Comparison

BAD END vs COSPLAY LOVE!

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Interactive visual novel
  • Life-or-death choices
  • Mystery story
  • Multiple languages supported
  • Character introductions
Features
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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

About

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.

Highlights
  • Engaging visual novel story
  • Cosplay-themed romance
  • Character interactions
  • Subculture event setting
  • Designer protagonist
Features
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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!

Screenshots

BAD END4 screens
COSPLAY LOVE!4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
BAD END versus COSPLAY LOVE!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBAD ENDCOSPLAY LOVE!
Price$3.99 — better$7.99
Rating4.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 15 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.69.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size199 MB697 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperYOX-ProjectiMel Inc.

Customer experience

BAD END

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive68.3%
Neutral19.5%
Negative12.2%

COSPLAY LOVE!

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

BAD END

No in-app purchases

None

COSPLAY LOVE!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BAD END free?
BAD END costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is COSPLAY LOVE! free?
COSPLAY LOVE! costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BAD END or COSPLAY LOVE!?
COSPLAY LOVE! is rated higher. BAD END averages 4.0 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while COSPLAY LOVE! averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do BAD END or COSPLAY LOVE! have ads?
Neither BAD END nor COSPLAY LOVE! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BAD END or COSPLAY LOVE!?
BAD END ships an update every 5 months, and COSPLAY LOVE! every 15 months. Most recently, BAD END was updated on November 6, 2026 and COSPLAY LOVE! on November 3, 2026.

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