PaceQuest vs LORE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PaceQuest
This RPG game converts your real-world steps into in-game energy. Level up your character, upgrade gear with gold, and battle enemies in a humorous adventure. Compete on leaderboards and play fully offline.
- Convert steps to in-game energy
- RPG character progression
- Gear upgrades with gold
- One-tap gameplay
- Auto Train mode
- Full story with boss fights
- Works fully offline
- Game Center leaderboard
Read full descriptionHide full description
Earn in-game energy for every step you take in the real world, level up your character, upgrade equipment with gold, and fight enemies, no GPS or internet required. Compete on the PaceQuest Game Center leaderboard to see who has taken the most steps and who has progressed the furthest in the story! PaceQuest is a one-time purchase with no ads, no subscription, no in-app purchases. Receive all future updates for free. Features: • Walk to earn in-game energy points: 1 real-world step = 1 in-game energy point. • RPG progression: Train, level up, and allocate skill points. • Gear upgrades: Improve equipment with gold to gain combat bonuses. • One-tap gameplay: Level up your character and fight enemies with a clean and simple interface. • Auto Train mode: Keep training while the app is closed. Your steps still convert to energy, and idle auto train mode advances your character until you return. • Full story: Tackle boss fights and progress through a humorous adventure. • Works fully offline: No GPS or internet required. • Game Center leaderboard: Compete against players worldwide to see who has taken the most steps! Pricing: • One-time purchase: Receive all future updates for free. • No ads. • No subscription. • No in-app purchases. Privacy: • Data Not Collected: No account needed.
LORE
Explore your city's streets to solve weekly murder mysteries. Uncover clues by walking to real-world locations, interrogate suspects, and name the killer within seven nights. Track your progress and compete on a detective leaderboard.
- Location-based clue discovery
- Narrative-driven murder mysteries
- Interactive suspect interrogation
- Detective leaderboard
- Walking streak tracking
- Optional membership for extra content
Read full descriptionHide full description
Every week, a body. Seven nights to name the killer. Lore turns the streets you already walk into a crime scene. Each case unfolds over seven nights, and the clues are scattered across the real map around you. Head out and let your steps do the detecting — walk near a location and its clue unlocks, read into the evidence, and piece the night together. A voice in your ear. A noir narrator reads you into every case and every clue you turn up — or follow along in Story mode, where the words light up as they’re spoken. Interrogate the suspects. Everyone has a motive and an alibi. Question them in their own words, present the evidence you’ve gathered, and watch their story bend. The truth is in the contradictions. Name the killer. On the seventh night, make your accusation. Get it right and the case closes in your favour; get it wrong and it stays on your record. Your archive remembers every verdict. Walk more, solve more. Lore runs on your steps. Set a daily goal, keep your walking streak alive, and climb the detective leaderboard. Missed a night? Catch up on the trail. Join the Bureau. An optional membership unlocks replayable cases, early access to each week’s mystery, cosmetic inks and detective titles, a walking-streak freeze, and the long record of your stats. Your city has a secret. Go find it. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.discoverlore.app/legal/privacy
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PaceQuest at 67% against LORE's 0%. PaceQuest also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 7). LORE's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
LORE is free to download; PaceQuest costs $0.99 up front. LORE sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. PaceQuest asks for nothing beyond the download.
PaceQuest holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of PaceQuest's written reviews are positive against 0% of LORE's.
PaceQuest ships an update every 6 weeks, LORE every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PaceQuest | LORE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gary Lee | Kresimir Galic |
Customer experience
PaceQuest
LORE
In-app purchases
PaceQuest
No in-app purchases
LORE
- The Bureau Monthly$3.991 Month
- The Bureau Yearly$22.991 Year
- Coffee$0.99
- New Case$2.99
- City Pass$3.99
Show 2 moreShow fewer
- Patron$8.99
- The Bureau · Founding$69.00









