Comparison

Text Realms vs Old Greg's Tavern

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

Head to head
About

Text Realms

Embark on a unique text-based adventure where your choices dynamically shape the story. This game generates all content on your device using AI, offering complete privacy and offline play. Explore imaginative worlds and forge your own destiny through words.

Highlights
  • Dynamic text-based adventure
  • On-device AI story generation
  • Offline play
  • Complete privacy
  • Choice-driven narrative
Features
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Text Realms is a dynamic, text-based adventure that unfolds uniquely with every choice you make. Powered by on-device AI capabilities, each story is generated entirely on your iPhone or iPad - no internet required. Explore mysterious worlds, shape your destiny through words, and enjoy complete privacy - your imagination, your data, all on your device. Requires a device that supports Apple Intelligence.

About

Old Greg's Tavern

Embark on text-based RPG adventures solo or with friends. Create unique characters, explore dynamic worlds, and play through campaigns without a Game Master. Enjoy instant play sessions anytime, anywhere, with persistent stories that remember your actions.

Highlights
  • Text-based RPG gameplay
  • Solo and multiplayer modes
  • Character creation
  • Dynamic world exploration
  • No Game Master required
  • Persistent story and world
  • User-created worlds
Features
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Finally play tabletop RPGs whenever you feel like it — solo or with friends. Old Greg's Tavern is a text-based RPG where you create characters, explore living worlds, and play Dungeon RPG-style campaigns without needing a Game Master. Start an adventure in seconds, or invite up to 5 friends who play completely free. BE ANYONE. DO ANYTHING. Rob an innkeeper. Seduce a dragon. Die horribly. Try it all again. Create characters with custom appearances, classes, backstories, and stats. There are no wrong answers — only consequences. DONE WAITING TWO WEEKS BETWEEN SESSIONS? It's 11 p.m. on a Tuesday and you suddenly want to play. Open the app and start. No waiting, no scheduling, no excuses. The tavern door's always open — 24/7. Play for 20 minutes on a lunch break or 4 hours on a Friday night. PLAY WITH FRIENDS INSTANTLY Send one link. They click and they're standing next to you in the tavern. Up to 6 players per campaign, and your friends never pay a cent. Distance and time zones no longer matter. YOUR LEGEND LIVES FOREVER NPCs remember you. Your reputation follows you everywhere. Swing back in a month, a year — the story's waiting. Maps expand as you explore. Stories branch with every decision you make. THOUSANDS OF WORLDS TO EXPLORE Browse community-created worlds or build your own from scratch. Set the theme — dark fantasy, sci-fi, horror, anything — and the world fills in the lore, geography, factions, and characters. Publish your world for others to discover. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.oldgregstavern.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.oldgregstavern.com/privacy

Screenshots

Text Realms4 screens
Old Greg's Tavern4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Old Greg's Tavern at 4.8 against Text Realms's 1.0. Old Greg's Tavern also leads on ratings volume (5.5K vs 1) and chart position (#136 vs unranked). Text Realms's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). 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. Old Greg's Tavern sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Text Realms asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Old Greg's Tavern holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Old Greg's Tavern has 5.5K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Text Realms versus Old Greg's Tavern: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText RealmsOld Greg's Tavern
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.8 (5.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews—46.8% of reviews
Number of ratings15.5K — better
Update frequency—Every 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#136 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB22 MB
Age rating9+17+
DeveloperNICK FRIEDRICHOld Greg's Tavern

In-app purchases

None

Text Realms

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Old Greg's Tavern

Subscriptions2
  • Hero$14.991 Month
  • Legend$24.991 Month
One-time8
  • Adventurer Pack (Legend Discount)$3.99
  • Adventurer Pack$4.99
  • Adventurer 10 (Legend Discount)$7.99
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  • Adventurer Pack (10 Credits)$9.99
  • Adventurer 20 (Legend Discount)$15.99
  • Adventurer Pack (20 Credits)$19.99
  • Adventurer 50 (Legend Discount)$39.99
  • Adventurer Pack (50 Credits)$49.99

Questions

Is Text Realms free?
Text Realms is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Old Greg's Tavern free?
Old Greg's Tavern is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Text Realms or Old Greg's Tavern?
Old Greg's Tavern is rated higher. Text Realms averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Old Greg's Tavern averages 4.8 from 5.5K ratings.
Do Text Realms or Old Greg's Tavern have ads?
Neither Text Realms nor Old Greg's Tavern shows ads.

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