Comparison

Yestertide vs Dexter Stardust

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Hand-drawn art
  • Puzzles and riddles
  • Cryptic character interaction
  • Time-travel elements
  • Alien encounters
  • Card tricks
Features
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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.

About

Dexter Stardust

Embark on an epic space adventure as Dexter Stardust to save Earth and the Vreesians from a robot invasion. Explore five unique planets, solve puzzles, and uncover a galactic mystery in this fully voice-acted graphic adventure.

Highlights
  • 5 Episodes in one game
  • Fully voice-acted
  • Classic point-and-click mechanics
  • Frame-by-frame animation
  • 4K artwork
  • Explore 5 planets
  • Solve puzzles
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Space! Dexter Stardust barely escaped when the Vreesians, inhabitants of the menacing Planet X, sent a fleet of robots to destroy all life on Earth. Now, twenty years later, a mechanical man from the 10th planet seeks to communicate with Dexter a very important message - he is the key to saving both humans and Vreesians! Play the taco-loving Dexter Stardust as he, and his good friend Aurora, go on the greatest adventure of their lives and discover the mystery of the Robot from the Planet X! Dexter Stardust was illustrated, animated, written, scored, SFX'd, and programmed by one person, Jeremy Fryc. Even so, the characters are voiced by his friends, Munk Alejandro, Lola Mendez, and Alec Corday - who helped create the characters way back in 2012 on a warm afternoon in the Dominican Republic. 10 years later, we finally have... Dexter Stardust: Adventures in Outer Space! • 5 Episodes all in one game! • Fully voice acted. • A true classic graphic adventure game with traditional point and click mechanics. This is a 100% pure graphic adventure! • All traditional - frame by frame - animation. No rigged characters! • Artwork created in 4K. • Visit 5 planets with well over 100 playable scenes. • Lots of puzzles. Learn to play the ukulele. • Tacos! • Exclamation points!

Screenshots

Yestertide4 screens
Dexter Stardust4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Dexter Stardust at every 3 days against Yestertide's every 5 months. Dexter Stardust also leads on 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Yestertide costs $5.99 and Dexter Stardust $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Yestertide against 4.7 for Dexter Stardust. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 77 and 138 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Yestertide's written reviews are positive against 83% of Dexter Stardust's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Yestertide ships an update every 5 months, Dexter Stardust every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Yestertide versus Dexter Stardust: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYestertideDexter Stardust
Price$5.99$4.99 — better
Rating4.6 (77 ratings)4.7 (138 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.6% of reviews83.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings77138 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size396 MB2.8 GB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperMysteryCaper, LLCSnapbreak Games AB

Customer experience

Yestertide

All ratings76 ratings
Positive90.8%
Neutral5.3%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive76.6%
Neutral10.6%
Negative12.8%

Dexter Stardust

All ratings138 ratings
Positive89.9%
Neutral5.8%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews103 reviews
Positive83.5%
Neutral7.8%
Negative8.7%

User reviews

Yestertide

From 77 App Store ratings

What 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

Dexter Stardust

From 138 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great gameplay
  • 👍 Engaging story
  • 💡 Unique characters and humor
  • 🎨 Excellent graphics and art style
  • 🔊 Wonderful music and voice acting

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
  • ⏱️ Uneven pacing, some episodes too short
  • 🔍 Difficulty finding interactive items
  • 🗣️ Uneven voice acting quality

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

Dexter Stardust

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Game crashes when using taco with picnic bench
  • Unable to progress past certain points due to bugs

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to save progress across devices
  • Option to skip cutscenes
  • Hint system for puzzles
  • Improved controls for mobile devices

In-app purchases

None

Yestertide

No in-app purchases

None

Dexter Stardust

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Yestertide free?
Yestertide costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dexter Stardust free?
Dexter Stardust costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Yestertide or Dexter Stardust?
Dexter Stardust is rated higher. Yestertide averages 4.6 out of 5 from 77 ratings, while Dexter Stardust averages 4.7 from 138 ratings.
Do Yestertide or Dexter Stardust have ads?
Neither Yestertide nor Dexter Stardust shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Yestertide or Dexter Stardust?
Yestertide ships an update every 5 months, and Dexter Stardust every 3 days. Most recently, Yestertide was updated on October 24, 2026 and Dexter Stardust on October 24, 2026.

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