Comparison

Hitstalt vs Guess The Year

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

Head to head
About

Hitstalt

Enhance your music party experience with this app that integrates with Apple Music. Scan cards to automatically play music and arrange them on a timeline. It's the perfect companion for the Hitster card game.

Highlights
  • Seamless Apple Music integration
  • Optional bingo timer
  • Report non-working cards
  • Supports multiple Hitster editions
  • Automatic music playback
  • Timeline arrangement
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Discover a new way to experience your Hitster card game! With this app, you can turn every meeting into a rousing music party - perfectly coordinated with Apple Music. Key features: - Seamless integration with Apple Music - Optional bingo timer for Hitster Bingo editions - Report non-working cards Many supported Hitster editions, more will be added gradually. Here's how it works: 1. start a game 2. scan a Hitster card 3. the music starts automatically via Apple Music 4. arrange the card in front of you on your timeline Important note: - Original Hitster card game required - Apple Music subscription required Let the music play and become the ultimate Hitster with the best alternative for Apple Music users!

About

Guess The Year

Test your knowledge of history, music, and movies by placing events, songs, or films in chronological order. Challenge friends online or play solo with various themes and game modes. Features include daily challenges, offline play, and a unique music blind listening mode.

Highlights
  • Chronological ordering gameplay
  • Multiple themes (music, movies, history)
  • Online and local multiplayer
  • Daily challenges
  • Offline mode
  • Music blind listening mode
Features
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Was it before or after? Lots of themes to play : music, movies, inventions, historical facts and much more in the right order – and challenge your friends online or around a table! An equivalent of Timeline and Hitster ×1000. Perfect for general knowledge lovers and fans of quizzes, history and music. A fun, fast and clever game, perfect for evenings, travels or breaks between two shows. Test your memory, logic and sense of history with varied themes and thousands of cards to rank. Exclusive Music Mode: listen to blind clips and place them in the right chronological order! Inspired by the spirit of Hitster, but in a 100% digital version always in your pocket. Perfect to challenge your friends on your favorite hits, from timeless classics to recent tracks. How to play? 1. Choose a theme: movies, music, TV series, celebrities, fun facts, inventions, sports… 2. Place the cards in the right order: from oldest to newest, smallest to biggest, slowest to fastest… 3. Make the right choices to score the most points. 4. Play solo, duo or in teams. 5. Climb online rankings and become the master of order! Key features: • New daily challenges to complete • Many themes available, updated regularly • Unique mode: blind listening and Hitster-style ranking • Special themes: Harry Potter, Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings to rebuild saga timelines • Multiple game modes: 2-minute chrono, daily challenge, 20-point score, or team play (first to 10) • Unlock historical figures and discover their fun facts • Offline mode: play anywhere, without connection • Online leaderboards: face your friends or the whole world A game for all ages and all moments. Junban is the ideal party game, but also a great solo quiz. Whether you’re a fan of movies, series, music or historical anecdotes, you’ll find a theme you’ll love to order. Examples of cards: • “Thunderstruck” was released before or after “Billie Jean”? • Did Avatar come out before or after Inception? • Did Harry get his wand before or after meeting Hedwig? • Did the Samsung Galaxy appear before the iPhone? • Was the red card introduced before or after the first World Cup? • Is a lizard faster than a baseball thrown at full speed? Try Junban now and test your general knowledge! https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Hitstalt4 screens
Guess The Year4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Guess The Year at Free against Hitstalt's $1.99. Guess The Year also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.7) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). Hitstalt's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#42 vs unranked). On ratings volume, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Guess The Year is free to download; Hitstalt costs $1.99 up front. Hitstalt sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Guess The Year sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Guess The Year holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 98% of Hitstalt's written reviews are positive against 89% of Guess The Year's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hitstalt ships an update every 2 months, Guess The Year every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Hitstalt versus Guess The Year: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHitstaltGuess The Year
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating2.7 (3 ratings)4.2 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews97.7% of reviews — better88.9% of reviews
Number of ratings35 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#42 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJonathan WandscheerBertrand VIRICEL

Customer experience

Hitstalt

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive97.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.3%

Guess The Year

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Hitstalt

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • QR codes not always readable
  • Some songs not found on Apple Music

Requested features

6 requests
  • Include Hitster Battle of the Generations
  • Add Canada Rock and Canada Bingo
  • Add Canada Summer Party
  • Option for 30-second turns
  • Allow custom cards and playlists
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  • Add songs directly to Apple Music library

Guess The Year

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Hitstalt

One-time3
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium Tip$3.99
  • Large Tip$7.99
6 purchases

Guess The Year

Subscriptions4
  • VIP Subscription – Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Premium – Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Premium – Yearly$14.991 Year
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  • VIP Subscription – Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time2
  • No ads$2.99
  • Premium$6.99

Questions

Is Hitstalt free?
Hitstalt costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Guess The Year free?
Guess The Year is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hitstalt or Guess The Year?
Guess The Year is rated higher. Hitstalt averages 2.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Guess The Year averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Hitstalt or Guess The Year have ads?
Guess The Year shows ads; Hitstalt does not.
Which is updated more often, Hitstalt or Guess The Year?
Hitstalt ships an update every 2 months, and Guess The Year every 4 days. Most recently, Hitstalt was updated on September 23, 2026 and Guess The Year on September 18, 2026.

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