Comparison

Influence vs Live Through Time

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

Head to head
About

Influence

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Remember those Choose Your Own Adventure books? The ones where every decision mattered, every page turn was a gamble, and no two reads were ever the same? Influence brings that magic back - and takes it further than any book ever could. Every story is written in real time, reacting to your choices as you make them. No two adventures are ever the same. Pick a genre, set the tone, and dive into a world that exists only for you. The Influencer System This is what makes Influence different. Before every adventure, you pack a bag with Influencers - special items that can twist, derail, or completely transform your story. A time-freeze potion in a horror scenario. A talking parrot in a medieval war. A cursed coin in a detective mystery. Use them at critical moments to change your fate in ways nobody saw coming. Pack smart for an edge, or pack chaotically for pure entertainment. Some Influencers are subtle nudges, others flip the entire story on its head. Common ones are handy, rare ones are powerful, and legendary ones are unforgettable. Collect them, trade up, and experiment - half the fun is finding out what happens when you throw something completely unexpected into the mix. Your Story, Your Rules Choose from Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Horror, Mystery, Adventure and more. Set the era - from Ancient civilisations to far-future worlds. Pick your mission, your tone, and how tough you want it. The story moulds itself around every decision you make. Campaign Mode Create a character and take them on a journey. Level up, earn XP, collect loot, and watch them grow across multiple adventures. Choose their race, build their attributes, and send them into scenarios that test everything they've got. But be careful - on Ironman difficulty, death is permanent. Immersive Experience Every genre has its own visual atmosphere - colours, fonts, and effects shift to match your story. Words can flash, shake, and glow as key moments hit. Sound and music respond to the mood of each scene. Play in Text Only mode for a pure reading experience, or go Cinematic for the full spectacle. Share Your Adventures Finished a great story? Share it with friends. They can read your adventure like a book, or jump in and play through the same scenario themselves - making completely different choices along the way. Features - Endless unique stories that react to your choices in real time - The Influencer system - pack items that twist and transform your story - Hundreds of Influencers across every rarity, from common to legendary - Campaign mode with persistent characters, levelling, and loot - Multiple genres, eras, tones, missions, and difficulty levels - Genre-specific visual skins, sound, music, and text effects - Share finished adventures with friends - Community leaderboard - compete for monthly rewards - Kid-friendly and Family content modes available Inspired by the create-your-own-adventure books of your childhood. Built for the stories you haven't imagined yet. SUPPORT Need help? Contact us at support@influenceapp.co.uk TERMS OF USE https://feedings.co.uk/terms

About

Live Through Time

Experience a revolutionary text-based RPG where your choices have lasting consequences. This AI life simulator features a persistent world that remembers your actions and relationships, offering deep immersion with unique visuals and audio.

Highlights
  • Persistent AI world that remembers player choices
  • Dynamic narrative generation
  • 1,500+ unique portraits and custom audio
  • Ambitions UI and 'Instincts' for guidance
  • 100+ historical personas across interwoven eras
  • Gritty historical realism
  • Deep state-tracking engine
Features
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When do you want to live? Forget generic AI chatbots, passive story generators, and AI amnesia. Live Through Time is an uncompromising, historically authentic, and mythological text RPG driven by a proprietary 3-Pillar Hybrid Engine: deep generative prose, an ironclad deterministic JSON state machine, and a relational GraphRAG memory database. Every wound you suffer, coin you spend, and enemy you make is mathematically enforced. If you make reckless decisions, the world will not save you. THE 3 PILLARS OF OUR UNBEATABLE ENGINE: 1. The Narrative Engines (Hourglass, Oracle, and Unbound): Generates rich, atmospheric second-person prose while enforcing real physical laws, tactical environments, and historical limits. 2. The Ledger System: A strict state machine tracking your immediate inventory, health, wealth, active Oaths, and physical surroundings. Items do not vanish. Wounds do not miraculously heal. 3. The Librarian & Chronicle: Over 4,000 lore cards dynamically interlinked. Betray an ally or bury an artifact, and the database commits that truth permanently across hundreds of turns. 12 FULL HISTORICAL ERAS (SANDBOX REALISM) Drop into 12 meticulously researched timelines with over 100 historical figures: • Imperial Rome (80 AD) – Colosseum gladiators, patrician intrigue, and the Subura underbelly. • The Black Death (London 1348) – Scavenge and survive during the medieval plague. • Feudal Japan (1603) – Samurai honor, ronin skirmishes, and the dawn of Edo. • Nassau Buccaneers (1715) – Piracy, naval combat, and colonial trade empires. • The French Terror (Paris 1793) – Revolutionary tribunals and the guillotine. • Victorian London (1848) – Industrial slums, workhouses, and class warfare. • Tombstone Frontier (1881) – Gunfights, silver mines, and frontier lawmen. • Western Front (1917) – Slogging artillery barrages and trench warfare. • Deep South (Mississippi 1933) – Great Depression blues, drought, and bootlegging. • Syndicate Streets (Chicago 1952) – Mob warfare, dirty cops, and speakeasies. • Pirate Radio (London 1966) – Offshore rock stations and counterculture heists. • Cold War Divided (Berlin 1983) – Stasi surveillance, border tunnels, and espionage. 7 MYTHOLOGICAL SAGAS (EPISODIC 7-CHAPTER ARCS) Walk among ancient gods and monsters in structured, multi-chapter epic campaigns: • Olympus: Gods & Monsters (Greek) – Perseus, Atalanta, Jason, and Odysseus. • Midgard: The Heroic Age (Norse) – Shieldmaidens, runic curses, and Ragnarök. • Duat: The Scales of Fate (Egyptian) – Anubis, Osiris, and trials of the underworld. • Avalon: Mists of Camelot (Arthurian) – The Holy Grail, chivalry, and dark fae pacts. • Shenzhou: The Jade Throne (Chinese) – Cultivation, imperial mandates, and demons. • Aztlán: The Blood Sun (Mesoamerican) – Solar rituals, jaguar knights, and cosmic tribute. • Iram: City of Djinn (Arabian) – Scheherazade, Sinbad, sandstorms, and ancient spirits. NEXT-GENERATION NPC BEHAVIOR • Speech Fingerprints: Dockworkers, emperors, and street thieves speak with distinct historical dialects and rhythms. • Refusal Anchors: NPCs are not agreeable yes-men. They hold strict boundaries they will never cross without true psychological or physical leverage. • 3D Emotional Vectors: Real relationships aren't a flat slider. NPCs track Trust, Fear, and Intimacy independently. • Autonomous Off-Screen Clocks: Rival factions and enemies advance their own agendas in the background. The world does not pause while you talk. TOTAL CREATIVE FREEDOM • Forge Your Own Destiny (CYOC): Build custom characters and insert them into any era • Craft Your Own World (CYOT): Construct custom timelines, write world rules, and share them with the community • Timekeeper Mode: Inspect and edit narrative blueprints mid-session, rewrite AI messages, and export complete chat logs • The Rewind Mechanic: True lethality with a fair fallback Step into the past. Shape the myth. Face the consequences. Terms of Use: https://www.livethroughtime.com/terms

Screenshots

Influence4 screens
Live Through Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Live Through Time at none against Influence's shown. Live Through Time also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Influence sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Live Through Time sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $10.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Influence ships an update every 2 weeks, Live Through Time every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Influence versus Live Through Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInfluenceLive Through Time
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size117 MB37 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperFEEDINGS LTDMark Lloyd

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Influence

Subscriptions3
  • Adventurer$4.991 Month
  • Worldshaper$14.991 Month
  • Mythmaker$29.991 Month
One-time7
  • 500 DingCoins$0.99
  • Starter Charges$1.99
  • 1650 DingCoins$2.99
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  • Standard Charges$7.99
  • 6000 DingCoins$8.99
  • Value Charges$19.99
  • Premium Charges$49.99
3 purchases

Live Through Time

Subscriptions1
  • Architect$10.991 Month
One-time2
  • 500 Bonus Turns$5.49
  • 1,000 Bonus Turns$7.99

Questions

Is Influence free?
Influence is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Live Through Time free?
Live Through Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Influence or Live Through Time have ads?
Influence shows ads; Live Through Time does not.
Which is updated more often, Influence or Live Through Time?
Influence ships an update every 2 weeks, and Live Through Time every 4 days. Most recently, Influence was updated on October 31, 2026 and Live Through Time on October 31, 2026.

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