Jester / King vs Lost Between the Lines
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Jester / King
A dark fantasy visual novel where you play as a jester investigating a demonic curse and murder. Make choices to uncover the truth, build relationships, and escape a cursed kingdom.
- Over 90,000 words of story
- Voiced important lines
- Relationship building with three characters
- Collect 'keys' for story progression
- Time loop with flowchart
- Multiple character paths
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The court jester, Madion, wakes up by the king's lifeless body. A demonic curse has struck down every true citizen, and driven others to madness. Madion is torn between seeking the truth, helping the survivors, and a desire to escape. From the author of Demonheart comes a new visual novel in a similarly dark setting, dealing with themes of murder, love, trust, and deceit. Features: • Story of over 90.000 words. • Important lines are voiced over. • Choices to build, or re-build, a relationship with one of three characters: Lucille, Calix, or Edwina. • Collect "keys" - bits of information needed to progress the story and discover the truth. • The cursed kingdom is looping in time - you can use a flowchart to go back to certain choices. Characters: • You play as Madion, the jester who has lost his memories. Having been forced into a life of chaos, uncertainty and deceit, Madion starts off feeling conflicted, jealous and spiteful. He needs to let go of his dark thoughts and redeem himself. You can make choices for him, affecting his relationships with the other characters. • Lady Lucille was forced to live in the king's palace while he waged war on her homeland. Quiet and cunning, she adapted quickly. Lucille believes she understands Madion, and is always there to support him. • An orphan of common origins, Calix received a favorable place in the palace thanks to his good looks and charisma. Some believed he was involved with the king, but Calix's eyes were set elsewhere. • As the king's alchemist, Edwina used to follow His Majesty's every command. She is strict and slightly paranoid, with a cold exterior, but Madion sees a different side of her.
Lost Between the Lines
Experience a high school romance visual novel with beautiful illustrations and branching storylines. Make choices to uncover a secret and explore five different endings. Features voice acting by a popular anime voice actress.
- Branching storylines
- Multiple endings
- Beautiful illustrations
- Voice acting
- Choice-based gameplay
- High school romance
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[A large-volume romantic drama with beautiful illustrations by a popular artist!] As to what exactly is starting, it's a perfectly normal high school love story starring a somewhat abnormal girl! The cool, intellectual Suzumiya Rion. She usually keeps her distance from her classmates, but for some reason, she invited me out on a date! And the secret Rion's hiding will finally be revealed… If you clear all five endings, you'll find out your future with her. Try out all the different choices and see where you end up. [The game system is a simple novel-type adventure] The choices that appear here and there in the story change the distance between you and your girlfriend! The story will branch into one of five different endings accordingly. Restart the game again and again to complete all the endings! [Main character:Suzumiya Rion] She is the most elegant, serious, and studious high school girl in the school! Rine Suzumiya, who is the most popular madonna in the school, is suddenly approaching you, a girl with whom she has little contact! However, her eyes sometimes glaze over with a lonely look. ...... When her secret is revealed, their romance begins! [Voice: Hikaru Ueda] Rion is voiced by Hikaru Ueda, who also played the lead role in the Japanese animation! TwitterID:@o4novel
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Jester / King at 100% against Lost Between the Lines's 43%. Jester / King also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.6) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). 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. Jester / King sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Lost Between the Lines sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Jester / King holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Jester / King's written reviews are positive against 43% of Lost Between the Lines's.
Jester / King ships an update every 2 days, Lost Between the Lines every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Jester / King | Lost Between the Lines |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 3.6 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 283 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Jovana Kujovic | 5dims Inc. / 株式会社5次元 |
Customer experience
Jester / King
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In-app purchases
Jester / King
- King's Treasure x500$3.99
- King's Treasure x1400$9.99
- King's Treasure x3000$19.99
Lost Between the Lines
- Purchase stories$14.99
- purchase stories$14.99
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