Comparison

Lost Mastery vs Foretales

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

Head to head
About

Lost Mastery

A roguelike deckbuilder where your memory is key to winning strategic battles. Explore diverse landscapes, collect powerful cards, and uncover secrets. This game offers innovative recall-based gameplay with multiple modes and a vibrant pixel art style.

Highlights
  • Recall-based gameplay
  • Roguelike deckbuilding
  • Strategic card battles
  • Multiple game modes
  • Colorful pixel art
Features
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Lost Mastery: A Roguelike Deckbuilder that tests your ability to remember your lost fighting skills! Dive into Lost Mastery, the unique card battler where your recall is your greatest weapon. Navigate through diverse landscapes, engage in strategic battles, and collect powerful cards and items to enhance your journey. Test your skills and uncover the secrets of your Lost Mastery. Are you ready to rise to the challenge? Features - Innovative gameplay where your battle success depends on your recall - 3 different game modes to challenge your skill - Colourful pixel art style No ads, no in-app purchases, and no internet connection required.

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

Lost Mastery4 screens
Foretales4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Foretales at 4.8 against Lost Mastery's 4.3. Foretales also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 5 days) and ratings volume (164 vs 4). Lost Mastery's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On review sentiment, 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

Lost Mastery costs $2.99 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 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Foretales has 164 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Lost Mastery's written reviews are positive against 58% of Foretales's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lost Mastery ships an update every 5 days, Foretales daily. The most recent releases landed on August 31, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Lost Mastery versus Foretales: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLost MasteryForetales
Price$2.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.3 (4 ratings)4.8 (164 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews57.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4164 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank—#141 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size756 MB687 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperRIINA PAULIINA KUJALAPlug In Digital

Customer experience

Lost Mastery

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Foretales

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

In-app purchases

None

Lost Mastery

No in-app purchases

None

Foretales

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lost Mastery free?
Lost Mastery costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Foretales free?
Foretales costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lost Mastery or Foretales?
Foretales is rated higher. Lost Mastery averages 4.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Foretales averages 4.8 from 164 ratings.
Do Lost Mastery or Foretales have ads?
Neither Lost Mastery nor Foretales shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lost Mastery or Foretales?
Lost Mastery ships an update every 5 days, and Foretales daily. Most recently, Lost Mastery was updated on August 31, 2026 and Foretales on September 25, 2026.

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