Yestertide vs Justin Wack's Big Time Hack
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.
Justin Wack's Big Time Hack
Embark on a cozy 2D point-and-click adventure filled with silliness, time travel, and relationship drama. Explore a world with multiple playable characters, solve logic-based puzzles, and enjoy fully voice-acted content.
- Multiple playable characters
- Logic-based puzzles
- Sleek 2D animations
- Fully voice acted
- Built-in hint system
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A cozy 2D Point & Click adventure featuring multiple playable characters and plenty of silliness. Oh, and there's time travel and relationship stuff going down too. And robots – lots of robots... * Multiple playable characters * Puzzles based in logic with a wacky edge * Sleek 2D animations * Fully voice acted * Built-in hint system
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Justin Wack's Big Time Hack at 97% against Yestertide's 77%. Justin Wack's Big Time Hack also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.6) and price ($4.99 vs $5.99). Yestertide's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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
Yestertide costs $5.99 and Justin Wack's Big Time Hack $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Justin Wack's Big Time Hack holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 77 and 92 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Yestertide's written reviews are positive against 97% of Justin Wack's Big Time Hack's.
Yestertide ships an update every 5 months, Justin Wack's Big Time Hack every 7 months. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.
| Parameter | Yestertide | Justin Wack's Big Time Hack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | $4.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (77 ratings) | 4.9 (92 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.1% of reviews | 96.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 77 | 92 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 396 MB | 1.2 GB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | MysteryCaper, LLC | Warm Kitten |
Customer experience
Yestertide
Justin Wack's Big Time Hack
User reviews
Yestertide
From 77 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
Justin Wack's Big Time Hack
From 92 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fantastic game
- 👍 Great dialogue and gameplay
- 👍 Challenging but not too difficult
- 👍 Lots of references to classic games
- 👍 Funny and absurd story
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inventory bar covering hotspots
- 🐛 In-game help not always helpful
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
Justin Wack's Big Time Hack
Reported bugs
2 issues- Inventory bar covering hotspots
- Difficulty interacting with hotspots when inventory is open
Requested features
2 requests- Sequel with more adventures
- Starring the character Kloot
In-app purchases
Yestertide
No in-app purchases
Justin Wack's Big Time Hack
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Yestertide free?
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