Comparison

Frotz vs Heart's Choice

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

Head to head
About

Frotz

Experience classic text-based adventure games on your mobile device. Relive the golden age of interactive fiction with hundreds of free titles, supporting various game formats. Perfect for those who enjoy reading, thinking, and typing their way through immersive stories.

Highlights
  • Play hundreds of free interactive fiction games
  • Supports Z-Machine, glulx, and TADS formats
  • Relive classic text adventures
  • Modern interface with high-resolution fonts
  • Play on iPhone and iPad
Features
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[*Warning* Playing Frotz involves reading, thinking, and typing. If you just want to blow stuff up, this is not the app for you!] Burned out on all the new-fangled graphics and dazzling eye candy on your shiny new iPhone or iPad? Nostalgic for a simpler time? Then take advantage of those crisp high-resolution fonts to relive the glory days of the Great Underground Empire, or play any of hundreds of great works from the Interactive Fiction archive. Frotz lets you play hundreds of free works of Interactive Fiction (a.k.a. text adventure games) on your iPhone or iPad. Frotz plays titles written in the Z-Machine format (which was invented by Infocom and was used to produce classic text adventures from the 80s such as the Zork Trilogy, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and Trinity), as well as glulx and TADS formats. In the past couple of decades, text adventures have experienced a renaissance of sorts due to the efforts of a diverse Internet community of talented interactive fiction writers and fans. Many of these games are written using the same engine that powered Infocom's titles, thanks to the Inform compiler and authoring system created by Graham Nelson. NOTE! If you have suggestions for improving Frotz or encounter bugs, please go to the support link and report them. Frotz for iOS - Interactive Fiction at Your Fingertips

About

Heart's Choice

Immerse yourself in interactive romance novels where your choices shape the narrative and lead to your desired happily ever after. Explore diverse stories with fully developed characters and complex plots, catering to various preferences and orientations.

Highlights
  • Choose your own path
  • Interactive romance novels
  • Branching narratives
  • Player-driven endings
  • Diverse characters and orientations
  • Multiple spice levels
Features
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Become the main character of a romance novel! Choose your path to passion and find your Happily Ever After. Since 2009, the team behind Choice of Games has created high-quality interactive novels in all genres. Now, our new Heart’s Choice label puts romance at the center of the story, and you at the center of the romance. There are no graphics or sound effects, so we can focus on the story. Every game is filled with vivid, fully-developed characters and complex narratives that respond to your choices. Every path is always open to you: we never charge extra for the best options or most interesting storylines. Unlike other games where you have to work your way through "failure" endings to get to the "good endings," in Heart's Choice, you'll always be able to choose a Happily Ever After with the character (or characters) you desire. Whatever gender or orientation you want to play, there will be a Heart’s Choice game for you in our catalog! And whether you like your romance sweet or smoking hot, you’ll be able to find a story that you love. Let your heart choose!

Screenshots

Frotz3 screens
Heart's Choice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Frotz at none against Heart's Choice's 22. Frotz also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). Heart's Choice's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Heart's Choice sells 22 one-off in-app purchases. Frotz asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Frotz against 4.7 for Heart's Choice. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 259 and 302 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of Frotz's written reviews are positive against 86% of Heart's Choice's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Frotz ships an update every 5 months, Heart's Choice every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Frotz versus Heart's Choice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFrotzHeart's Choice
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (259 ratings) — better4.7 (302 ratings)
Positive reviews90.8% of reviews — better85.6% of reviews
Number of ratings259302 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB87 MB
Age rating9+17+
DeveloperCraig SmithHearts Choice LLC

Customer experience

Frotz

All ratings251 ratings
Positive94.8%
Neutral2.8%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews293 reviews
Positive90.8%
Neutral4.8%
Negative4.4%

Heart's Choice

All ratings301 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral2.0%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews90 reviews
Positive85.6%
Neutral4.4%
Negative10.0%

User reviews

Frotz

From 259 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent performance
  • 👍 Intuitive interface
  • 💡 Vast library of interactive fiction
  • 🚀 Seamless game importing
  • 👍 Helpful auto-complete and note-taking features

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
  • 🔧 Limited customization options
  • 🔧 Lack of map/note-taking tools for some games
  • 🔧 Difficulty browsing and downloading new games

Heart's Choice

From 302 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💖 Immersive and engaging stories
  • 🌈 Inclusive representation of diverse characters and relationships
  • 📚 High-quality writing and worldbuilding
  • 🔄 Meaningful choices with significant impact on the story
  • 👍 Reasonable wait times between chapters for free users

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Limited gender and sexuality options in some stories
  • 🔙 Lack of ability to undo/go back on choices
  • 🕰️ Occasional issues with app stability and crashes
  • 💰 Desire for more free or low-cost story content

Bugs and requests

Frotz

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes when trying to resume certain saved games
  • Inconsistent behavior when deleting or importing games

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add support for more modern interactive fiction formats
  • Implement cloud sync and cross-device save support
  • Improve game library management and discovery
  • Add more customization options for text display

Heart's Choice

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatibility issues with older devices
  • Occasional loss of progress/save data

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more gender and sexuality options across all stories
  • Implement a 'back' or 'undo' feature for choices
  • Increase the number of free or low-cost story options
  • Improve app stability and reduce crashes
  • Provide character bios and story descriptions to help users choose

In-app purchases

None

Frotz

No in-app purchases

22 purchases

Heart's Choice

One-time22
  • Bonus Stories 3: AWPW$2.99
  • Jazz Age$4.99
  • Remove Advertising$4.99
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  • Belle-de-Nuit$4.99
  • Brimstone Manor$4.99
  • Silk and Secrets: Rites of Pleasure$4.99
  • Hearts in Hades: Divine Passion$4.99
  • Spellbound: Malachite Coven$4.99
  • Haunted Hearts Hotel$4.99
  • Dawnfall$5.99
  • Their Majesties' Pleasure$5.99
  • Vampire's Kiss$5.99
  • Love Undying$5.99
  • A Pirate's Pleasure$6.99
  • Heart of Battle$6.99
  • All-World Pro Wrestling$6.99
  • Freshman Magic$6.99
  • Devil on Your Shoulder$6.99
  • Ink and Intrigue$6.99
  • These Thieving Hearts$6.99
  • Changeling Charade$7.99
  • Witch's Brew: Love and Lattes$7.99

Questions

Is Frotz free?
Frotz is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Heart's Choice free?
Heart's Choice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Frotz or Heart's Choice?
Frotz is rated higher. Frotz averages 4.8 out of 5 from 259 ratings, while Heart's Choice averages 4.7 from 302 ratings.
Do Frotz or Heart's Choice have ads?
Heart's Choice shows ads; Frotz does not.
Which is updated more often, Frotz or Heart's Choice?
Frotz ships an update every 5 months, and Heart's Choice every 10 days. Most recently, Frotz was updated on October 23, 2026 and Heart's Choice on October 26, 2026.

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