Comparison

Guess The Year vs Whoseum

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

Head to head
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/

About

Whoseum

A daily word puzzle game where you guess famous historical figures. Explore permanent collections of legends at your own pace and track your winning streaks. No account is needed to play.

Highlights
  • Daily word puzzle
  • Guess famous historical figures
  • Permanent themed collections
  • Streak tracking
  • Museum-inspired design
  • No account required
Features
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The museum is open. Do you know who's inside? Whoseum is a daily word puzzle built around the most fascinating people who ever lived. Every day a new famous figure steps into the Grand Hall — and it's your job to name them. Every answer is a five-letter surname, from history's giants to today's icons. Picasso or Pollock? Newton or Curie? Caesar or Cleopatra? Guess letter by letter, and with each try the tiles flip and color-code your letters, closing you in on the name. But here's the twist: you're never guessing blind. A clue greets you before your first move, and a sharper one is revealed after every miss — general at first, then closer and closer to the answer. A silhouette hints at who's waiting behind the tiles. And win or lose, a museum placard reveals the full name, a short story of their life, and a link to learn more. HOW IT WORKS • Name the famous five-letter surname in six guesses • Tiles flip and color-code every letter you try • Six clues per puzzle, revealed one at a time — the more you miss, the more you learn • Solve the daily and your streak lives on. Miss it, and the museum quietly closes its doors until tomorrow. EXPLORE THE HALLS Beyond the daily Grand Hall, Whoseum houses eight permanent collections you can wander any time — no timer, no daily limit: • Artists & Composers • Athletes • Inventors • Movies & TV Stars • Rulers & Statesmen • Scientists • Social Media Stars • Writers Hundreds of legendary figures to discover at your own pace — each hall tracks its own progress and its own win streak, so there's always another name waiting to be uncovered. FEATURES • A brand-new daily puzzle — a fresh face in the Grand Hall every morning • Eight permanent halls spanning art, sport, science, politics, literature, entertainment, invention and the internet age • Progressive clues that reveal a little more with every guess • Streak tracking for the daily Grand Hall and every hall • Game Center leaderboards and achievements — climb the ranks and earn a badge for every hall you complete • Remove Ads with a one-time purchase • Sound, haptics, and larger-text options to play your way • No account required — just open and play History never gets old. Neither does a good puzzle. Open the doors. Name the legend.

Screenshots

Guess The Year4 screens
Whoseum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Whoseum at 5.0 against Guess The Year's 4.2. Whoseum also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly) and review sentiment (100% vs 90%). Guess The Year's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Guess The Year sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Whoseum 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

Whoseum holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Guess The Year's written reviews are positive against 100% of Whoseum's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Guess The Year ships an update weekly, Whoseum every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Guess The Year versus Whoseum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGuess The YearWhoseum
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better3
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBertrand VIRICELDaniel Serna

Customer experience

Guess The Year

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%

Whoseum

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

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
1 purchases

Whoseum

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99

Questions

Is Guess The Year free?
Guess The Year is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Whoseum free?
Whoseum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Guess The Year or Whoseum?
Whoseum is rated higher. Guess The Year averages 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Whoseum averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Guess The Year or Whoseum have ads?
Both Guess The Year and Whoseum show ads.
Which is updated more often, Guess The Year or Whoseum?
Guess The Year ships an update weekly, and Whoseum every 2 days. Most recently, Guess The Year was updated on October 30, 2026 and Whoseum on October 17, 2026.

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