Vay vs The Quest Classic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vay
Embark on an epic quest to rescue your kidnapped fiancée and save your kingdom from destructive war machines. This cult classic RPG offers a compelling story, challenging gameplay, and numerous improvements for a modern experience.
- Compelling and engrossing story
- User selectable difficulty
- Animated cutscenes with audio
- Auto-save feature
- Over 100 enemies and bosses
- Expansive areas to explore
- Updated music
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The 16-bit cult classic RPG from 1994 returns with tons of improvements! When your peaceful kingdom is attacked on your wedding day and your wife-to-be is kidnapped, it falls to you to journey across the world and stop the terrible machines of war that threaten to lay waste to it. FEATURES: User selectable difficulty makes this title great for both beginners and RPG veterans Compelling and engrossing story Nearly ten minutes of animated cutscenes with English and Japanese audio Auto-save feature allows you to play in small increments Over 100 enemies and a dozen challenging bosses Over 90 expansive areas to explore Updated music that loops seamlessly Bluetooth controller support Achievements Absolutely no microtransactions Please note that as of version 2.2, this game requires an A9 or better processor.
The Quest Classic
Embark on an adventure in a world drained of magic, where you must plug a mana leak and defeat an evil creature. This expansion can be played standalone or integrated with the main game, offering new areas and quests.
- Explore new areas and quests
- Standalone or integrated play
- Defeat an evil creature
- Plug a mana leak
- Designed for new characters
- High-level dungeon challenge
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The Quest Classic - Cursed Chess Set is an expansion to The Quest Classic, a beautifully hand-drawn, immersive and enchanting world full of exciting challenges. After enabling the expansion, you can explore new areas and quests. However, if you don't have The Quest Classic, you can also play the expansion as a standalone game. There has been a severe mana leak in the world that has left all beings stripped of power. You can plug the leak but can't reverse the damage that has already happened. Your mission, beyond plugging the mana leak, is to find and destroy the evil creature who captured the King's two landmark towers so he could magically add them to his cursed chess set as rooks. When he has succeeded in capturing the king and queen to complete his cursed chess set, he will be able to summon a demon that will give him ultimate power in this world. Destroy him and the demon before he can complete the ritual! This expansion is designed for fresh characters. It's highly recommended that you start a new character to fully enjoy it. To access the new areas (not applicable if you are playing the expansion standalone), go to Matras harbor and talk to captain Verra, then select "Cursed" as your travel destination. For those who would like to play with an existing higher level character, there is a high level dungeon for a challenge. The Quest Classic - Cursed Chess Set has been developed by Zarista Games (www.catacomber.com) and was adapted to iPhone by Redshift.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: The Quest Classic at 5.0 against Vay's 4.0. The Quest Classic also leads on price ($2.99 vs $5.99) and review sentiment (82% vs 73%). Vay's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (78 vs 5). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and iOS requirement 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
Vay costs $5.99 and The Quest Classic $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
The Quest Classic holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vay has 78 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Vay's written reviews are positive against 82% of The Quest Classic's.
Vay ships an update every 3 weeks, The Quest Classic every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vay | The Quest Classic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (78 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.4% of reviews | 82.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 78 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 203 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | SoMoGa, Inc. | Redshift |
Customer experience
Vay
The Quest Classic
Bugs and requests
Vay
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes after using certain spells
- Inability to access some areas due to glitches
- Saved data loss after updates
Requested features
4 requests- Add a virtual d-pad for movement
- Improve equipment comparison at shops
- Enhance cutscenes and animations
- Provide more in-game hints and guidance
The Quest Classic
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Vay
No in-app purchases
The Quest Classic
No in-app purchases
