Comparison

Sifting Thyme Visual Novel vs Withering Hour

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

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About

Sifting Thyme Visual Novel

Experience a culinary school romance as a new transfer student. Interact with four attractive characters, build relationships, and explore branching story paths. Enjoy a food-themed otome visual novel with multiple endings and unlockable content.

Highlights
  • Food-themed otome visual novel
  • Four romanceable characters
  • Branching story routes
  • Unlockable CGs and social media content
  • Multiple endings
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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You’re the newest transfer student at Lincoln Culinary Academy, a private culinary school to find your culinary calling and an unforgettable romance. Immerse yourself in your school adventures as you interact with four gorgeous guys with culinary skills of their own. As you spend time with these love interests, your experience at Lincoln turns to a delicious, romantic journey. "Sifting Thyme" is an anime, food-themed simulation game where the romanceable characters are a part of your culinary boarding school life. The way you interact with the characters will affect your relationship and intimacy with them. Enjoy a romantic school life with 4 attractive boys! An otome visual novel where you choose your romance with an attractive boy in culinary school. A perfectly delectable romance for foodies. ■ Game Experience An otome game with four romance-able characters you can bond and interact with to unlock text messages, social media content, and romantic scenarios in the story! Explore branching routes based on your answer choices and relationships with handsome boys. While romancing four love interests, experience unique scenarios inspired by foods, culinary destinations, the latest U.S. food industry trends, and delicious cuisines from around the world! ■ Features - One-time purchase for the game - Ad-free experience - Unlockable CGs - Immersive MC experience – select as a female, male, or non-binary MC - Unlockable in-game social media content with the characters - Original Soundtrack - 8 different endings ■ Official Website Looking for more Sifting Thyme or dating sim games from Nochi? Check out our official website http://nochistudios.com ■ Social Media Get the latest news from our social media! Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/nochistudios Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nochistudios/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nochigames/ Tumblr: https://nochistudios.tumblr.com Additional Info Compatibility with certain devices is not guaranteed. May not play on certain devices that meet OS version requirements.

About

Withering Hour

Features
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Withering Hour is a small anime styled visual novel in which there are different scenarios and choices to progress the story. In this Visual novel you can Intearct and learn about the different personalities in this anime fictional world. Delve in the visual novel with loveable Anime characters, professional voice acting, wonderful environments, stylized anime artworks and exciting twists. This visual novel project is still in development and further work will be published depending upon the support and reviews from the community. Duration: 30 minutes of reading (This project is the prologue to the main story and acts as a backstory – the prequel to the original story) The Visual Novel Contains the following Features Features: Full English Voice Acting. Multiple choices and routes. Anime Styled Cgs, Backgrounds and Sprites. Artistic painted artwork. Original Sound tracks and music. No ads and does not require an internet connection. Playable Offline. Note Ipad Device Support is in development and may cause scaling problems in current version.

Screenshots

Sifting Thyme Visual Novel4 screens
Withering Hour4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Withering Hour at $1.99 against Sifting Thyme Visual Novel's $9.99. Withering Hour also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Sifting Thyme Visual Novel costs $9.99 and Withering Hour $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Sifting Thyme Visual Novel versus Withering Hour: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSifting Thyme Visual NovelWithering Hour
Price$9.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.9 (33 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews95.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings33 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size277 MB280 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperNochi GamesSyed Muhammad Waqar Ali

In-app purchases

None

Sifting Thyme Visual Novel

No in-app purchases

None

Withering Hour

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sifting Thyme Visual Novel free?
Sifting Thyme Visual Novel costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Withering Hour free?
Withering Hour costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sifting Thyme Visual Novel or Withering Hour have ads?
Neither Sifting Thyme Visual Novel nor Withering Hour shows ads.

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