Comparison

Choose Or Lose vs Run From Ghosts

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

Head to head
About

Choose Or Lose

This retro text horror game presents timed dilemmas based on previous players' choices. It interacts with your phone's features like charger status and orientation, and losing locks you out temporarily. Uncover a hidden code to reach a secret ending and compete on leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Retro text horror gameplay
  • Timed dilemma choices
  • Interactive phone features
  • Temporary lockout on loss
  • Secret ending and code breaking
  • Game Center leaderboards
  • Apple Watch support
Features
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Choose or Lose is a retro text horror game that knows you are playing it. It starts as a cute island adventure on an old green screen. Pick the cave or the jungle. Light a fire. Count the bats. Then the island ends, and the game starts talking to you. Its name is SYSOP. It was uploaded to a dial-up bulletin board in 1987 by a programmer who disappeared the same year. It is polite, bored and cruel, and it has rules. EVERY CHOICE COSTS SOMEONE Each level is a short dilemma from the life of someone who played before you. You have seconds to decide before the screen shouts CHOOSE OR LOSE. The clue is always in the text, so when you lose, you know why. A GAME THAT KNOWS YOUR PHONE Some answers are not on the screen. SYSOP may ask you to plug in your charger, mute your phone, turn it face down, or leave and come back at the right moment. It knows your name, the time where you are, how long you were away and how much battery you have left. Take a screenshot and it will notice. These checks stay on your phone. LOSE, AND IT LOCKS YOU OUT Losing locks the game for a while, and longer each time. Your progress is never reset. If you let it, SYSOP will send you a notification when it is ready for you again. BREAK THE CODE Every player gets their own four-digit code, hidden in pieces across the story. Nobody can look yours up. Find all four numbers and enter them to reach the secret ending, and see how fast you were on the Game Center leaderboard. FEATURES • A complete horror story in six chapters and 34 levels • Five endings, and the last choice is not the one you expect • Timed choices that keep you on edge • Levels that use your charger, your volume and your phone's position • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets where SYSOP waits for you • Play on Apple Watch, with complications for your watch face • A two-page book layout on iPhone Duo • Game Center leaderboard and achievements • Classic green terminal style with pixel text and a frame of bones So, will you choose, or will you lose?

About

Run From Ghosts

Features
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Run From Ghosts is a fast-paced arcade maze game that will keep you on the edge of your seat! Navigate through 8 uniquely designed mazes, collect every dot, and survive as long as you can — all while being hunted by relentless ghosts. FEATURES • 8 hand-crafted mazes — Classic, T-Junction, Offset, Quad Rooms, Scattered, Labyrinth, Fruit Rush & Rainbow • 3 difficulty levels — Easy, Medium, and Hard • 2 control modes — Swipe gestures or D-Pad • Smooth animations and neon-styled visuals • Fruit Rush mode — collect all 8 fruits for bonus points • Rainbow level with colour-shifting walls HOW TO PLAY Swipe or use the D-Pad to move through the maze. Eat all the dots to complete the level. Avoid the ghosts — one touch and it's game over! CHALLENGE YOURSELF Think Easy is too simple? Crank it up to Hard and face 7 ghosts at once across the most complex mazes. Simple to pick up. Nearly impossible to master. Download Run From Ghosts now and see how long you last!

Screenshots

Choose Or Lose4 screens
Run From Ghosts3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Choose Or Lose at none against Run From Ghosts's 2. Choose Or Lose also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Run From Ghosts's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 27 months). On price, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Run From Ghosts sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Choose Or Lose asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Choose Or Lose ships an update every 27 months, Run From Ghosts weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 5 level
Choose Or Lose versus Run From Ghosts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChoose Or LoseRun From Ghosts
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 27 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB22 MB
Age rating12+4+
Developerabedalkareem omreyhAHMAD GHALEB

In-app purchases

None

Choose Or Lose

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Run From Ghosts

One-time2
  • No Ads$4.99
  • All Access$12.99

Questions

Is Choose Or Lose free?
Choose Or Lose is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Run From Ghosts free?
Run From Ghosts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Choose Or Lose or Run From Ghosts have ads?
Both Choose Or Lose and Run From Ghosts show ads.
Which is updated more often, Choose Or Lose or Run From Ghosts?
Choose Or Lose ships an update every 27 months, and Run From Ghosts weekly. Most recently, Choose Or Lose was updated on November 7, 2026 and Run From Ghosts on November 5, 2026.

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