Comparison

868 vs TR

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

Head to head
About

868

Embark on a thrilling cyberspace adventure as a computer hacker. Steal precious data using siphons and progs to overcome security. Connect to sectors, download data, and escape before deletion.

Highlights
  • Cyberspace adventure
  • Data theft mechanics
  • Siphon and prog tools
  • Sector connection
  • Escape missions
Features
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You are a computer hacker. You steal precious data while the world sleeps. Siphons are your lockpicks. Progs are your guns. Connect to the sectors. Download the data. Escape, or be deleted alive. A cyberspace adventure from the creator of Zaga-33.

About

TR

Uncover a WWII-era mystery by navigating a vast archive of obscure texts. Communicate with a handler through an interactive audio drama to find a stolen book and unravel the secrets of the machine's creators before it's too late.

Highlights
  • Narrative deduction gameplay
  • Interactive audio drama
  • Archive exploration
  • Link obscure texts
  • Uncover creator secrets
  • Dynamic dialogue system
Features
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A voice is saying your name. A WWII-era machine, long hidden in a church basement, whirs to life. Through a crackling speaker a man asks you to find a stolen book. He only knows the title. Time is running out. The machine, created by Bletchley Park engineers Cecil Caulderly and Beatrice Dooler, contains a vast archive of obscure books, letters, and journals fed in over the span of fifty years in an attempt to crack the code of reality. As their lives fell apart, the machine kept working. Navigate the computer’s archive. Link its obscure texts and uncover its creators’ secrets. Communicate with the man behind the speaker to figure out your role in this mystery. Destroy the book at the core of the machine — before it’s too late. NARRATIVE DEDUCTION - Deduce links through the archive to locate hidden sources. - Unravel the stories and unearth the secrets of the books’ authors and the machine's creators. - Map the archive and find the book that will rewrite the world. INTERACTIVE AUDIO DRAMA - Talk with your handler at any time, creating a dynamic audio drama that responds as you explore. - Featuring the voices of Rebekah McLoughlin (The SCP Archives, Eternal Threads), Paul Warren (A Highland Song, Viewfinder, The Séance of Blake Manor) and Phillipe Bosher (Baldur's Gate 3, Doctor Who, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy). - Original soundtrack by Laurence Chapman (A Highland Song, Heaven's Vault, The Mask of the Rose). INSPIRATIONS TR-49 takes inspiration from narrative deduction games like The Roottrees are Dead and The Return of the Obra Dinn, and from audio dramas like The Magnus Archives and ars PARADOXICA. Written and created by the award-winning team behind 80 Days, Heaven's Vault, Overboard!, and A Highland Song.

Screenshots

8683 screens
TR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TR at none against 868's 1. TR also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 weeks) and price ($6.99 vs $7.99). 868's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 67%) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 14.0). On rating, ratings volume, ads 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

868 costs $7.99 and TR $6.99 up front. 868 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TR asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for 868 against 4.5 for TR. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 63 and 37 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of 868's written reviews are positive against 67% of TR's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

868 ships an update every 5 weeks, TR every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
868 versus TR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter868TR
Price$7.99$6.99 — better
Rating4.6 (63 ratings) — better4.5 (37 ratings)
Positive reviews83.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings63 — better37
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB527 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperMichael Broughinkle

Customer experience

868

All ratings63 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral4.8%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews171 reviews
Positive83.0%
Neutral5.8%
Negative11.1%

TR

All ratings37 ratings
Positive86.5%
Neutral2.7%
Negative10.8%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

868

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Rendering issues on iPad Pro
  • Crashes on startup for some users

Requested features

3 requests
  • Option to disable background noise/music
  • Tap controls instead of swipe
  • More unlockables and progression system

TR

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

868

One-time1
  • PLAN.B$2.99
None

TR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 868 free?
868 costs $7.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is TR free?
TR costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 868 or TR?
868 is rated higher. 868 averages 4.6 out of 5 from 63 ratings, while TR averages 4.5 from 37 ratings.
Do 868 or TR have ads?
Neither 868 nor TR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 868 or TR?
868 ships an update every 5 weeks, and TR every 6 days. Most recently, 868 was updated on September 29, 2026 and TR on October 12, 2026.

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