Comparison

Neo Cab vs Leaving home

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

Head to head
About

Neo Cab

Experience a cyberpunk narrative adventure as the last human taxi driver. Uncover a city's secrets and connect with passengers while managing your own emotional well-being and career.

Highlights
  • Narrative-driven gameplay
  • Passenger interaction and storytelling
  • Emotional well-being management
  • Branching story paths
  • Mystery and investigation
  • Rating system
Features
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Try Night One of Neo Cab for free, featuring an hour of gameplay! Then unlock the full experience with a one-time in-app purchase. Hold on to humanity in a world overcome by automation. Play as Lina, the last human driver-for-hire on the streets of Los Ojos. Your friend and only lifeline has gone missing; with no money and nowhere to stay, the only thing you can do is keep driving. Meet people. Learn their stories. Stay human! From the Neo Cab app, you’ll choose your passengers and navigate the city grid. Connect and converse with them as you drive to their destination. You’ll need to maintain your perfect rating to stay on the road. Balance your monetary needs and the needs of your passengers with your own emotional wellbeing. What’s more important: your mental health or your star rating? Connect with your pax: Find ways to connect with passengers. Each has their own story to tell. Uncover the secrets of Los Ojos: Lina’s best course for survival is to to keep driving. Piece together what has happened to Savy as you help Lina navigate the city grid. Balance your own emotional needs with that of your pax: Each passenger interaction will affect Lina’s mood and it’s up to you to manage their emotional wellbeing. Balance Lina’s monetary needs, the necessity for a five-star rating, and the needs of pax with what feels right. Find your own route: Neo Cab features a branching narrative with pax stories written by Leigh Alexander, Kim Belair, Bruno Dias, Duncan Fyfe, Paula Rogers & Robin Sloan.

About

Leaving home

A handcrafted point-and-click adventure game featuring quirky challenges and surreal surprises. Solve original puzzles across eight interconnected rooms, each with its own soundtrack, to escape.

Highlights
  • Point-and-click adventure gameplay
  • Handcrafted puzzles
  • Eight interconnected rooms
  • Unique soundtrack per room
  • Surreal surprises
  • Quirky challenges
Features
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It’s 7:00 AM, the alarm rings. Some mornings feel heavier than others... From puzzle maestro Bart Bonte comes a point-and-click adventure filled with quirky challenges, surreal surprises and moody tunes. Undo the knots in your mind, one click at a time... Leaving Home is a completely handcrafted point-and-click adventure that takes you through eight interconnected rooms, each with its own soundtrack, full of original puzzles that you must solve to make your way out.

Screenshots

Neo Cab4 screens
Leaving home3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Leaving home at 93% against Neo Cab's 25%. Leaving home also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.2) and ratings volume (394 vs 75). Neo Cab's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and device support (5 vs 3). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neo Cab sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Leaving home sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Leaving home holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Leaving home has 394 ratings behind it against 75, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Neo Cab's written reviews are positive against 93% of Leaving home's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Neo Cab ships an update every 2 months, Leaving home every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Neo Cab versus Leaving home: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNeo CabLeaving home
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (75 ratings)4.8 (394 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.3% of reviews93.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings75394 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size947 MB31 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperFellow TravellerBart BONTE

Customer experience

Neo Cab

All ratings75 ratings
Positive49.3%
Neutral8.0%
Negative42.7%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive25.3%
Neutral4.6%
Negative70.1%

Leaving home

All ratings394 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral1.3%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews227 reviews
Positive93.4%
Neutral0.9%
Negative5.7%

User reviews

Neo Cab

From 75 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Thought-provoking story
  • 👍 Great writing and storytelling
  • 👍 Inclusive and unique characters
  • 👍 Engaging world-building

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Game not starting or loading
  • 🤔 Unclear purchasing model
  • 🤔 Lack of gameplay beyond reading and choosing options

Leaving home

From 394 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎉 Fun and challenging
  • 🧠 Good brain workout
  • 🌈 Calm background music
  • 👍 Cute, elegant, no glitches
  • 💡 Interesting puzzles

Room to improve

  • 🕰️ Short game length

Bugs and requests

Neo Cab

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Game not starting or loading
  • Buttons not responding

Requested features

2 requests
  • More gameplay mechanics beyond visual novel
  • Ability to replay the game without additional purchase

Leaving home

Requested features

2 requests
  • More games like this
  • Longer game duration

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Neo Cab

One-time1
  • Buy Full Game$5.99
1 purchases

Leaving home

One-time1
  • no ads$2.99

Questions

Is Neo Cab free?
Neo Cab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Leaving home free?
Leaving home is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Neo Cab or Leaving home?
Leaving home is rated higher. Neo Cab averages 3.2 out of 5 from 75 ratings, while Leaving home averages 4.8 from 394 ratings.
Do Neo Cab or Leaving home have ads?
Leaving home shows ads; Neo Cab does not.
Which is updated more often, Neo Cab or Leaving home?
Neo Cab ships an update every 2 months, and Leaving home every 6 weeks. Most recently, Neo Cab was updated on September 24, 2026 and Leaving home on September 23, 2026.

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