Comparison

TR vs Plug for Stardew Valley

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

Head to head
About

TR

Uncover a WWII-era mystery by navigating a vast archive of obscure texts. Communicate with a mysterious handler to find a stolen book and unravel the secrets of the machine's creators before time runs out.

Highlights
  • Narrative deduction gameplay
  • Interactive audio drama
  • Archive exploration
  • Link obscure texts
  • Dynamic dialogue system
  • Original soundtrack
Features
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A voice is saying your name. A WWII-era machine, long hidden in a church basement, whirs to life. Through a crackling speaker a man asks you to find a stolen book. He only knows the title. Time is running out. The machine, created by Bletchley Park engineers Cecil Caulderly and Beatrice Dooler, contains a vast archive of obscure books, letters, and journals fed in over the span of fifty years in an attempt to crack the code of reality. As their lives fell apart, the machine kept working. Navigate the computer’s archive. Link its obscure texts and uncover its creators’ secrets. Communicate with the man behind the speaker to figure out your role in this mystery. Destroy the book at the core of the machine — before it’s too late. NARRATIVE DEDUCTION - Deduce links through the archive to locate hidden sources. - Unravel the stories and unearth the secrets of the books’ authors and the machine's creators. - Map the archive and find the book that will rewrite the world. INTERACTIVE AUDIO DRAMA - Talk with your handler at any time, creating a dynamic audio drama that responds as you explore. - Featuring the voices of Rebekah McLoughlin (The SCP Archives, Eternal Threads), Paul Warren (A Highland Song, Viewfinder, The Séance of Blake Manor) and Phillipe Bosher (Baldur's Gate 3, Doctor Who, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy). - Original soundtrack by Laurence Chapman (A Highland Song, Heaven's Vault, The Mask of the Rose). INSPIRATIONS TR-49 takes inspiration from narrative deduction games like The Roottrees are Dead and The Return of the Obra Dinn, and from audio dramas like The Magnus Archives and ars PARADOXICA. Written and created by the award-winning team behind 80 Days, Heaven's Vault, Overboard!, and A Highland Song.

About

Plug for Stardew Valley

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PLUG IN. POWER UP YOUR FARM. Give yourself gold. Spawn items. Max skills and hearts. Control the date, weather and luck. Unlock recipes, bundles, Mastery rewards and secrets. It all works with the farm you already play. Plug is a huge toolbox of cheats, hacks, unlocks and farm-changing powers built for Stardew Valley 1.6. Choose your Stardew Valley folder once, pick a farmer and start powering up. Stack as many changes as you like, review everything together, then apply. YOUR FARM. YOUR RULES. - Spawn hundreds of supported items and big craftables - Change gold, health, energy, backpack size and appearance - Max skills and professions, claim Mastery rewards and unlock all 19 Power Book effects - Boost friendships and relationship hearts - Unlock cooking and crafting recipes, wallet items, keys, charms and secret access - Complete Community Center bundles, repairs, quests and progress - Water or revive crops, care for animals and finish buildings - Control the date, weather, luck, farm type and more - Collect every Stardrop and reach the normal all-Stardrops energy maximum - Search and change advanced save values when you want even more control BUILT TO PROTECT YOUR PROGRESS Before anything is written, Plug shows exactly what will change. Every apply creates timestamped backups of both save files and validates the result. If validation fails, Plug rolls back automatically. Use Backup Vault at any time to restore an earlier version of your farm. Core editing works completely offline, your save stays on your device, and Plug leaves unknown or modded save data untouched. HOW IT WORKS Close Stardew Valley, open Plug and choose Files > On My iPhone/iPad > Stardew Valley. Pick a farm, choose as many powers as you like, review the changes, then tap Apply Changes to Farm. Open Stardew Valley again. Your changes are already there. Plug supports Stardew Valley 1.6 saves. Need help? Email support@innovative-devs.com or join the Plug Discord from inside the app. Discord is for ages 13 and over. Plug for Stardew Valley is an unofficial fan-made utility. It is not the game and is not affiliated with or endorsed by ConcernedApe or the game’s publishers. Stardew Valley is required and sold separately.

Screenshots

TR4 screens
Plug for Stardew Valley4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: TR at #17 against Plug for Stardew Valley's unranked. Plug for Stardew Valley's advantage is price ($4.99 vs $6.99). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

TR costs $6.99 and Plug for Stardew Valley $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TR ships an update weekly, Plug for Stardew Valley every 6 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
TR versus Plug for Stardew Valley: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTRPlug for Stardew Valley
Price$6.99$4.99 — better
Rating4.5 (37 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings37 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#17 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size505 MB38 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperinkleInnovative Developers LTD

In-app purchases

None

TR

No in-app purchases

None

Plug for Stardew Valley

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TR free?
TR costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plug for Stardew Valley free?
Plug for Stardew Valley costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do TR or Plug for Stardew Valley have ads?
Neither TR nor Plug for Stardew Valley shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TR or Plug for Stardew Valley?
TR ships an update weekly, and Plug for Stardew Valley every 6 days. Most recently, TR was updated on November 6, 2026 and Plug for Stardew Valley on November 6, 2026.

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