Zebulon vs Heart's Choice
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zebulon
Embark on a space adventure to uncover the mysteries of the asteroid Zebulon. Pilot a spacecraft with companions and a pet goldfish, traveling to the Moon and the Asteroid Belt. Make choices to reveal secrets about Zebulon and your past.
- Space exploration
- Interactive story choices
- Character interaction
- Uncover secrets
- Multiple destinations
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Journey through Space and uncover the secrets of the asteroid Zebulon! Pilot a spacecraft with two loyal sidekicks and your pet goldfish Henry. Travel to the Moon, meet some interesting characters, and then blast off to the Asteroid Belt. Along the way make the right choices to discover the secrets of Zebulon and your own past. If Douglas Adams had written a multiple-choice gamebook, it might not be entirely unlike this!
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.
- Choose your own path
- Interactive romance novels
- Branching narratives
- Player-driven endings
- Diverse characters and orientations
- Multiple spice levels
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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!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Heart's Choice at 4.7 against Zebulon's 3.0. Heart's Choice also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 22 months) and review sentiment (86% vs 60%). Zebulon's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Zebulon sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Heart's Choice sells 22 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Heart's Choice holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Heart's Choice has 303 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Zebulon's written reviews are positive against 86% of Heart's Choice's.
Zebulon ships an update every 22 months, Heart's Choice every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zebulon | Heart's Choice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.7 (303 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 85.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 303 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Hosted Games LLC | Hearts Choice LLC |
Customer experience
Zebulon
Heart's Choice
Bugs and requests
Zebulon
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
Zebulon
- Remove Advertising$4.99
Heart's Choice
- Bonus Stories 3: AWPW$2.99
- Jazz Age$4.99
- Remove Advertising$4.99
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- 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
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