Comparison

Blindscape vs Tarnix

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Entirely sound-based storytelling
  • Experimental narrative gameplay
  • Emotionally involving plot
  • No in-app purchases or interruptions
  • Unique artistic experience
Features
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**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

About

Tarnix

Engage in a one-thumbed, portrait-mode roguelike ARPG with offline solo play. Collect loot, upgrade talents, and battle through ten worlds. Enjoy local co-op with friends on the same network.

Highlights
  • One-thumb portrait controls
  • Offline solo play
  • Persistent gear and talents
  • Diverse weapon types
  • Ten unique worlds
  • Local Wi-Fi co-op
  • In-game testing arena
Features
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Tarnix is a mobile action RPG (ARPG) about loot, built as a roguelike: you play it one-thumbed, in portrait, and a run fits into a spare moment. Solo play works fully offline, wherever you are. Dive floor by floor, hack and slash your way through enemies, pick up what they drop and decide on the fly what to keep. Every death sends you back to the start, but never empty-handed: your gear, talents and oaths stay with you, so each new run starts stronger than the last. ONE RUN, ONE SPARE MOMENT One-thumb controls. Auto-aim, so you watch the fight instead of your fingers. No half-hour tutorials: you learn by playing. LOOT THAT MATTERS Weapons that change how you fight, not just how hard you hit: chains, bows, shotguns, orbs, pikes, boomerangs and flamethrowers. Gear with rarities, stars and powers of its own. Sets to complete, and legendaries that break one rule of the game at a price. A REAL CAMPAIGN Ten worlds, each with its own ending, three difficulty tiers and a talent tree where every branch plays differently. At the very end waits a title that only those who finish get to keep, and 34 achievements along the way. TWO, THREE OR FOUR PLAYERS Local co-op over wifi: play with whoever is next to you on the same network, no sign-up needed. Each player needs their own device. TESTING GROUNDS A separate arena to measure your real damage against a boss or a pack, swap a piece of gear and measure again. The same tool we use to balance the game, open to you. OFFLINE, AND YOUR PROGRESS SAFE Solo play needs no internet or wifi; co-op only needs everyone on the same network. If you like, sign in with Apple or Google and your progress is saved in the cloud: delete the game or change phones and it comes back with you. It is optional: without an account the game plays the same, and you can delete your account at any time from Settings.

Screenshots

Blindscape4 screens
Tarnix4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Blindscape at 4.6 against Tarnix's 4.0. Blindscape also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Tarnix's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 55 months). On price 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. Tarnix sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Blindscape asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Blindscape holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blindscape has 1.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blindscape ships an update every 55 months, Tarnix every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Blindscape versus Tarnix: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlindscapeTarnix
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.4K ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews91.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.4K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 55 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB116 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperGavin BrownJuan Raimundo Martin Gutierrez

Customer experience

Blindscape

All ratings1,376 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral3.6%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews253 reviews
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.0%
Negative4.7%

Tarnix

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

In-app purchases

None

Blindscape

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Tarnix

One-time1
  • No ads$12.99

Questions

Is Blindscape free?
Blindscape is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tarnix free?
Tarnix is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Blindscape or Tarnix?
Blindscape is rated higher. Blindscape averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.4K ratings, while Tarnix averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Blindscape or Tarnix have ads?
Tarnix shows ads; Blindscape does not.
Which is updated more often, Blindscape or Tarnix?
Blindscape ships an update every 55 months, and Tarnix every 2 days. Most recently, Blindscape was updated on November 6, 2026 and Tarnix on November 10, 2026.

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