Downpour vs ScummVM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Downpour
Easily create interactive games and websites on your phone. Combine photos, drawings, and text to build branching stories and unique pages. Share your creations with others or host them elsewhere, all without coding.
- Create games and websites on your phone
- Add photos, drawings, and text
- Link pages together for branching stories
- Style and decorate pages
- No coding required
- Share games via link for browser play
- Offline creation
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Downpour is the best way to make games on your phone. Collage together photos, drawings and text, and then connect them together into a branching story. It's genuinely quick and easy to use — you can make a game before your tea has gotten cold. Once you've made a game with Downpour, what then? You can share it within the app, allowing other people to play games and follow you, or you can share the link and anyone can play. "for the first time in years, I feel like I want to make art again" - The Verge • Make a game or website on your phone in minutes • Add photos, drawings and text to create your own unique pages — then link them together • Style and decorate pages to make them your own • Easy and accessible — no coding involved • Games can be played in any web browser — just share the link • Follow your friends and get notified when they've made something new • Export games to host elsewhere • Make games without needing an account • Works offline — make games anywhere • Optional subscription allows outbound links & more uploads --- Downpour is developed by me, V Buckenham. Please do reach out if you have any problems or suggestions - I can be reached at v@downpour.games. Terms of Use: https://downpour.games/termsofservice Privacy Policy: https://downpour.games/privacypolicy Support: https://downpour.games/support Subscriptions will be charged to your App Store account after your confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew monthly or annually unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can go to your App Store Account Settings to manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew. Hope you enjoy making games with Downpour!
ScummVM
Play classic graphical point-and-click adventure games and RPGs on your device. This application includes two playable demos and offers access to many more titles through its website. Enjoy a vast library of beloved retro games.
- Play classic adventure games
- Play classic RPGs
- Includes playable demos
- Access to more games online
- Open source software
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ScummVM provides a way to play many classic graphical point-and-click adventure games and RPGs. The application is bundled with two playable demos, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (DOS Demo) and The Secret of Monkey Island (DOS EGA Demo), both titles copyright of Lucasfilm Ltd. You can find more information, demos, and some free-to-download adventure games on our website. See also an up-to-date list here: https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Where_to_get_the_games Full documentation of ScummVM can be found at https://docs.scummvm.org/ Please visit our web forum where you can discuss the iOS version. https://forums.scummvm.org/viewforum.php?f=15 ScummVM is open source software available under the term of the GPL v3.0 license. The source code is available from https://github.com/scummvm/scummvm.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ScummVM at none against Downpour's 1. ScummVM also leads on ratings volume (106 vs 27). Downpour's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Downpour sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. ScummVM asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Downpour against 4.7 for ScummVM. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 106 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Downpour's written reviews are positive against 88% of ScummVM's.
Downpour ships an update monthly, ScummVM every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Downpour | ScummVM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (27 ratings) — better | 4.7 (106 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.0% of reviews | 87.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27 | 106 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 176 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Downpour Limited | Eugene Sandulenko |
Customer experience
Downpour
ScummVM
User reviews
Downpour
From 27 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use and fun
- 💡 Creative possibilities are endless
- 🚀 Quick and shareable experiences
- 🆓 No subscription or ads
- 🤗 Great community
Room to improve
- 🤔 Difficult to figure out initially
- ❓ Lacks proper tutorials
- 📱 Typing on mobile can be challenging
- 🤷♀️ UI can be hard to navigate
- 🔗 Linking issues can be frustrating
ScummVM
From 106 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Reliving classic games
- 👍 Great for mobile browsers
- 👍 Amazing experience with specific games
- 👍 Glad it's available
- 👍 Supports classic point-and-click and RPGs
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashing mid-game
- 🐛 Save feature not working correctly
- 🐛 Touchscreen tap issues
- 🐛 Clunky game adding process
- 🐛 UI needs improvement
Bugs and requests
Downpour
Reported bugs
2 issues- Locked out after logging out due to email link loop
- Transition linking issues
Requested features
12 requests- Add animation like Alight Motion
- Add sound effects (recorded or from camera roll)
- Allow insertion of short videos
- Add animations for text
- Add transitions between pages
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- Add music
- Add a tutorial
- Implement a 'liking' or 'popularity' system for games
- Allow users to add videos to projects
- Add an image bank with placeholders
- Add a feature to draw sprites
- Add coding/scripting options for advanced users
ScummVM
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes mid-game
- Save feature does not save
- Single-tap not registering as left click
- Two-finger tap not registering as right click
- Magic Keyboard touchpad not working
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- Trackpad from new iPads not working
- Cannot link OneDrive due to JSON response issue
- Recently added games graying out
- App crashes on second boot
- External keyboard not working
Requested features
12 requests- Easier game search
- Apple TV support
- Gamepad key mapping support
- Apple Pencil support
- Magic Keyboard touchpad support
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- Trackpad support
- Change icon color
- Support for Discworld Noir
- DOSBox and FUSE support
- NES interpreter support
- Better iOS support for Grim Fandango & Escape From Monkey Island
- More significant way to add games
In-app purchases
Downpour
- Downpour Plus$4.991 Month
ScummVM
No in-app purchases









