Comparison

Mutazione vs Second Best

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

Head to head
About

Mutazione

Embark on a narrative-driven adventure in a unique community where personal drama and supernatural events intertwine. Explore a hand-illustrated world, cultivate musical gardens, and uncover secrets as you help a young protagonist care for her grandfather and save the town from a mysterious darkness.

Highlights
  • Explore a hand-illustrated world
  • Engage with an ensemble cast of mutant characters
  • Experience unpredictable dramatic twists
  • Customize gardens for musical soundscapes
  • Share seeds with friends
Features
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A mutant soap opera where small-town gossip meets the supernatural... MUTAZIONE is an adventure game where the juicy personal drama is just as important as the high-stakes adventure part of the story. Explore the community as 15-year-old Kai as she travels to the strange and secretive community of Mutazione to care for her ailing grandfather, Nonno. Make new friends; plant musical gardens; attend BBQs, band nights and boat trips; and embark on a final spiritual journey to save everyone from the strange darkness at the heart of it all. Over 100 years ago, the meteor “Moon Dragon” struck a tropical holiday resort. Most of the inhabitants perished, while those who survived began to show strange mutations... The rescue missions quickly retreated, and those who remained in the mutating environment founded the small and isolated community of Mutazione. Fast-forward to modern day, where you play as 15-year-old Kai as she travels to Mutazione to help nurse her dying grandfather back to health. But things aren’t as simple as they seem... Nonno has other plans for Kai; secrets and betrayals simmer under the friendly community’s surface; and there’s a creepy bird-like figure who keeps on appearing in Kai’s dreams. They can survive an apocalyptic meteor strike, but can they survive their small-town drama? Features: • A lush, hand-illustrated world to explore • Ensemble cast of loveable mutant characters • A story with unpredictable dramatic twists and turns • Gardens to customize for unique relaxing musical soundscapes • Seed sharing - send and receive rare and unusual seeds with your friends

About

Second Best

Continue an absurd mystery adventure filled with unexpected twists and whimsical humor. Solve clever puzzles and explore a world brought to life with charming hand-drawn visuals. Uncover the truth about your identity and escape a perilous journey.

Highlights
  • Absurd mystery adventure
  • Interactive story with twists
  • Classic point and click gameplay
  • Solve zany puzzles
  • Hand-drawn visuals
  • Colorful characters
Features
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The excitement CONTINUES. You're a LONGER way from home than you ever thought possible. And the more you learn about your IDENTITY, the less you seem to KNOW. It's not easy being BEST. Welcome back to the world of COLBIES and OPIES, where nothing is what you think, not even your OWN PAST … WHEN WE LAST LEFT OFF IN BESTED You had just been spirited away by a gang of SUPERHUMAN meanies. WHY are they doing this, and can you get a better stateroom for the JOURNEY? Find the answers to these questions and more, and try not to get tangled up in too many MURDERS along the way. FEATURES • Absurd Mystery Adventure – A comedy-filled interactive story with unexpected twists, whimsical humor, and a genuinely complex but curious plot. • Classic Point and Click Gameplay – Tap around, poke things, collect clues, and talk your way out of (and into) trouble. • Zany Puzzles – Solve clever puzzles that are unique and satisfying, the MysteryCaper way! • Hand-Drawn Visuals – Explore a world brought to life with charming art created by hand. Human hand. • Colorful Characters – From a puzzling ally to ship crew to tricky villains, everyone's got something to hide. – MysteryCaper. It's COMEDY SOLVED.

Screenshots

Mutazione4 screens
Second Best4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Second Best at 100% against Mutazione's 57%. Second Best also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and price ($5.99 vs $9.99). Mutazione's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). On ratings volume, ads, 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

Mutazione costs $9.99 and Second Best $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Second Best holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 31 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Mutazione's written reviews are positive against 100% of Second Best's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mutazione ships an update every 6 weeks, Second Best every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Mutazione versus Second Best: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMutazioneSecond Best
Price$9.99$5.99 — better
Rating4.4 (19 ratings)5.0 (31 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1931 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.3 GB340 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperAkupara Games, LLCMysteryCaper, LLC

Customer experience

Mutazione

All ratings18 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral16.7%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral23.8%
Negative19.0%

Second Best

All ratings31 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Mutazione

No in-app purchases

None

Second Best

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mutazione free?
Mutazione costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Second Best free?
Second Best costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mutazione or Second Best?
Second Best is rated higher. Mutazione averages 4.4 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Second Best averages 5.0 from 31 ratings.
Do Mutazione or Second Best have ads?
Neither Mutazione nor Second Best shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mutazione or Second Best?
Mutazione ships an update every 6 weeks, and Second Best every 3 months. Most recently, Mutazione was updated on September 30, 2026 and Second Best on October 3, 2026.

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