Comparison

RTMHub vs PaperVN

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

Head to head
About

RTMHub

This app allows you to play your own legally owned 2D and visual novel PC games directly on your iPhone and iPad. It utilizes open-source emulation technologies to bring desktop gaming experiences to iOS devices without relying on streaming or external servers.

Highlights
  • Play PC games on iOS
  • Supports 2D and visual novels
  • Native iOS experience
  • No streaming required
  • Uses open-source emulation
Features
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brings the freedom of desktop gaming to your iPhone and iPad. Built on open-source emulation and compatibility technologies (like Wine and Wasm-Webport), it lets you install and run your own software — including simple, legally owned games — on Apple devices. Our mission: make Visual Novel and lightweight PC games playable natively on iOS hardware, without streaming or external servers. --- Bring your own games. Use only legally-obtained software you own. VNHub does not provide game files of any kind. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

PaperVN

Discover and track visual novels with this companion app. Browse titles, learn about characters, and manage your personal library. Features daily selections, personalized recommendations, and extensive search capabilities.

Highlights
  • Discover visual novels
  • Track play progress
  • Manage personal library
  • Daily visual novel selections
  • Personalized recommendations
  • Extensive search functionality
  • Character and title details
Features
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PaperVN is a visual novel companion built for Apple devices. It helps you discover visual novels, learn more about titles and characters, and record every step of your play journey. Browse, explore, and search VNDB's public data without signing in. After signing in to your VNDB account, you can also read and edit your personal library. Coming Swiftly: Throughout its development, PaperVN has followed a “beauty first” principle. It is built entirely with SwiftUI, and every detail has been carefully considered. Today: Today presents a daily selection of visual novels worth your attention and recent events. PaperVN can also analyze your library and use machine learning to generate a “For You” list. Library: After signing in to your VNDB account, you can edit your library and update play status, played release, rating, and start or finish date. Preferences such as language, appearance, and content safety are customizable as well. Visual Novel / Character Details: PaperVN includes localizations for more than 6,000 VNDB visual novel tags and character traits, with support for Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese, and Korean. We are also working to localize the descriptions of more than 200,000 visual novels and characters on VNDB. Search: Search visual novels, characters, releases, staff, developers, and publishers, then narrow the results with matching filter criteria. LICENSED APPLICATION END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT:https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

RTMHub3 screens
PaperVN4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PaperVN at 100% against RTMHub's 30%. PaperVN also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.3). RTMHub's advantage is ratings volume (24 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). 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. RTMHub sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and PaperVN sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.59 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PaperVN holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RTMHub has 24 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of RTMHub's written reviews are positive against 100% of PaperVN's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RTMHub ships an update every 4 days, PaperVN weekly. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
RTMHub versus PaperVN: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRTMHubPaperVN
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (24 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews30.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings24 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size190 MB204 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperRatthamontree Burimas训杰 潘

Customer experience

RTMHub

All ratings24 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative41.7%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive30.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative60.0%

PaperVN

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

RTMHub

Subscriptions1
  • Pro Plan$9.991 Month
One-time2
  • Full-screen$0.99
  • Support$9.99
1 purchases

PaperVN

Subscriptions1
  • PaperVN Senkou1 Month trial$0.591 Month

Questions

Is RTMHub free?
RTMHub is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PaperVN free?
PaperVN is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RTMHub or PaperVN?
PaperVN is rated higher. RTMHub averages 3.3 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while PaperVN averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do RTMHub or PaperVN have ads?
Neither RTMHub nor PaperVN shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RTMHub or PaperVN?
RTMHub ships an update every 4 days, and PaperVN weekly. Most recently, RTMHub was updated on November 6, 2026 and PaperVN on November 6, 2026.

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