Comparison

Sounds from Beyond vs Jake School Horror

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

Head to head
About

Sounds from Beyond

Experience a fully voiced, interactive noir mystery with cinematic illustrations and atmospheric sound. Make choices that shape the narrative as you uncover clues and confront fragmented memories. This engaging story can be completed in one evening.

Highlights
  • Interactive noir mystery
  • Fully voiced narration
  • Cinematic illustrations
  • Atmospheric sound design
  • Branching narrative choices
  • Available in English and Spanish text
Features
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She said yes. By morning, she was gone. Two years later, Jack Holloway is still listening for her. A forgotten clue pulls him back into the case, and into memories he may not be able to trust. Sounds from Beyond is a fully voiced interactive noir mystery told through cinematic illustrations, atmospheric sound, and a fractured first-person perspective. Read or listen as the story unfolds, then decide how Jack responds at key moments. A story you can finish in one evening, and one that stays with you longer than that. Chapter One is free, and a single purchase unlocks the rest. FEATURES • A complete noir mystery, written for iPhone and iPad • Narrated in English and Spanish, with atmospheric music and immersive sound • Bold graphic-noir illustrations • Decide how Jack responds at key moments • Read and listen in English or Spanish • No ads, subscriptions, accounts, or email sign-up Best experienced with headphones. Some memories lie. Some refuse to stay buried.

About

Jake School Horror

Features
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At midnight in Blackwood Boarding School, the rules begin. You are Jake, a seventeen-year-old senior at one of the country's most prestigious — and most dangerous — boarding schools. Tonight, you wake to a bell tolling at hours it should not. The dorm hallway is empty. Your roommate is gone. And somewhere in this building, the rules are watching to see if you obey. Read every rule. Choose carefully. Die spectacularly. — GAME OVERVIEW — Jake's Boarding School Rules is a single-player branching narrative horror game. Across six chapters and thirty levels, you guide Jake through the night by making one choice per scene. Each choice plays out as a short cinematic transition — over 90 hand-crafted sequences, each with its own visual style and atmospheric soundscape. At every level, two choices keep you alive. One ends in death. The rules are your only guide. — CORE FEATURES — • 30 levels across 6 chapters: Dorm, Library, Laboratory, Basement, Bell Tower, Finale • 216 unique branching scenes, each with a dedicated cinematic • 33 distinct death endings to discover and collect • 3 main endings: Guardian, Truth, and Perfect • Hardcore rogue-like rule: death resets you to Level 1 — no checkpoints, no mercy • Bilingual: full text and UI in Simplified Chinese and English, switch any time • Portrait-only mobile design — play one-handed • Built natively for iOS with SwiftUI — THE PROGRESSION — Levels 1 through 4 are free. Learn the rules of the dorm, decode the warnings of Dr. Brown, study the symbols carved into the walls. Get a feel for how the rules work — and what happens when you ignore them. A single one-time purchase unlocks the rest of the story: Library, Laboratory, Basement, Bell Tower, and the final chapter, where every death you have suffered finally tells you the truth about the school. — COLLECT EVERY ENDING — The home screen tracks every death you have unlocked. There are 33 in total, each tied to a specific rule you broke, a specific corner you turned, a specific moment of curiosity that cost you. Some are obvious. Some only reveal themselves when you have already paid the price. Three main endings await those who survive to dawn: • Guardian — accept your role • Truth — uncover the school's secret • Perfect — defy the curse — CONTENT NOTICE — Rated 17+ for horror themes, depictions of death, and psychological dread. No explicit gore. The horror is atmospheric, suggestive, and unrelenting. The game contains no real-money gambling, no advertising, no third-party tracking, and no online features beyond In-App Purchase verification. Some cinematic sequences in this app were generated using AI tools and curated by hand for tone, pacing, and consistency. — LANGUAGES — • 简体中文 (Simplified Chinese) • English — PRIVACY — This app collects no personal data. Your progress, language choice, and purchase entitlement are stored only on your device. See our privacy policy for details. The bell will toll again at midnight. Are you ready to read the rules?

Screenshots

Sounds from Beyond4 screens
Jake School Horror4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Sounds from Beyond at 3 against Jake School Horror's 1. On price, update cadence, 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. Sounds from Beyond sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Jake School Horror sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sounds from Beyond ships an update every 2 weeks, Jake School Horror monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Sounds from Beyond versus Jake School Horror: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSounds from BeyondJake School Horror
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size250 MB486 MB
Age rating+1212+
DeveloperCarlos MarcanoBING HAN

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Sounds from Beyond

One-time1
  • Full Game Access$1.99
1 purchases

Jake School Horror

One-time1
  • Full Game Unlock$3.99

Questions

Is Sounds from Beyond free?
Sounds from Beyond is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Jake School Horror free?
Jake School Horror is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sounds from Beyond or Jake School Horror have ads?
Neither Sounds from Beyond nor Jake School Horror shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sounds from Beyond or Jake School Horror?
Sounds from Beyond ships an update every 2 weeks, and Jake School Horror monthly. Most recently, Sounds from Beyond was updated on November 5, 2026 and Jake School Horror on October 31, 2026.

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