TOEM vs DesertForge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TOEM
Embark on a charming hand-drawn adventure where you use your camera to solve puzzles and help characters. Explore a relaxing world, listen to chill music, and uncover mysteries. Try it before you buy!
- Solve puzzles with photos
- Help characters with their problems
- Explore a hand-drawn world
- Listen to relaxing music
- Chat with quirky characters
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*TRY BEFORE YOU BUY!* Set off on a delightful expedition and use your photographic eye to uncover the mysteries of the magical TOEM in this hand-drawn adventure game. Chat with quirky characters, solve their problems by snapping neat photos, and make your way through a relaxing landscape! Key Features - Take photos with your camera to solve puzzles and help people! - Listen to chill beats and take in your surroundings! - Meet quirky characters and help them with their problems!
DesertForge
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DesertForge is the ultimate companion app for players of a deep desert survival MMO game. Designed for explorers, builders, and strategists, it lets you quickly search and reference a full list of unique, high-tier craftable items — all organized by tier — so you can plan your resource gathering and crafting more efficiently. Whether you’re navigating the desert to collect rare materials or preparing to assemble your next legendary weapon or utility tool, DesertForge gives you instant access to the item requirements and ingredients you need. - Search items by name across six crafting tiers - See how many materials are required per item - Quickly scan for what to collect before returning to your base DesertForge is designed by players, for players — helping you spend more time exploring and less time alt-tabbing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DesertForge at none against TOEM's 1. DesertForge also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. TOEM sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DesertForge asks for nothing beyond the download.
TOEM ships an update every 2 months, DesertForge every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and November 27, 2025 respectively.
| Parameter | TOEM | DesertForge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (1.8K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 89.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 509 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Snapbreak Games | Nader William |
Bugs and requests
TOEM
Reported bugs
1 issue- Difficulty figuring out how to find challenges
Requested features
2 requests- Improve challenge finding
- Add more content/areas
DesertForge
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TOEM
- TOEM - Full Game$6.99
DesertForge
No in-app purchases









