Comparison

Vampires vs The Vampire House

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

Head to head
About

Vampires

Become a powerful vampire in this role-playing game. Control minions, steal blood, capture others, and upgrade your abilities and stats. Build your clan by inviting friends and compete on leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Learn new vampire abilities
  • Control and upgrade minions
  • Steal blood based on real-world location
  • Capture other vampires' minions
  • Grow your clan with friends
  • Compete on GameCenter leaderboards
  • Play Vampires Slot
Features
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Become a Vampire! Features: *Free Updates with new bug fixes, enhancements, new missions, abilities, and upgrades. *Learn new abilities to increase your chances of winning when fighting. *Control minions and steal their blood according to your location in the real world. *Capture other Vampire's minions. Minions provide recurring blood. *Upgrade your own minions so they are harder to capture. *Upgrade your stats after gaining experience points to become a better Vampire! *Invite your friends via friend codes to grow your clan. If you are Facebook friends with a fellow Vampire, they'll automatically be added to your clan. Invite your friends! *GameCenter leaderboards and achievements *Play Vampires Slot with elder points. *Use your account across multiple devices by logging in with Facebook or Cell Phone number. *Comment on the profiles of other vampires. *Discuss the game on the forums. If you're a fan of Pirates or other online role-playing games, check out Vampires! NOTICE! This game requires a Facebook account or a cell phone number for login. This is used so you can reconnect to your account if you change devices. Vampires is an online game only. iPod Touch users need to be connected to WiFi to play. Vampires is a location-based game, in order to control minions in-game, your device must be able to use the built-in location sensor. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vampiresgame Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vampiresapp Visit the Vampires Forums for discussion about the game: https://forums.greenrobot.com/c/vampires-mobile By using or accessing GreenRobot Services, you agree that you have reviewed our Terms of Service at https://greenrobot.com/terms and Privacy Policy at https://greenrobot.com/privacy and consent to be bound by them.

About

The Vampire House

Engage in a human/monster romance, overcoming species diversity to meet new creatures. Learn spells, train to fight monsters, and study to improve your school grades in this immersive world.

Highlights
  • Human/monster romance
  • Spellcasting
  • Monster combat training
  • School studies
  • Occult text study
  • Athletic or academic development
Features
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Human/monster romance at its finest! Overcome species diversity. Meet new and exciting creatures. Learn to cast spells. Train to fight monsters. Study to improve your grades in school! • Experience a world filled with monsters. • Study an occult text. • Romance various monsters and demons. • Develop your athletic prowess, or become a bookworm.

Screenshots

Vampires4 screens
The Vampire House4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Vampire House at 72% against Vampires's 27%. The Vampire House also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.6). Vampires's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 13 months). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Vampires sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and The Vampire House sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Vampire House holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 100 and 142 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of Vampires's written reviews are positive against 72% of The Vampire House's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vampires ships an update monthly, The Vampire House every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Vampires versus The Vampire House: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVampiresThe Vampire House
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (100 ratings)4.0 (142 ratings) — better
Positive reviews26.8% of reviews71.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings100142 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 13 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB25 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperGreenRobot LLCHosted Games LLC

Customer experience

Vampires

All ratings96 ratings
Positive35.4%
Neutral11.5%
Negative53.1%
Written reviews97 reviews
Positive26.8%
Neutral19.6%
Negative53.6%

The Vampire House

All ratings142 ratings
Positive73.9%
Neutral10.6%
Negative15.5%
Written reviews78 reviews
Positive71.8%
Neutral12.8%
Negative15.4%

User reviews

Vampires

From 100 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and engaging gameplay
  • 💡 Interesting vampire theme
  • ⏳ Good time killer
  • 🚀 Resurfaced game from past
  • 🤝 Good for playing with friends

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Outdated and buggy
  • 📉 Poorly developed fighting system
  • ⏳ Long energy refill times
  • 👎 Unattractive UI
  • 🔒 Privacy concerns with location tracking

The Vampire House

From 142 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Engaging story and characters
  • 💖 Likable and relatable characters
  • ✨ Interesting world-building
  • 🤩 Highly recommended by users
  • 😍 Amazing and beautiful story

Room to improve

  • 📉 Abrupt and unsatisfying endings
  • ⏳ Story feels incomplete
  • ❓ Lack of closure
  • 🤔 Choices feel irrelevant
  • 📝 Simple and overly concise writing

Bugs and requests

Vampires

Reported bugs

25 issues
  • Bug for 'Free Dee points' needs to be fixed
  • Game crashes on startup/during gameplay
  • Avatar creation screen keeps popping up/won't let user proceed
  • Phone number login/registration not working or crashing
  • Game freezes or buttons don't work
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  • Lags and delayed responses
  • Cannot watch videos for free elder points
  • Servers might be shut down
  • Character creation issues (won't let user pick/move on)
  • Game makes user create character over and over
  • Experience bar glitches
  • UI is a pain to work with
  • Game gets stuck at main screen asking for color selection
  • Blood magically disappears
  • Vibration issue fix causes app to close
  • Energy doesn't refill when not playing
  • Game won't load
  • Interface is screwy/parts of screen blocked
  • Fighting system is randomly generated
  • Cannot get clan members easily
  • Blood bank system is broken
  • Glitched abilities
  • Text on missions is glitched
  • Location services pull up Google Maps even when off
  • Game crashes after reaching a certain level

Requested features

14 requests
  • Add Discord as a sharing option besides Facebook
  • Add other online players and have both private and public chat
  • Fix the coven button for other missions
  • Improve graphics and overall game similarity to original Vampires Live
  • Add a tutorial or instructions
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  • Bring back posting to profiles/other players
  • Improve graphics and sound effects
  • Allow viewing profiles of nearby vampires
  • Fix the blood bank system
  • Fix glitched abilities displaying incorrect amounts
  • Fix clans/coven member acquisition
  • Fix text on missions
  • Add a dark mode option
  • Improve in-game communication

The Vampire House

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • Game abruptly ends before Halloween party
  • Cannot get 6/6 events with some characters
  • Game wouldn't let user do the 6th event
  • Paid version is the same as free version
  • Killer plot not resolved
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  • Cannot romance anyone the first time through
  • Mistake on the first page regarding POV
  • Intrusive pop-up ads
  • Underutilized mechanics
  • Replay value bogged down by narrative
  • Cannot get Damien to go to the party
  • Game ends abruptly with no closure
  • No plot whatsoever
  • Status kept saying style was plain despite buying outfit
  • Fitness slot blank after exercising
  • Grammatical errors
  • Poor spelling
  • Time past vs time passed error

Requested features

18 requests
  • Add more chapters/content
  • Make into a visual novel
  • Add pictures to make story more lively
  • Continue the story with a sequel
  • Expand on the story
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  • More supernatural slice of life style choice games
  • Sequel remembering decisions
  • Part two of the story
  • More multiple choice options
  • More games like this
  • Update the game and add more story
  • Sequel or expansion
  • More games by this writer
  • Hire an editor
  • Add more choices
  • Make it longer
  • More games by Jesse Freeman
  • More interactive fiction

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Vampires

One-time6
  • 25 Vampire Points$2.99
  • Loot Box$4.99
  • 100 Vampire Points$9.99
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  • 250 Vampire Points$19.99
  • 750 Vampire Points$49.99
  • 1750 Vampire Points$99.99
2 purchases

The Vampire House

One-time2
  • Restart the Game Once$0.99
  • Remove Advertising$4.99

Questions

Is Vampires free?
Vampires is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Vampire House free?
The Vampire House is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Vampires or The Vampire House?
The Vampire House is rated higher. Vampires averages 2.6 out of 5 from 100 ratings, while The Vampire House averages 4.0 from 142 ratings.
Do Vampires or The Vampire House have ads?
The Vampire House shows ads; Vampires does not.
Which is updated more often, Vampires or The Vampire House?
Vampires ships an update monthly, and The Vampire House every 13 months. Most recently, Vampires was updated on October 23, 2026 and The Vampire House on October 30, 2026.

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