Online Zoo Builder vs FolkloreFieldGuide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Online Zoo Builder
Build and manage your own virtual zoo in this free-to-play online game. Collaborate with friends, discover new animals and attractions, and keep your guests happy to ensure profitability. The game is updated weekly with fresh content.
- Build your dream zoo
- Collaborate with friends
- Discover and purchase animals
- Manage zoo for profitability
- Weekly content updates
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Online Zoo Builder is a FREE to play online zoo building game! Collaborate with your friends and build your ultimate dream zoo, discover and purchase new animals and attractions to keep your guests happy, and manage your zoo to ensure profitability. Updated weekly with new animals, tiles, and attractions! Do you have what it takes to build the zoo of your dreams?
FolkloreFieldGuide
Engage in a daily text-deduction game where you analyze clues from town reports to identify cryptids. Build your reputation as an investigator and uncover larger mysteries through connected story arcs. The game is free to play with optional ads.
- Daily cryptid mysteries
- Text-based clue analysis
- Reputation and streak system
- Connected story arcs
- Unlockable field guide entries
- One-time purchase for ad removal and extras
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A new cryptid mystery every day. Folklore Field Guide is a cozy text-deduction game — read the town's tip-line report, weigh the clues, and name the creature behind the sighting. DEDUCE, DON'T SEARCH - Each day brings a new sighting: a track shape, a strange sound, the time of day, the weather, a smell on the wind - Cross-reference the clues against the entries in your field guide - Narrow the suspects and name the cryptid — Bigfoot, Mothman, the Jersey Devil, Chupacabra, Nessie and more BUILD YOUR REPUTATION - Wrong guesses cost you reputation, so deduce carefully - Keep a daily streak going and rise from curious local to trusted investigator UNCOVER THE BIGGER MYSTERY - Daily reports connect into multi-week story arcs and regional mysteries - Unlock field-guide entries as you encounter new creatures CRYPTOZOOLOGIST'S PASS — ONE-TIME PURCHASE Unlock the Pass once and keep it forever: remove ads, the full annotated field guide, extra clue reveals, and the story-arc archive with advanced stats. No subscription. Folklore Field Guide is free to play and supported by ads; remove them anytime with the one-time Pass. Grab your notebook. The woods are talking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FolkloreFieldGuide at 5.0 against Online Zoo Builder's 3.0. On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Online Zoo Builder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and FolkloreFieldGuide sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
FolkloreFieldGuide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Online Zoo Builder | FolkloreFieldGuide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.5 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Drennan Software LLC | Christian Pedersen |
In-app purchases
Online Zoo Builder
- Zoo Tokens x100$1.99
FolkloreFieldGuide
- Folklore Field Guide Lifetime$4.99
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