Comparison

Crown vs Latchstring

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

Head to head
About

Crown

Engage in a political simulation where you can create a party, rally support, and manipulate public opinion. Win votes through various means, from charity to scandal, but beware of the consequences of failure.

Highlights
  • Create political parties
  • Hold rallies
  • Manipulate social media
  • Stir up scandals
  • Launch charities
  • Plot political assassinations
Features
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Political Simulation Game! Create your own political party and challenge your rivals! Hold rallies, manipulate social media, and when necessary, stir up trouble with a few well-placed scandals. In the race for votes, anything goes! Want to win the public's favor? Donate to animal shelters, launch charities — or if you're feeling bold, even plot political assassinations. But be careful! Failure might cost you your reputation... or land you behind bars. Crown – Invest in politics, rise to power, earn reputation. Stir up the people if that's what it takes to win votes.

About

Latchstring

Features
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Some guests want a room. Most want something they can't quite say. Latchstring puts you at the front desk of a small, off-season hotel. An alpine lodge snowed in for the winter, a seaside guesthouse lost in the fog. Every guest who walks in has a polished smile and a quiet trouble underneath, and the game writes their story on the spot. You don't pick from a menu of choices. You type what you say or do, in your own words, and the guest answers back. Be warm, be sharp, be honest or evasive. They notice, and they remember. HOW IT PLAYS - Each morning, meet the day's guests and the troubles at your desk. - Respond in your own words. The characters react in the moment. - Cash, reputation, and your staff's morale all move. You can't keep everyone happy. - Reach the goal before the season ends, then travel on to the next hotel. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT - A new cast every run. Strangers, secrets, and small tragedies, written as you play. - Warmth over cruelty. Tragicomic, PG-13, and quietly human. - Your choices land. Help the lonely widower or protect the books. Both cost you something. - Continuity that remembers. The night porter's bad week becomes a five-day arc, and a guest you helped comes back changed. - More than one place to run. Each hotel has its own cast, its own weather, and its own kind of trouble. A FAIR DEAL Your first full game is free. To keep playing, Latchstring Pro is a yearly subscription with generous play. No ads, no tracking, no accounts. Just the front desk and whoever walks through the door. Latchstring Pro is an auto-renewable subscription. Length: 1 year. Price: 4.99 USD per year. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://qilinapps.com/latchstring#terms Privacy Policy: https://qilinapps.com/latchstring#privacy Made by one developer in Istanbul.

Screenshots

Crown4 screens
Latchstring4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Latchstring at none against Crown's shown. Crown's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price 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. Crown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Latchstring sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Crown versus Latchstring: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrownLatchstring
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB1 MB
Age rating+1712+
DeveloperMustafa Madenali kilin

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Crown

One-time1
  • Premium$2.99
1 purchases

Latchstring

Subscriptions1
  • Latchstring Pro Yearly$4.991 Year

Questions

Is Crown free?
Crown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Latchstring free?
Latchstring is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Crown or Latchstring have ads?
Crown shows ads; Latchstring does not.

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