Comparison

The Complex vs The Healing

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

Head to head
About

The Complex

Experience a sci-fi thriller where your choices shape the narrative and lead to one of eight endings. Navigate a locked-down lab after a bio-weapon attack, managing relationships and your character's personality.

Highlights
  • Interactive gameplay
  • Multiple endings
  • Relationship tracking
  • Personality tracking
  • Branching narrative
Features
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After a major bio-weapon attack on London, two scientists find themselves in a locked-down laboratory with time, and air, running out. With interactive gameplay, your actions and your relationship with other characters will lead you to one of eight suspenseful endings. Having treated the victims of a chemical attack in the totalitarian state of Kindar, Dr Amy Tenant is a leader in the advancement of Nanocell Technology. Now, in London, news breaks of a blood-vomiting civilian whose identity is far from coincidental. Reunited with an old friend, Amy is trapped in an impenetrable HQ of laboratories—a womb of scientific advancement with a perilous secret. The Complex is written by Lynn Renee Maxcy, part of the Emmy award-winning writing team from The Handmaid’s Tale. The interactive movie stars Michelle Mylett (Letterkenny), Kate Dickie (Game of Thrones) and Al Weaver (Grantchester). Relationship Tracking Throughout the game you will interact with characters and — depending on your choices — will either strengthen or weaken your relationship. The relationship scores are calculated from the start right through to the very end and will affect certain scenarios as well as having major consequences in the concluding scenes. Personality Tracking For every decision you make, every interaction, your character’s personality is being tracked. At the end of each playthrough, you are rewarded with a Personality Score and a breakdown to see how you played the game. Discover the five basic dimensions of a personality; openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism. Which of those will your character play?

About

The Healing

Engage in an interactive horror thriller where your choices shape the narrative and character relationships. Uncover dark secrets and solve puzzles as you're drawn into a mysterious group chat with a sinister plague doctor. Your decisions determine the story's outcome and help you stop the evil.

Highlights
  • Interactive story choices
  • Solve puzzles and uncover secrets
  • Personalize user profile
  • Voice messages and video calls
  • Multiple story endings
Features
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For some inexplicable reason, you're added to a mysterious group chat with 7 others you don't know. While you're figuring out what the group is all about, Dr. Crow – a scary stranger with a plague doctor mask – suddenly appears! At first you take the situation casually, until suddenly shocking symbols randomly appear at your house that make your blood run cold. You receive creepy video calls and mysterious clues. What dark secret connects the group members? Who is behind the scary plague doctor mask? And who isn't who they pretend to be?! Now it's up to you! Follow the leads and clues, solve exciting puzzles and uncover secrets! Only you can stop the evil! YOU DECIDE ON CHAT MESSAGES AND INFLUENCE THE STORY! "The Healing" is YOUR story. Your decisions affect the course and ending of this interactive horror thriller. You alone decide how the story and your relationships with the various characters develop. In order to make the game experience even more realistic, you'll be able to personalize the user profile with your name, gender and orientation. This will allow you to completely immerse yourself in the story. In addition, The Healing features exclusive content such as voice messages, video calls and images from a great cast of actors. All content of "The Healing" is in English and can be played for free! Commissioner for the Protection of Youth Kristine Peters Kattensteert 4 22119 Hamburg Phone: 0174/81 81 81 7 Mail: jugendschutz@reality-games.com Web: www.jugendschutz-beauftragte.de Our data protection policy: https://www.reality-games.com/en/datenschutz.php Our terms and conditions (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

The Complex4 screens
The Healing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The Complex and The Healing both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 81% of The Healing's written reviews are positive against 46% of The Complex's. The Healing also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (2.4K vs 187). The Complex's advantage is ads (none vs shown). 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. The Complex sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and The Healing sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Healing holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Healing has 2.4K ratings behind it against 187, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of The Complex's written reviews are positive against 81% of The Healing's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Complex ships an update every 3 months, The Healing every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
The Complex versus The Healing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe ComplexThe Healing
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (187 ratings)4.6 (2.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.8% of reviews81.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1872.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better12.2
Further details — not scored
Size2.0 GB131 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperWales Interactive Ltd.SponsorAds GmbH & Co.KG

Customer experience

The Complex

All ratings187 ratings
Positive82.9%
Neutral8.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive45.8%
Neutral20.3%
Negative33.9%

The Healing

All ratings2,402 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral5.6%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews536 reviews
Positive81.0%
Neutral12.1%
Negative6.9%

Bugs and requests

The Complex

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

The Healing

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezing or crashing
  • Inconsistencies in character details
  • Inability to progress past certain points

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to skip or speed up text messages
  • More customization options for player profile
  • Improved mini-game difficulty progression
  • Better integration of mini-games with the story

In-app purchases

1 purchases

The Complex

One-time1
  • The Complex - Unlock Full Game$4.99
10 purchases

The Healing

Subscriptions2
  • Premium-Subscription$6.991 Month
  • Flatrate-Subscription$12.991 Month
One-time8
  • 40 BicS$1.99
  • 120 BicS$3.99
  • 300 BicS$8.99
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  • Heart Flatrate$8.99
  • Special$8.99
  • Premium$12.99
  • 800 BicS$16.99
  • Flatrate$32.99

Questions

Is The Complex free?
The Complex is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Healing free?
The Healing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, The Complex or The Healing?
The Healing is rated higher. The Complex averages 4.4 out of 5 from 187 ratings, while The Healing averages 4.6 from 2.4K ratings.
Do The Complex or The Healing have ads?
The Healing shows ads; The Complex does not.
Which is updated more often, The Complex or The Healing?
The Complex ships an update every 3 months, and The Healing every 3 weeks. Most recently, The Complex was updated on September 18, 2026 and The Healing on September 22, 2026.

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