Yestertide vs Voodoo Detective
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Voodoo Detective
Embark on a point-and-click adventure in a Voodoo-infused island town. Unravel a profound mystery involving a woman with no past, where local culture clashes with corruption and chain stores. Solve the case as a detective in this noir-inspired narrative.
- Monkey Island inspired point-and-click gameplay
- Rich story with whimsy and intrigue
- Hand-drawn backgrounds and animations
- High definition graphics
- Prominent voice talent
- Original soundtrack by Peter McConnell
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If you're looking for adventure, you will find it in Voodoo Detective! New Ginen: a small island town steeped in rich Voodoo culture, overrun by chain stores, infested with privileged tourists. Where local color and colonial corruption clash in a desperate battle for survival. Against this fascinating backdrop we meet a mysterious woman with no past standing at the center of a drama so profound the threads of reality are threatening to unravel! Join Voodoo Detective on his latest case, where danger hides behind every dirty secret and each thrilling moment may be his last. It's time to don your fedora and trenchcoat, detective, you've got a mystery to solve! Features: - Monkey Island inspired point-and-click adventure! - A rich story full of whimsy and intrigue! - Hand-drawn backgrounds, animations, and user interface! - High definition graphics! - Prominent voice talent from games and films such as Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Final Fantasy, Fallout, Diablo, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Star Trek, Austin Powers, and many more! - A brilliant soundtrack recorded with live instruments composed by none other than Peter McConnell of Grim Fandango, Monkey Island, and Psychonauts fame!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Voodoo Detective at every 10 days against Yestertide's every 5 months. Voodoo Detective also leads on chart position (#195 vs unranked) and price ($4.99 vs $5.99). Yestertide's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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
Yestertide costs $5.99 and Voodoo Detective $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Yestertide against 4.6 for Voodoo Detective. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 76 and 98 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Yestertide's written reviews are positive against 78% of Voodoo Detective's.
Yestertide ships an update every 5 months, Voodoo Detective every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yestertide | Voodoo Detective |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | $4.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (76 ratings) | 4.6 (98 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.6% of reviews | 78.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 76 | 98 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #195 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 396 MB | 1.5 GB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | MysteryCaper, LLC | Short Sleeve Studio, LLC |
Customer experience
Yestertide
Voodoo Detective
User reviews
Yestertide
From 76 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Engaging story and humor
- 💡 Creative and challenging puzzles
- ⭐️ Excellent hint system available
- 🎨 Charming art style
- ⏳ Good game length
Room to improve
- 🤔 Puzzles lack logic
- 😵 Navigation is confusing
- 🤯 Puzzles are too obscure
- frustrating to navigate hints
- 🤷♀️ Some puzzles not solvable
Voodoo Detective
From 98 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great writing and story
- 👍 Excellent voice acting
- 👍 Beautiful graphics and art style
- 👍 Fun and engaging puzzles
- 👍 Humorous dialogue and characters
Room to improve
- 💰 Too short for the price
- 💰 Perceived as expensive
- 🧩 Puzzles can be too easy or too hard
- 🤷♂️ Gameplay relies heavily on dialogue, less on puzzles
- 🤔 Some puzzles are too far-fetched
Bugs and 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
Voodoo Detective
Reported bugs
3 issues- 🐛 Sound doesn't work
- 🐛 Game doesn't load/freezes on startup
- 🐛 Accidental tapping of detective for hints
Requested features
4 requests- More complex puzzles
- Longer gameplay duration
- Sequel or more content
- More interactive scenarios or characters
In-app purchases
Yestertide
No in-app purchases
Voodoo Detective
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Yestertide free?
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