Comparison

Samurai’s Dozen vs Spacetime Chronicles

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

Head to head
About

Samurai’s Dozen

A memory card game where you compete against your iPhone to test your memorization skills. Flip cards, match pairs, and score points before your device outdoes you. It's an engaging way to challenge your mind and sharpen your memory on the go.

Highlights
  • Memory card gameplay
  • Compete against iPhone
  • Sharpen memory skills
  • Fast-paced challenges
  • Pocket-sized entertainment
Features
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Dozen is a new kind of memory card game, one in which you play against the iPhone© to prove your memorizing abilities. Flip cards, memorize their locations, and score pairing points before the iPhone© beats you to it. Challenge your mind, sharpen your memory, and engage in fast-paced gameplay that is addictive, right from your pocket. Take Dozen with you wherever you go, pairing off cards as you race against your iPhone©. It’s a great way to travel, unwind after a long day, or simply take a break from the work or studying at hand.

About

Spacetime Chronicles

Embark on a unique paper stop-motion adventure where you guide a boy through a collapsing timeline. Solve puzzles by observing your surroundings in handcrafted paper sets. The initial part of the journey is free, with a single purchase unlocking the full experience.

Highlights
  • Hand-cut paper stop-motion animation
  • Time-traveling narrative adventure
  • Observational puzzle-solving
  • Multiple diverse environments
  • Customizable touch controls
  • Offline play
Features
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Every room, every character, every frame: real paper, cut and animated by hand. Spacetime Chronicles is an animated feature film that turned into a game. Start for free: the first part of the adventure (about 25 minutes) is included. Unlock the full journey with a single in-app purchase, at any time from the pause menu or when the free part ends. Already bought the game? Everything stays unlocked. Fred was late for school. Then a cat walked past — and the century changed. Spacetime Chronicles is a paper stop-motion adventure about a boy, a cat, and the accidental collapse of time. Every room is a real paper set, every puzzle is solved by looking closely at the world, and nothing is explained twice. WHAT YOU DO Follow the cat through a school, an airport, a Tokyo street, a bus depot and places that should not exist. Climb, jump, push, hide, and work out what the world wants from you. Some rooms are quiet. Some are a maze with a clock running down. One is a tesseract. MADE BY HAND Every set, every character and every frame was cut from paper and animated in stop motion — this is an animated feature film that turned into a game, made by one person over several years. WHAT'S INSIDE - A full adventure, several hours long - English voices, subtitles in English, Italian, Spanish, French and German - Touch controls you can move, resize and place wherever you like - No internet, no account, no ads, no tracking - Play offline, anywhere Buy it once. It's yours.

Screenshots

Samurai’s Dozen3 screens
Spacetime Chronicles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Samurai’s Dozen at none against Spacetime Chronicles's 1. Spacetime Chronicles's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Spacetime Chronicles sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Samurai’s Dozen asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Samurai’s Dozen ships an update every 5 months, Spacetime Chronicles every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Samurai’s Dozen versus Spacetime Chronicles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSamurai’s DozenSpacetime Chronicles
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB3.7 GB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperIgor FedorovSeenfilm di Bertelli Stefano Sas & c.

Customer experience

Samurai’s Dozen

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Spacetime Chronicles

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Samurai’s Dozen

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Spacetime Chronicles

One-time1
  • Full Game$3.99

Questions

Is Samurai’s Dozen free?
Samurai’s Dozen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spacetime Chronicles free?
Spacetime Chronicles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Samurai’s Dozen or Spacetime Chronicles have ads?
Neither Samurai’s Dozen nor Spacetime Chronicles shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Samurai’s Dozen or Spacetime Chronicles?
Samurai’s Dozen ships an update every 5 months, and Spacetime Chronicles every 2 days. Most recently, Samurai’s Dozen was updated on October 21, 2026 and Spacetime Chronicles on October 25, 2026.

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