Destinies vs Avel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Destinies
Enhance your board game experience with this digital companion. It guides you through setup, dynamic story events, and interactive challenges using QR code scanning. Make choices with lasting consequences and explore a dark fantasy world.
- Scenario selection and setup guide
- Dynamic story-driven events
- QR code scanning for item interaction
- Choice-based consequences
- Campaign and standalone scenarios
- Offline gameplay
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This application is a digital companion for the Destinies board game. Destinies is a competitive, story-driven, board game of adventure and exploration. You require the Destinies board game to be able to use this app. Launch the app, select the scenario you want to play, and be introduced to a story of dark fantasy and destinies waiting to be fulfilled. The app will guide you on how to set up your board game including your character skills, starting items, and the map tiles laid before you waiting to be explored. The app will introduce story-driven dynamic events and help to guide you through the ever-changing game world. The app also remembers the choices you make so there will be real consequences that often change the state of the game world forever. Each item in the game has a unique QR code that, using the game’s Scan&Play technology, can be scanned to determine how you interact with the world, other characters, and epic challenges. Which items you scan and when will greatly affect the outcome of various interactions. Your player character card also comes with two QR codes that can be scanned, each one representing a different possible destiny to fulfill and thus win the game. Each scenario should last 120-150 minutes, and players will be able to choose from standalone scenarios or scenarios linked as part of a campaign. Once the app and a scenario are downloaded, the app doesn't require any internet connection during gameplay. The language can be selected within the app. The app saves your progress so you may resume a scenario later on.
Avel
Enhance your board game experience with this companion app. Generate custom maps, manage game expansions, and access unique sound effects to immerse yourself in the world of Avel. It also assists with character naming and in-game timers.
- Custom map generation
- Expansion content integration
- Character name generator
- Immersive sound effects
- In-game timers and counters
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Take your games to a new level with the free Avel app! The generator will allow you to create new maps in all three difficulties. You will discover the game anew and easily adjust it to your needs. The app allows for the ‘Adventurer’s Toolkit’ expansion and, with just few clicks, will introduce new board tiles from the expansion. You don’t have to worry about looking for the rulebook! Are you looking for ideas on how to name your hero or heroine? Before you begin the game, the app will help you create a character—draw a name and nickname or put in your own suggestion in order to bring to life the most incredible defenders of Avel. Listen to the sounds of battle, celebrate your victories, and experience losses in a new dimension. The app includes unique sounds that will make your battles come to life and will allow you to listen to the noises of the magical kingdom. The Avel app will allow you to track the Beast’s toughness on the counter and the hourglass will measure the time while you look for an equipment token in the bag. And it all happens on one screen!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Destinies at 3.8 against Avel's 3.0. Destinies also leads on ratings volume (34 vs 2) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). Avel's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (60% vs 48%). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Destinies holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Destinies has 34 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 48% of Destinies's written reviews are positive against 60% of Avel's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Destinies ships an update monthly, Avel every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Destinies | Avel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (34 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 47.6% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 34 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 179 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Goliath Poland Sp z o.o | Rebel Sp. z o.o. |
Customer experience
Destinies
Avel
In-app purchases
Destinies
No in-app purchases
Avel
No in-app purchases









