Comparison

This is Normal vs Zaparoo

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

Head to head
About

This is Normal

An educational game designed to compassionately teach about self-managed abortion. Through interactive minigames, players learn that abortion is a normal, common, and safe aspect of healthcare.

Highlights
  • Educational game
  • Teaches about self-managed abortion
  • Compassionate approach
  • Interactive minigames
  • Normalizes abortion care
Features
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A free educational game that teaches about Self Managed Abortion in a compassionate way. Learn about abortion and how it is a normal, common, and safe part of healthcare. Interactive minigames help players understand the details.

About

Zaparoo

Organize and launch your game library using NFC cards and your phone. Browse, manage, and control your games with custom layouts and on-screen remotes. Create custom scripts and manage game tags for a personalized gaming experience.

Highlights
  • Launch games with NFC cards
  • Scan NFC, QR codes, and barcodes
  • On-screen remote and keyboard
  • Customizable game layouts
  • Browse and search game library
  • Create custom ZapScripts
  • Manage NFC tags
Features
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Save your games to NFC cards and launch them with a tap. Zaparoo App is the companion app for Zaparoo Core, the free software that launches games from NFC cards, QR codes, and barcodes on your MiSTer, PC, handheld, or media device. Use it to write cards, browse your library, launch games, and control what's playing. ZAP • Use your phone as a reader. Scan NFC tags, QR codes, and barcodes with your phone and launch them on your device (requires Pro) • See what's playing, with pause, stop, and playlist controls, and favorite, like, dislike, or save a game for later • Use the on-screen remote and keyboard to control your device • Rearrange the Zap page, hide what you don't use, add buttons that run any ZapScript, and add rows of games from a collection or deck. Each device keeps its own layout • On iPad, go full screen to leave the Zap page up as a display LIBRARY • Browse every system and folder on your device, or search across all of them • See artwork, descriptions, and release details. The system, year, developer, genre, and region each open a search for more like it • Favorites, Liked, Disliked, and Play later collections, plus Recently played and Top played • Build decks of games and cards, reorder them, play them as a playlist, or write them to a tag CREATE • Search your library and write a game to an NFC tag • Build custom ZapScript one step at a time, or edit it as text • Manage mappings for NFC toys and barcodes, and read, format, or erase tags with the NFC tools SETTINGS AND DEVICES • Find Zaparoo devices on your network, or add one by IP address, and switch between them in one sheet • Set playtime limits and a launch guard, and use profiles • Layouts made for both iPhone and iPad • Choose a light, dark, or system theme and adjust text size. VoiceOver and reduced motion are supported WHAT YOU NEED Zaparoo Core running on your device. Managing Core, browsing your library, and writing tags are always free. Using your phone as a reader (NFC, camera, barcodes, and shake to launch) is a one-time Pro purchase. Some features need a recent Core. Recently played and Top played need Core 2.12 or newer. Liked, Disliked, Play later, and decks need Core 2.18 or newer. Zaparoo is open source. Docs and support are at zaparoo.org.

Screenshots

This is Normal4 screens
Zaparoo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Zaparoo at 5.0 against This is Normal's 4.2. Zaparoo also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 11 months) and review sentiment (86% vs 67%). This is Normal's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.5). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Zaparoo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. This is Normal asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Zaparoo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of This is Normal's written reviews are positive against 86% of Zaparoo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

This is Normal ships an update every 11 months, Zaparoo every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
This is Normal versus Zaparoo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThis is NormalZaparoo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings)5.0 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings510 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size108 MB55 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAnna KrasnerWizzo Pty Ltd

Customer experience

This is Normal

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Zaparoo

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

None

This is Normal

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Zaparoo

One-time1
  • Zaparoo Launcher$6.99

Questions

Is This is Normal free?
This is Normal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Zaparoo free?
Zaparoo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, This is Normal or Zaparoo?
Zaparoo is rated higher. This is Normal averages 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Zaparoo averages 5.0 from 10 ratings.
Do This is Normal or Zaparoo have ads?
Neither This is Normal nor Zaparoo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, This is Normal or Zaparoo?
This is Normal ships an update every 11 months, and Zaparoo every 2 months. Most recently, This is Normal was updated on November 4, 2026 and Zaparoo on November 4, 2026.

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