Comparison

Genethics vs Five Crowns

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

Head to head
About

Genethics

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Genethics hires you as a temporal agent. Every contract is written live, just for you: its story, its characters, its artwork, its soundtrack. No other agent will ever play it. Your mission: travel into the past and steer history through impossible choices. Each contract drops you into a real era, from antiquity to the near future. Read the situation, talk to the people who lived it, then decide. Every card is a fork, and every choice ripples forward. There are no clean answers, only consequences you have to own. Build your reputation, earn credits, and equip artifacts that bend the odds in your favor. Trade them with other agents on the open market, reforge their powers, and climb the leaderboard. Will you protect the timeline, or rewrite it in your image? Genethics is free to start. Become a full agent to unlock the full archive of contracts.

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Five Crowns

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The old ones tell it: in these lands there were a thousand lords โ€” and no peace at all. Then came a king. They laughed at him first. Twenty years later, no one was left laughing. Five great Houses took off their crowns and bowed, and that throne was named the High Throne. A thousand years have passed. The oaths were not forgotten, no. But no one swears them with love anymore. You rule House Chaldar โ€” the eagle, the kingdom's north gate. Whoever lives on the threshold feels the cold first: raiders burn your border villages, the granaries are running out, the soldiers' pay is late, and the High King's collector is already on the road. The old king died wrestling these troubles. The troubles did not die. Swipe left. Swipe right. Feed the army or feed the people. Pay the tribute or ready the walls. Marry for love or for the court. Every choice moves the five powers of your realm โ€” Army, Reputation, Treasury, Nobles, People โ€” and any of them can end your reign, whether it runs empty or swells too full. There are many ways to lose a crown. Ruling is choosing which one to risk. This is not a deck of random cards. It is one long, handwritten story: ten chapters, hundreds of decisions, and a world that keeps receipts. The prisoner you spare returns with an army. The general you honor starts asking whom his sword serves. The merchant who "gives" you gold had your measurements taken before he arrived. And somewhere beyond the ice, an old woman is listening. Snow does not speak. Snow remembers. Five dynasties stand on the selection screen โ€” the raven, the scales, the bread, the ice and the eagle. Chaldar's full campaign is playable today; the other Houses will unlock in future updates, each with a story of its own. Plays fully offline. No account. Ads are optional and rewarded โ€” your decisions are never interrupted. The crown has fallen to you. The court says "Your Majesty." The eyes are weighing you. Your first messenger is waiting at the door.

Screenshots

Genethics4 screens
Five Crowns4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Five Crowns at none against Genethics's 10. Five Crowns also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Genethics's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 9 days). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Genethics sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Five Crowns asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Genethics ships an update daily, Five Crowns every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 2 level
Genethics versus Five Crowns: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGenethicsFive Crowns
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily โ€” betterEvery 9 days
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size72 MB49 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperBENOIT PICHONTOLGAHAN OZCAN

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Genethics

One-time10
  • Small credit pack$1.99
  • Small ether pack$1.99
  • Random Quantic Vectors$1.99
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  • Targeted Quantic Vectors$1.99
  • Medium credit pack$4.99
  • Medium ether pack$4.99
  • Large credit pack$9.99
  • Large ether pack$9.99
  • Huge credit pack$19.99
  • Huge ether pack$19.99
None

Five Crowns

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Genethics free?
Genethics is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Five Crowns free?
Five Crowns is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Genethics or Five Crowns have ads?
Five Crowns shows ads; Genethics does not.
Which is updated more often, Genethics or Five Crowns?
Genethics ships an update daily, and Five Crowns every 9 days. Most recently, Genethics was updated on September 19, 2026 and Five Crowns on September 10, 2026.

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