Comparison

Family Bash vs The Bear

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

Head to head
About

Family Bash

Uncover family secrets and navigate intergenerational conflict at a 90th birthday celebration. Explore a small French town, make impactful choices, and interact with relatives to reveal hidden motives and a mysterious will. The game features a unique visual style and an original rap soundtrack.

Highlights
  • Explore family dynamics and secrets
  • Make impactful narrative choices
  • Uncover a mysterious will
  • Unique visual style
  • Original rap soundtrack
  • Navigate intergenerational conflict
Features
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Family Bash tells the timeless story of the Family – the one we love, cherish, insult and despise. You arrive in the village hall of a small French town out in the sticks in Normandy to celebrate your grandfather’s birthday: he’s 90 years old, still “all there” and is the living memory of your family. Just as the party is shaping up to be fun, you find yourself at the centre of an intergenerational conflict with unforeseeable consequences. You begin to uncover the dark secrets and ulterior motives of the various members of your family. In Family Bash, a seemingly insignificant choice can change the relationships between your family members forever. So explore your surroundings and make choices, talk to your cousins, confront your uncle and find out about that mysterious will – for better or for worse. • Explore some unusual themes in the video game: the family and comedy. • Find out about your grandfather’s last will and testament, uncover some unmentionable secrets and destroy your uncle’s car. • The extraordinary visual style of Geoffroy Monde • An original rap soundtrack Produced by Atomic Raccoon and Kilosaurus, edited and co-produced by ARTE FRANCE, European cultural TV and digital channel.

About

The Bear

Embark on a friendship adventure with a bear and a little one across a magical universe. This interactive bedtime experience features hand-drawn animations and original music, offering a calming story about togetherness and belonging.

Highlights
  • Interactive bedtime experience
  • Friendship-forming adventure
  • Hand-drawn animations
  • Specially composed music
  • Touching story
  • Calming experience
Features
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The Bear is an interactive bedtime experience for everyone. The game is free-to-try with no ads. You can play the first chapter for free and unlock the remaining 4 chapters with a single in-app purchase. Lead the bear and the little one through a friendship-forming adventure as they travel across the atmospheric universe of the World of Gra. Relax and stargaze with these weird little characters, as they tell you stories of togetherness, of letting go and of the longing to find a place you belong. The Bear has been lovingly crafted with hundreds of hand drawn animations, specially composed music and a touching story to create a uniquely calming experience, that feels like a bedtime story, read to you by a loved one.

Screenshots

Family Bash4 screens
The Bear4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: The Bear at 4.6 against Family Bash's 4.0. The Bear also leads on ratings volume (1.1K vs 26) and review sentiment (78% vs 64%). Family Bash's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Family Bash sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and The Bear sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Bear holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Bear has 1.1K ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Family Bash's written reviews are positive against 78% of The Bear's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Family Bash versus The Bear: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFamily BashThe Bear
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (26 ratings)4.6 (1.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.1% of reviews78.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings261.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.215.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size497 MB1.7 GB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperARTE France AppsMucks Games

Customer experience

Family Bash

All ratings26 ratings
Positive76.9%
Neutral3.8%
Negative19.2%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive64.1%
Neutral10.3%
Negative25.6%

The Bear

All ratings1,144 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral4.4%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews137 reviews
Positive78.1%
Neutral8.0%
Negative13.9%

Bugs and requests

Family Bash

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

The Bear

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Game resets when leaving the screen
  • Compatibility issues with older devices

Requested features

2 requests
  • Make the full game free
  • Add a demo or trial version

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Family Bash

One-time1
  • Family Bash - the full game$4.99
4 purchases

The Bear

One-time4
  • Buy us a cookie!$0.99
  • Unlock all chapters$2.99
  • Buy us a coffee!$2.99
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  • Buy us lunch!$3.99

Questions

Is Family Bash free?
Family Bash is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Bear free?
The Bear is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Family Bash or The Bear?
The Bear is rated higher. Family Bash averages 4.0 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while The Bear averages 4.6 from 1.1K ratings.
Do Family Bash or The Bear have ads?
Neither Family Bash nor The Bear shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Family Bash or The Bear?
Family Bash ships an update every 2 weeks, and The Bear every 2 weeks. Most recently, Family Bash was updated on November 3, 2026 and The Bear on November 7, 2026.

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