BAD END vs COSPLAY LOVE!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BAD END
A visual novel where player choices have deadly real-world consequences. Follow a protagonist seeking the truth behind his friend's death by playing a dangerous game.
- Interactive visual novel
- Life-or-death choices
- Mystery story
- Multiple languages supported
- Character introductions
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It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a mobile Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself. -- Story -- Kyuuhei Inui has never been one to take rumors as anything but that - rumors, until his best friend had died while playing the game... Kyuuhei is driven to find out the truth behind his friend's mysterious death by any means possible. After exhausting all ideas, he decided the only way to find out the truth is to play 'BAD END' himself. Will Kyuuhei risk his life to get to the bottom of the game's mystery or will he meet his demise? -- Supported languages -- Japanese, English, German, Spanish, French -- Official website -- Introducing characters and others. https://arai-create.net/en/badend/ -- Support information -- * If any errors are found while playing, please report them to us by E-mail before posting them in a review. We will fix the errors as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding. * Please feel free to E-mail us with any questions regarding the game. Thank you! -- Unsupported devices / Trouble shooting -- Please check this information. https://www.yox-project.com/en/support/support_ios.htm -- Acknowledgements -- https://www.yox-project.com/en/acknowledgements/adv_ios.htm
COSPLAY LOVE!
A visual novel where a struggling designer meets a captivating cosplayer at an event. Their paths cross again, leading to a unique romance centered around shared passions and the world of cosplay.
- Engaging visual novel story
- Cosplay-themed romance
- Character interactions
- Subculture event setting
- Designer protagonist
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■Story The protagonist who works for the company that designs accessories, lately he felt a dead end in his work. In the beggining of his carrier he was pretty happy that he was assigned to the Product Design Department, but his design has never been adopted. One day, he decided to join the event of all and only about cosplay goods, 『Time`s Aegis -Another Mission-』 as a common participant, in order to remenber the origin of his own making of goods and decorations of subculture. That is where he met this gorgeous girl in a highly complete cosplay costume, and got a chance to talk. The conversation heated up with the girl who looks just like the ideal of all anime freak, but his ties with her are supposed to severe at the finale of the event. Few days have passed since then, the protagonist, who worked overtime, was unexpectedly approached by a beautiful girl at a coffee shop in his neighborhood. To his surprise, she was that beautiful girl who was cosplaying at the event the other day. “Please be my TA-loving cosplay friend!” said she. "In this stream of time, we have met again. Then this must be fate, isn't it?" Here starts the cosplay-love story between the newbee designer and mademoiselle!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: COSPLAY LOVE! at 5.0 against BAD END's 4.0. COSPLAY LOVE! also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). BAD END's advantage is price ($3.99 vs $7.99) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 15 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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
BAD END costs $3.99 and COSPLAY LOVE! $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
COSPLAY LOVE! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BAD END has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
BAD END ships an update every 5 months, COSPLAY LOVE! every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BAD END | COSPLAY LOVE! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 — better | $7.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 199 MB | 697 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | YOX-Project | iMel Inc. |
Customer experience
BAD END
COSPLAY LOVE!
In-app purchases
BAD END
No in-app purchases
COSPLAY LOVE!
No in-app purchases








