Comparison

Sounds from Beyond vs Celsius Strays Prologue

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

Celsius Strays Prologue

This interactive visual novel prologue immerses you in a dystopian world where you lead a colony of rats against oppressive forces. Make critical choices, manage your team, and build relationships to shape the narrative. Experience a story with hand-drawn art, voice acting, and an original soundtrack.

Highlights
  • Interactive visual novel
  • Narrative choices
  • Team management
  • Hand-drawn character portraits
  • Fully voice acted
  • Original soundtrack
Features
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You are the Chief of the Squealers. It has been nine years since the coup to save your people failed, and you were banished to a far corner of the Slums. Survival is a luxury here, with robotic death squads, a deadly climate, and power-hungry Slumlords all eager to snuff out the defiant remnant of rats. Manage your team, protect your colony, be a leader. And remember: in a world set against you, not all danger comes from outside. This is an interactive, puzzle-lite Visual Novel where the choices you make, and the relationships you build, shape the future of the story. The prologue provides the Prologue to the game, a bite-sized peek into the world, characters, and gameplay to be expanded in the full release. - Dozens of unique, hand-drawn character portraits, with animated lipsyncing - Fully voice acted - Interactive environments beautifully painted by Max Wilson - Full-screen CGs - Make choices that influence the story - Original soundtrack by Python Blue - Bonus, unlockable extras

Screenshots

Sounds from Beyond4 screens
Celsius Strays Prologue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Celsius Strays Prologue at none against Sounds from Beyond's 1. Celsius Strays Prologue also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Sounds from Beyond's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads and device support 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. Celsius Strays Prologue asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sounds from Beyond ships an update every 2 weeks, Celsius Strays Prologue every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Sounds from Beyond versus Celsius Strays Prologue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSounds from BeyondCelsius Strays Prologue
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size250 MB169 MB
Age rating+1212+
DeveloperCarlos MarcanoFabrice Breton

Customer experience

Sounds from Beyond

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Celsius Strays Prologue

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Sounds from Beyond

One-time1
  • Full Game Access$1.99
None

Celsius Strays Prologue

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sounds from Beyond free?
Sounds from Beyond is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Celsius Strays Prologue free?
Celsius Strays Prologue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sounds from Beyond or Celsius Strays Prologue have ads?
Neither Sounds from Beyond nor Celsius Strays Prologue shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sounds from Beyond or Celsius Strays Prologue?
Sounds from Beyond ships an update every 2 weeks, and Celsius Strays Prologue every 2 months. Most recently, Sounds from Beyond was updated on November 5, 2026 and Celsius Strays Prologue on October 31, 2026.

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