Blindscape vs NoStranger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blindscape
An experimental audio-driven narrative game set in an authoritarian society. Players experience a story told entirely through sound, focusing on a man's desire to escape his life. It offers a unique, emotionally involving plot with no typical game mechanics.
- Entirely sound-based storytelling
- Experimental narrative gameplay
- Emotionally involving plot
- No in-app purchases or interruptions
- Unique artistic experience
Read full descriptionHide full description
**Featured by Apple in Adventure and Role Playing game categories** Blindscape is a piece of experimental storytelling that takes place entirely through sound, . The narrative is told from the point of view of a man in an authoritarian society who wants to escape his life intolerable life by ending it. "A whole new take on puzzles . . . emotional and heartfelt." - Playboard.me "Games like Blindscape are a testament to the fact that even mobile gaming should be considered an art form, especially when done like this." - 148apps.com Features: • Stunning Retina-ready HD graphics • Up to ten minutes of gameplay • Some guy talking at you • No In-App Purchases, ratings nagging, or other interruptions • No badges, achievements, or integration with gamecenter • Makes you feel like a sophisticated patron of the arts • A serious, emotionally involving plot line • Look silly while you poke at the screen trying to find things Get the soundtrack: music.blindscapegame.com Sign up for the newsletter: blindscapegame.com Contact: gavin@gavinbrown.com
NoStranger
Engage in a user-choice-driven narrative where you uncover a stranger's identity, motivations, and secrets. Explore virtual worlds through real-time conversations, searching blogs, social media, and contacting characters to piece together a compelling story.
- User-choice-driven narrative
- Real-time conversation
- Search blogs and social media
- Contact story characters
- Immersive virtual world exploration
- Believable experience with real websites
Read full descriptionHide full description
NoStranger is not a game, it's a conversation. As the app opens, you receive a message from a stranger. But by the end of your experience, you will know his name, his motivation, and his dark secret. You will be led on a user-choice-driven narrative; searching through blogs, contacting the story’s characters, and scouring social media websites to find out more. Through real-time conversation, you will delve deep, and sometimes not so deep ;), exploring the interconnectedness of our virtual world. With inspiration from titles such as LifeLine and Her Story, NoStranger uses real websites, phone numbers, and videos to create a believable, immersive experience. Trigger Warnings: This narrative includes topics of suicide and violence. https://discord.com/invite/7nBgNCt https://twitter.com/BlackVeinPro http://nostranger.weebly.com/ Sign up for our newsletter via tinyurl.com/NoStrangerNews Created by Matthew Ventures (@mrVentures) and Scott Mulligan
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Blindscape at none against NoStranger's 3. Blindscape also leads on ratings volume (1.4K vs 420) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). NoStranger's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 55 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. NoStranger sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Blindscape asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Blindscape against 4.6 for NoStranger. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.4K and 420 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of Blindscape's written reviews are positive against 88% of NoStranger's.
Blindscape ships an update every 55 months, NoStranger every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and August 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Blindscape | NoStranger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.4K ratings) — better | 4.6 (420 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.3% of reviews — better | 88.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 420 |
| Update frequency | Every 55 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 155 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Gavin Brown | Black Vein Productions, Inc. |
Customer experience
Blindscape
NoStranger
Bugs and requests
Blindscape
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
NoStranger
Reported bugs
2 issues- Inconsistent save/progress tracking
- Glitches that reset player choices
Requested features
3 requests- More content and chapters
- Ability to skip wait times without ads
- Clearer story resolution and explanations
In-app purchases
Blindscape
No in-app purchases
NoStranger
- Buy some Flubbertons$0.99
- Buy some more Flubbertons$4.99
- Buy ALOT of Flubbertons$7.99
