The Forest Quartet vs Birth!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Forest Quartet
Guide a spirit through a 3D narrative puzzler to help her band members confront their emotions and overcome corruption. Solve unique puzzles in each act, utilizing spirit powers to restore nature, find light, and manage volcanic destruction for a final farewell concert.
- 3D narrative puzzler
- Spirit powers for interaction
- Unique puzzles per band member
- Explore band members' psyches
- Original jazz score
- Story of loss and grief
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The Forest Quartet is a 3D narrative puzzler about a gone, but not forgotten, lead singer. Play her spirit and travel through 3 acts unique to the members of her band for a final farewell concert. Face their emotions, solve puzzles and fight the corruption plaguing their souls. • ABOUT • KIRK Something strange has taken over the once green and lush nature that Kirk would draw his inspiration from. The fungus slowly creeps and turns growth into decay. Use the power of your voice to restore the forest. JB The forest has become an abyss of darkness. Creatures have awoken from the depths of the underground, swarming JB's house. Find the light that once existed to reignite JB's musical spark. SEBASTIAN A volcano has erupted, spitting lava out into the nearby forest causing fires and destruction. Reestablish a system of water in the deep underground and reconnect lost pipes to stop the volcanic eruption. • FEATURES • SPIRIT POWER Sing to interact with objects, create light with your fingertips. Glide, float, and transform into butterflies to explore the band members' psyches. LISTEN CLOSELY Environments and objects add unique layers to the soundtrack. Whether it be crackling forest fires or the cold winds from the deep caverns. A STORY OF LIFE Live through heartbreak and loss. Recover from grief and restore the band’s musical spark. A RELAXING GAMEPLAY No written descriptions or instructions, progressively gain powers for your travels. Note from the developer: The Forest Quartet is a personal and family made project. The original jazz score is composed by Mads' father, Nina is voiced by his sister, the soundtrack is performed by select musicians from The Danish Radio Big Band based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Birth!
Build a unique creature by collecting bones and organs from various hand-drawn locations. Solve physics-based puzzles and interact with interesting characters to uncover secrets.
- Creature building
- Bone and organ collection
- Physics-based puzzles
- Interactive creatures
- Exploration of hand-drawn locations
- Secret discovery
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You are alone. You will build a creature, a partner, a wet warm heart, a collection of bones. Collect bones & organs in hand-drawn museums, coffee shops, alleys, flower shops, libraries, markets, bakeries and more. Solve physics-based puzzles & interact with unique, interesting creatures. Find & spend hidden tokens to discover secrets.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Birth! at 4.9 against The Forest Quartet's 3.7. Birth! also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 63%) and ratings volume (92 vs 3). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and chart position 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
The Forest Quartet costs $5.99 and Birth! $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Birth! holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Birth! has 92 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of The Forest Quartet's written reviews are positive against 92% of Birth!'s.
| Parameter | The Forest Quartet | Birth! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | $4.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.9 (92 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | 91.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 92 — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #94 — better | #190 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.3 GB | 319 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Bedtime Digital Games ApS | Madison Karrh |
Customer experience
The Forest Quartet
Birth!
In-app purchases
The Forest Quartet
No in-app purchases
Birth!
No in-app purchases
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