Comparison

East Tower vs Visual Novel

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

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About

East Tower

A fully voiced mystery visual novel where players experience a story set in a virtual theme park. Choices influence the narrative and lead to different endings, including a hidden love stage.

Highlights
  • Fully voiced Japanese audio
  • Branching narrative with multiple endings
  • Hidden Love Stage unlocked by S Rank
  • Stage restart option
  • BGM, SFX, and flash animations
  • Mystery and comedy elements
Features
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Fully voiced mystery visual novel for girls! (Voices are in Japanese.) This game is the lite/sample version. --- STORY Sakuya Morita (Name is changeable) always thought that her situation will be better if she was born as a man. One day, she was given the chance to try the new attraction at the Dream World virtual theme park, called the East Tower. Dream World is a virtual world where your inner wish can come true. Inside, Sakuya manages to transform into a man like what she has been wishing for. Later she finds other participants have also changed their appearance. And then an incident occurs, trapping everyone inside the virtual world. What actually happened? Will they be able to return back to reality? Everything is not as simple as it seems. --- FEATURE - You can get different endings depending on the choices you made. If you managed to beat all stages with S Rank, you will open the hidden stage, the Love Stage and find out what happened between the two main characters! - You do not have to start over each time you get a game over. You can choose to restart from the beginning of the stage. - BGM, SFX, Voice, everything will be available in this game. You might also find some simple and nifty flash animation! - A story's development that you might never have thought about. This game is just different! --- EAST TOWER SERIES East Tower is a mystery, comedy visual novel game for girls. There is a mystery connecting all the routes together. We suggest you play the games based on the order below to enjoy the game to its fullest. 1. PROLOGUE (LITE) 2. AKIO 3. TAKASHI 4. KUON 5. KURENAI --- CAST Akio - Taichi Tanukida Akio (Child) - Eruru Takeda Takashi - Souta Higurashi Kuon - Lerage Redhead Man (Kurenai) - Sakato Daiki Morita - Yuya Kakitsubata Pretty Lady (Yoshimi Yasuda) - misaki --- OTHER INFO OFFICIAL SITE: http://www.roseverte.net/east/en/ FACEBOOK PAGE: http://www.facebook.com/roseverte.games TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/rosevertegames

About

Visual Novel

Experience a unique chat-style visual novel designed for smartphones. This interactive story follows a genius hacker boy and a quirky AI as they navigate a futuristic SF youth narrative filled with laughter and tears. Your choices shape the ending of this compelling tale.

Highlights
  • Chat-style display
  • SF youth story
  • Multiple choice endings
  • Auto save system
  • Designed for smartphones
  • Full version is free
Features
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●New Visual Novel by "Mysterious Forum and 7 Rumors" developer!!● It’s a completely unprecedented Visual Novel! The full version is 100% complementary. It’s easy and smooth to read with a chat-style app display! What is an unexplored future going to be like… which an untalkative high school boy will reach out… It’s a “Visual Novel”, especially for smartphone users!! A completely unprecedented visual novel of the very popular series of over 500,000 downloads, will finally be released! The full version is 100% complementary. It’s easy and smooth and comfortable to read. (Required time to complete: About one to two hours) ●What is a Visual Novel for smartphone users?● ・It’s made, especially for smartphone users. ・It’s easy to read since the design is specialized for smartphones. ・You feel overwhelmingly immersed in the story with the smartphone-style production. ・You can come back to exactly where you were with an auto save system. ●Story● “Kazuto Sorai” is a genius hacker boy, who by the trigger of one incident develops a communication support AI, and applies for an App Development Contest. That app gained massive attention from the company which hosted the contest, and one day a lady who works at the company visited him… It’s a SF youth story with a visual novel game style, where the untalkative main character and a little-off lady grow through various incidents. It’s a story where you can both laugh and cry! What is the mysterious project for “PEACE”…? What is the form of their ideal future…? Do not miss out on the ending of the “future” which is selected by two humans and one AI!! ●Characters● ■Kazuto Sorai “What you’re doing is a crime, you know?” 11th grade of high school boy. He became super untalkative by the trigger of one incident. He aims at winning the App Development Contest. ■Rin Kikuchi “Oh? Kazuto Kun, don't ignore that one~” She is a member of the recruitment acting committee for the App Development Contest. She is so self-assertive and really doesn’t listen to what others say. But she is a good person at heart. ■I.B. “I.B. wants to look more toned~” A communication AI, which Kazuto created. Smart, cute and a bit off.. ●We recommend this game for those who…● ・love visual novel ・want to be moved ・love interactive story games and chat fiction ・often read chat novels ・want to kill time ・want to play for free ●The choice you make leads all the way to the ending of the game! It’s a “multiple choice interactive story game”! ●The full version is a 100% complementary! ●It’s easy to read with minimal ads! ●It shows a list of all endings & allows you to skip to each section! Extra Edition: A Dream Sakaki Had When Sakaki woke up, he saw his only child, Mifuyu, who should be dead. (Please note that this additional episode includes what happened after the true endings.) 【New Release Info】 follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/entabridge

Screenshots

East Tower4 screens
Visual Novel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Visual Novel at 4.8 against East Tower's 3.0. Visual Novel also leads on ratings volume (86 vs 2) and review sentiment (90% vs 73%). East Tower's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ads, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Visual Novel sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. East Tower asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Visual Novel holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Visual Novel has 86 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of East Tower's written reviews are positive against 90% of Visual Novel's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
East Tower versus Visual Novel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEast TowerVisual Novel
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)4.8 (86 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews89.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings286 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB88 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperroseVeRteEntabridge Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

East Tower

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral18.2%
Negative9.1%

Visual Novel

All ratings84 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral3.6%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive89.7%
Neutral6.9%
Negative3.4%

In-app purchases

None

East Tower

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Visual Novel

One-time1
  • A Dream Sakaki Had$2.99

Questions

Is East Tower free?
East Tower is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Visual Novel free?
Visual Novel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, East Tower or Visual Novel?
Visual Novel is rated higher. East Tower averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Visual Novel averages 4.8 from 86 ratings.
Do East Tower or Visual Novel have ads?
Neither East Tower nor Visual Novel shows ads.

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