes
  • 💰 Desire for more free or low-cost story content

SHADOW AND BONE Enter the Fold

From 684 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Awesome game
  • 👍 Fun and immersive
  • 💡 Variety of mini-games
  • 👍 Tells a cool story

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Lag issues
  • 🐛 Glitches and bugs
  • 🐛 Unable to progress due to bugs

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

SHADOW AND BONE Enter the Fold

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Jesper stuck due to lack of money
  • Cutscene not working for Sturmhond story
  • Incorrect city name signs
  • Incomplete side quests

Requested features

3 requests
  • More playable Crow characters
  • Fix Jesper chapter bug
  • Renew the show and create a Six of Crows spin-off

In-app purchases

22 purchases

Heart's Choice

One-time22
  • Bonus Stories 3: AWPW$2.99
  • Jazz Age$4.99
  • Remove Advertising$4.99
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  • 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
1 purchases

SHADOW AND BONE Enter the Fold

Subscriptions1
  • Netflix Standard Plan$19.991 Month

Questions

Is Heart's Choice free?
Heart's Choice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SHADOW AND BONE Enter the Fold free?
SHADOW AND BONE Enter the Fold is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Heart's Choice or SHADOW AND BONE Enter the Fold?
SHADOW AND BONE Enter the Fold is rated higher. Heart's Choice averages 4.7 out of 5 from 303 ratings, while SHADOW AND BONE Enter the Fold averages 4.7 from 684 ratings.
Do Heart's Choice or SHADOW AND BONE Enter the Fold have ads?
Both Heart's Choice and SHADOW AND BONE Enter the Fold show ads.
Which is updated more often, Heart's Choice or SHADOW AND BONE Enter the Fold?
Heart's Choice ships an update every 10 days, and SHADOW AND BONE Enter the Fold every 3 months. Most recently, Heart's Choice was updated on October 29, 2026 and SHADOW AND BONE Enter the Fold on October 27, 2026.

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