Not Another Weekend vs Yestertide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Not Another Weekend
Embark on a humorous point-and-click adventure set in the '80s. Play as a peculiar bellboy with a dark plan to clear out a high-class hotel over a single weekend. Experience a unique story filled with twists, strange characters, and challenging puzzles.
- Pixel art graphics
- Unique story with twists
- Strange characters and funny dialogues
- Adult humor
- Challenging puzzles
- Original soundtrack
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For all the fans of pixel art out there, get ready for one wacky adventure! You play as a bellboy, Mike Melkout, who works in a high-class hotel. Mike may seem crazy, or even peculiar, or he might as well be. However, he has only one plan. A dark plan! To kick everyone out in a single Weekend. A humorous point-and-click adventure game set in the ’80s as a tribute to the pop culture of that era. Key Features: - Beautiful pixel art graphics. - A unique story with lots of twists. - Strange characters, depicting some famous 80’s icons, and funny dialogues. - Adult humor and challenging puzzles. - Original soundtrack.
Yestertide
Embark on a mysterious adventure in a quaint, uncharted village. Solve puzzles, interact with cryptic characters, and uncover secrets involving time travel and aliens. Your choices are crucial to saving this strange place.
- Hand-drawn art
- Puzzles and riddles
- Cryptic character interaction
- Time-travel elements
- Alien encounters
- Card tricks
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Come in. Stay for AGES and AGES … Welcome to YESTERTIDE, another exciting mind-bender from the MysteryCaper team. Enjoy your visit. You're not going anywhere anytime soon. – You've been backpacking for days. You're tired; you're sore. You just want to SLEEP … You stumble upon a quaint old village. YESTERTIDE. Quiet, unassuming, cobblestoney. You'll rest here. It's funny, though. You've never heard of this place, and it's not on any maps. Oh well. It will do for now. But when is NOW exactly? And why do you feel like someone — or some-THING — is watching you? – FEATURES • a thrilling array of hand-drawn art • an endless supply of puzzles and riddles • the occasional cryptic character interaction • hilarious in-game comments • a pigeon • a cat • time-travel • aliens • card tricks • and YOU, the last hope for Yestertide — and beyond – MysteryCaper. It's COMEDY SOLVED.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Not Another Weekend at 4.8 against Yestertide's 4.6. Not Another Weekend also leads on price ($4.99 vs $5.99). Yestertide's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 10 months). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Not Another Weekend costs $4.99 and Yestertide $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Not Another Weekend holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 53 and 76 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Not Another Weekend's written reviews are positive against 77% of Yestertide's.
Not Another Weekend ships an update every 10 months, Yestertide every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Not Another Weekend | Yestertide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (53 ratings) — better | 4.6 (76 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.8% of reviews — better | 76.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 53 | 76 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 264 MB | 396 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Dionous Games | MysteryCaper, LLC |
Customer experience
Not Another Weekend
Yestertide
Bugs and requests
Not Another Weekend
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Yestertide
Reported bugs
5 issues- Fruits must be dragged twice to blend
- Cafe safe code didn't work
- Hot plate puzzle bug
- Alien keypad issue
- Safe combination in hints doesn't work
Requested features
3 requests- More games from the developer
- In-game hints instead of website
- Notebook to remind of tasks
In-app purchases
Not Another Weekend
No in-app purchases
Yestertide
No in-app purchases
Questions
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