Pilgrims vs The Bear
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pilgrims
Embark on a playful adventure game where you explore a world, interact with unique characters, and solve puzzles in multiple ways. Discover humorous outcomes and collect achievements in this hand-crafted experience.
- Playful exploration
- Multiple solutions
- Dozens of items and characters
- 45 achievements
- Hand-crafted animations
- Original music
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Try for free. In-app purchase the full game. Pilgrims is a playful adventure game, created by the team behind Machinarium and Samorost. Roam the land as you please and make new friends, share a laugh with your fellow travelers and help them complete their little stories, your way. How many different solutions can you find? It is most enjoyable if you’re into: - Playfulness: Don’t beat it - play with it! Solve the various tasks using dozens of items and unique characters without being obliged to follow a single designated path. - Replayability: Packed with 45 achievements, Pilgrims is a game designed to be played through more than just once. Can you collect them all? - Hand-crafted appeal: Hundreds of unique animations and custom made sound effects result in countless humorous and unexpected outcomes. Try to discover as many as you can! - Original music: Floex (Machinarium, Samorost 3) is back at it with his mix of live instruments and organic electronics, joined by guests on guitar or clarinet.
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.
- Interactive bedtime experience
- Friendship-forming adventure
- Hand-drawn animations
- Specially composed music
- Touching story
- Calming experience
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: The Bear at fortnightly against Pilgrims's every 2 months. The Bear also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 64%). Pilgrims's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Pilgrims 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Pilgrims against 4.6 for The Bear. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 453 and 1.1K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of Pilgrims's written reviews are positive against 78% of The Bear's.
Pilgrims ships an update every 2 months, The Bear fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pilgrims | The Bear |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (453 ratings) | 4.6 (1.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.1% of reviews | 78.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 453 | 1.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| 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 | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 413 MB | 224 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Amanita Design s.r.o. | Mucks Games |
Customer experience
Pilgrims
The Bear
User reviews
Pilgrims
From 453 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Unique and charming art style
- 🤩 Funny and entertaining gameplay
- 💎 Highly replayable with multiple outcomes
- 🎨 Beautiful animations and sound design
Room to improve
- ⏱️ Extremely short gameplay length
- 💰 Poor value for the price
- 🤔 Misleading description about the content
The Bear
From 1.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 😊 Liked the stars and music
- 👍 Cute, calming, and relaxing
- 🎨 Beautiful art style and animations
- 💡 Meaningful story and themes
- 🤗 Touching and emotional
Room to improve
- 💰 Need to pay for additional chapters
- 🐛 Progress not saved properly
Bugs and requests
Pilgrims
Reported bugs
1 issue- Restore purchases not working for some users
Requested features
2 requests- Longer story and more content
- Additional chapters or a sequel
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
Pilgrims
- Pilgrims Full Game$0.99
The Bear
- Buy us a cookie!$0.99
- Buy us a coffee!$2.99
- Unlock all chapters$2.99
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- Buy us lunch!$3.99
