Dawn, P.I. vs Tiny Quest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dawn, P.I.
Step into the shoes of a high school detective in this hand-drawn, point-and-click adventure game. Explore a mysterious high school, find clues, solve puzzles, and interrogate characters to uncover the truth behind strange occurrences.
- Point-and-click gameplay
- Investigative puzzles
- Character interrogation
- Hand-drawn animation
- Mystery solving
- Explore school environment
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What mystery lurks in Marlowe High? Become a detective in this point-and-click adventure game and solve the case! If you enjoy detective stories, escape games and puzzles, Dawn, P.I. is the game for you. Become Dawn, a high schooler with a penchant for investigation and occasional property damage. Explore the school to find clues and solve puzzles to ultimately get to the bottom of the case: why is Meg's horoscope suddenly working? Is someone interfering with the school paper? Why are people missing? Why is the librarian so annoying? And what in the world is "The Guiding Wind"? Fully hand-drawn and -animated, Dawn, P.I. will transport you to a cartoon noir world, where you'll have to be sharp and creative to advance in every step. Sweep rooms for objects to help you on your investigation and interrogate everyone to uncover their hidden secrets.
Tiny Quest
Embark on a desert expedition to solve puzzles, find clues, and rescue lost research team members. Navigate the arid landscape and overcome challenges to bring your buddies home safely. This is the second in a series of tiny puzzle-adventures.
- Puzzle solving
- Clue finding
- Exploration
- Character rescue
- Desert navigation
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After losing all his research buddies on a science expedition, one of your distant relatives for some reason suddenly puts the fates of his lost team members in your hands. It is now your job to follow the tracks of the expedition, solve puzzles, find clues and rescue all the out-to-lunch members of the misguided expedition. Can you navigate the desert well enough and solve the puzzles necessary to rescue research buddy #2? Will there be any adversaries along the way—other than a few mysterious puzzles? Tiny Quest: Desert is the second in a series of similar tiny puzzle–adventures. The first one, Tiny Quest Jungle, is available for free in your app store. Visit tinysprout.com and follow us on Twitter at @tinysproutgames to stay up to date with future releases. Stay adventurous and remember to use your brain!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Dawn, P.I. at Free against Tiny Quest's $1.99. Dawn, P.I. also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6). Tiny Quest's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On ratings volume, monetization model, device support and iOS requirement 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
Dawn, P.I. is free to download; Tiny Quest costs $1.99 up front. Dawn, P.I. sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tiny Quest asks for nothing beyond the download.
Dawn, P.I. holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 11 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Dawn, P.I.'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Tiny Quest's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | Dawn, P.I. | Tiny Quest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (13 ratings) — better | 4.6 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bruno Maestrini | Elinor Hagg |
Customer experience
Dawn, P.I.
Tiny Quest
In-app purchases
Dawn, P.I.
- Full Game$2.99
Tiny Quest
No in-app purchases
Questions
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