Comparison

maddness. vs NEGOTIATOR

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

Head to head
About

maddness.

Embark on a role-playing adventure on a real-world map, engaging with NPCs and other players. Join one of five factions vying for global dominance each week, with leaderboards tracking top performers. Explore a vast world and master strategic tricks to aid your faction's success.

Highlights
  • Real-world map gameplay
  • NPC and player interactions
  • Faction-based competition
  • Weekly global conquest
  • Leaderboards for top players
  • Exploration and strategy
Features
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Maddness — Location-Based Murder Mystery A new case every week. Your city is the crime scene. Step into a noir world where real streets become crime scenes and every stranger might be a suspect. Maddness is a location-based murder mystery game that turns your neighborhood into an interactive detective story. Each week, a new victim. A new killer. A trail of clues scattered across real places near you — the coffee shop on the corner, the park down the street, the library you pass every day. Walk there. Investigate. Interrogate AI-powered suspects who lie, deflect, and slip up under pressure. HOW IT PLAYS • A mystery unfolds at real locations around you • Travel to each scene to collect clues and meet NPCs • Interrogate suspects — they respond dynamically with AI • Piece together the motive and accuse the killer • Team up with friends to cover more ground faster • Compete on the leaderboard to solve it first WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT • No two conversations with an NPC are the same — they're AI-powered characters with secrets to keep • The story adapts to YOUR city — same mystery, different real-world locations for every player • Text-based atmosphere meets real-world exploration • Weekly episodes — fresh case every Monday • Play solo or form a team across different neighborhoods "You overhear a whispered conversation at the café nearby. A name you recognize. A motive you didn't expect. The pieces are falling into place — but so is the clock."

About

NEGOTIATOR

Features
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"Every word matters." You are the Negotiator. Read the evidence, choose your words, decide how it ends. Every choice shapes you and the outcome. No two playthroughs are the same. The people on the other end of your phone aren't hardened criminals, they're ordinary people pushed to the edge by a system that failed them. They followed every rule, filed every form, and were ignored. Now they've run out of options and made a desperate choice. They have a phone, a grievance, and you. INVESTIGATE THE EVIDENCE - They aren't just texting: they're sending proof. Study the details in leaked documents, examine photographs, and listen closely to voice notes. Piece together the truth before you make your move. A REAL-TIME SMS CHAT GAME - An immersive interactive story told entirely through a realistic messaging interface. Beneath every exchange, hidden meters of Trust and Anxiety shift with your words. One wrong line can escalate the standoff; a well-timed silence can pull someone back from the edge. NO RIGHT ANSWERS, ONLY CONSEQUENCES - A gritty interactive thriller where branching dialogue drives the story. Your choices - not a single "correct" path - decide the outcome, unlocking endings that range from quietly heroic to genuinely dark. FEATURES • Tense, text-based negotiation - feel the pressure of a live standoff • Investigate inside the app - documents, photos, and voice notes • True branching storylines - every reply changes how the person on the line responds • An episodic thriller series - a growing set of standalone cases, free to play The clock is ticking. What's your opening line, Detective?

Screenshots

maddness.4 screens
NEGOTIATOR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: maddness. at none against NEGOTIATOR's 1. maddness. also leads on ads (none vs shown). NEGOTIATOR's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.5). On price and device support 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

Both are free to download. NEGOTIATOR sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. maddness. asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

maddness. ships an update every 6 months, NEGOTIATOR every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
maddness. versus NEGOTIATOR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametermaddness.NEGOTIATOR
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB17 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperSiliconHouse, LLCPaul Parva

In-app purchases

None

maddness.

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

NEGOTIATOR

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99

Questions

Is maddness. free?
maddness. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NEGOTIATOR free?
NEGOTIATOR is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do maddness. or NEGOTIATOR have ads?
NEGOTIATOR shows ads; maddness. does not.
Which is updated more often, maddness. or NEGOTIATOR?
maddness. ships an update every 6 months, and NEGOTIATOR every 5 days. Most recently, maddness. was updated on November 3, 2026 and NEGOTIATOR on October 28, 2026.

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