Comparison

Oaken vs Foretales

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

Head to head
About

Oaken

Embark on a turn-based tactical roguelike adventure in a spirit-inhabited world. Explore the Great Oak, recruit allies, collect items, and master strategic positioning to upgrade your cards and awaken spirits to save the Oak.

Highlights
  • Turn-based tactical combat
  • Roguelike exploration
  • Ally recruitment
  • Card upgrading
  • Strategic positioning
Features
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Oaken, a turn-based tactical roguelike set in the spirit inhabited world. Explore the Great Oak, gather allies and trinkets, learn to use the positioning for your advantage, choose how to upgrade your cards. Wake the spirits and save the Oak!

About

Foretales

Embark on a narrative-driven card game adventure where your decisions impact the fate of kingdoms. Explore branching storylines, engage in tactical combat, and manage resources with a unique deck-building system. Experience a premium, offline adventure with stunning visuals and voice acting.

Highlights
  • Story-focused deck gameplay
  • Meaningful choices
  • Branching paths and multiple endings
  • Tactical, turn-based mechanics
  • Gorgeous art and cinematic audio
  • Offline play
Features
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Step into a beautifully illustrated world where your choices shape the fate of kingdoms. Foretales is a story-driven card game that combines rich narrative exploration with strategic deck-building. You play as Volepain, a thief burdened by a vision of the end of the world. Alongside a colorful cast of animal companions, you must choose your actions wisely—every encounter, every decision, and every card you play may shift the balance between salvation and destruction. Explore multiple storylines, solve conflicts through diplomacy, stealth or direct combat, and manage resources as you forge your own destiny. With fully voiced characters, a stunning hand-painted art style, and a score by Christophe Héral (*Rayman Legends*), Foretales offers an unforgettable mobile adventure. Key features: - Story-focused deck gameplay with meaningful choices - Branching paths, multiple endings, and replayability - Tactical, turn-based mechanics without grind or randomness - Gorgeous art and cinematic audio production - Premium experience: offline, no ads, no IAPs Can you change the future with nothing but a deck of cards?

Screenshots

Oaken4 screens
Foretales4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Foretales at 4.8 against Oaken's 3.6. Foretales also leads on review sentiment (58% vs 29%) and ratings volume (165 vs 7). Oaken's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Oaken costs $5.99 and Foretales $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Foretales holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Foretales has 165 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Oaken's written reviews are positive against 58% of Foretales's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Oaken versus Foretales: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOakenForetales
Price$5.99$4.99 — better
Rating3.6 (7 ratings)4.8 (165 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.6% of reviews57.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7165 — better
Update frequency—Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank—#47 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size829 MB687 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperGoblinz Studio SASPlug In Digital

Customer experience

Oaken

All ratings7 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral28.6%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral42.9%
Negative28.6%

Foretales

All ratings152 ratings
Positive96.1%
Neutral0.7%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive57.9%
Neutral15.8%
Negative26.3%

In-app purchases

None

Oaken

No in-app purchases

None

Foretales

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Oaken free?
Oaken costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Foretales free?
Foretales costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Oaken or Foretales?
Foretales is rated higher. Oaken averages 3.6 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Foretales averages 4.8 from 165 ratings.
Do Oaken or Foretales have ads?
Neither Oaken nor Foretales shows ads.

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