Valid vs The_Game.exe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Valid
An anonymous polling app designed for high school students. Engage in fun, honest questions about friends and classmates, earn points, and discover who is voting for you while maintaining anonymity.
- Anonymous daily polls
- Answer questions about contacts
- Earn aura points
- See who votes for you
- Climb leaderboards
- Browse school-wide activity
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Compliment Your Classmates. Be kind. Don't bully. Everything is moderated. Valid is the anonymous polling app made for your school community. Answer fun, positive questions about friends and classmates, earn aura points, and see the compliments you receive. No random friend requests or strangers. Valid connects you with people from your contacts and school. Moderation and safety tools help keep every interaction positive and respectful. How It Works • Answer daily polls about friends and classmates • Vote anonymously—or choose to reveal yourself • Earn aura and climb your school’s leaderboard • See compliments and votes in your personal feed • Chat with classmates • Explore school-wide activity and trending polls By using Valid, you agree to our Terms of Service.
The_Game.exe
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You're playing The Game right now. You know the one. The moment you remember it exists, you've lost. There's no winning — only forgetting. And you just lost. The_Game.exe is the social app for the game everyone's been "playing" since the internet was young. Except now, losing is a team sport. HOW IT WORKS • You're always playing. So is everyone in your parties. • The second you remember, own up: tap I LOST THE GAME. • Everyone in every party you're in gets the notification — and the whole crew drops into a 30-minute cooldown. Misery loves a group chat. • During cooldown nobody can lose again. Thirty minutes of blissful, guilt-free peace... until someone's brain betrays them. THE POINT IS TO NOT LOSE The leaderboard ranks your friends by fewest losses. Top of the board isn't the biggest loser — it's the one with the strongest willpower (or the shortest memory). Good luck. DRESS IT UP — 16 RETRO THEMES (2 FREE + 14 IN-APP PURCHASES) A theme re-skins the whole app into a different era — windows, buttons, fonts and desktop all change. Two themes are included free: • Classic 9X — the grey-window desktop that started it all — FREE • DOS Prompt — pure C:\> text mode — FREE The other 14 themes — Phosphor, 48K BASIC, Pocket LCD, 16-BIT Deck, XP Luna, Workbench, Teletext, 1-BIT System, Tab OS, Guestbook, Media Deck, Buddy Chat, Chat Relay and Code Dark — are optional in-app purchases (€0.99 each, one-time). Optional wallpaper packs — solid colors, retro patterns, and your own photo — for the Classic theme are also in-app purchases. MEET THE BUG Your dry, unbothered mascot. It would rather you forgot it existed. It won't. THE FINE PRINT • Free to download and play. The extra themes and wallpapers are optional in-app purchases — cosmetic only, with no gameplay advantage. Restore Purchases is in the app. • Sign in with Apple. No passwords, no email harvesting. • Losing gives you nothing. You've suffered enough. You lost. Might as well make it social.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is chart position: Valid at #13 against The_Game.exe's unranked. On price, 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
Both are free to download. Valid sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $12.49 per 7 days and The_Game.exe sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Valid | The_Game.exe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (11K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 77.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #13 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | RevueAI, Inc | Miguel Vilhena |
In-app purchases
Valid
- God Mode$12.497 Days
The_Game.exe
- Wallpaper: Maroon$0.99
- Wallpaper: Charcoal$0.99
- Wallpaper: Forest$0.99
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- Pattern: WAVES.BMP$0.99
- Pattern: TILES.BMP$0.99
- Pattern: DITHER.BMP$0.99
- Pattern: STATIC.BMP$0.99
- Pattern: STRIPES.BMP$0.99
- Pattern: GRID.BMP$0.99
- Custom Wallpaper$0.99









