Comparison

Overture vs Harena

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

Head to head
About

Overture

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Evening light over a Naples alley. An old man plays chess by a doorway. A basket of figs at the market; the scent of basil on someone's apron. These are not moments you photograph. They are moments you might remember, for a while, before they fade. OVERTURE: SILLAGE is a quiet, meditative mobile game for adults. You follow David — a perfumer and musician of Armenian heritage, based in Marseille — through five European cities in autumn. Naples. Florence. Prague. Vienna. Reykjavík. Each city holds moments that become the notes of a perfume he is composing. A GAME OF ATTENTION Hold your gaze on a detail in a scene — the steam rising from an espresso, the book left open on a bench, the tobacco on someone's fingers. If your attention lingers, David catches the scent. It enters his notebook as a drifting colour and a short word: coffee, old paper, skin. But moments evolve. A scene changes while you watch it. What you don't catch, you lose. HAND-PAINTED EUROPE Every scene is a painterly illustration, rendered in the spirit of modern European editorial art — Sorrentino light, Hopper quiet, Sargent texture. Watch the ochre of Naples shift to the gold of Florence, the stone of Prague, the burgundy of Vienna, the cold blue of Reykjavík. Parallax depth responds to the way you hold your phone. COMPOSE A PERFUME At the end of a journey, bring the captured scents into David's atelier. Place notes on the pyramid — top, heart, base. Some pairings resonate. Others do not. The game tells you nothing in numbers. You listen for when the composition sounds right. Four critics receive the release; each responds in their own voice. A DIARY OF A SEASON After each city, David writes a short entry. A few sentences, handwritten in the colour of the city. Look back at them at any time. This is the quiet story the game tells you. MEMORIES FADE Scents you do not use soften over days. Some slip away completely. You can record them to keep them longer, but you cannot keep them forever. This is not a design flaw. This is the game. Designed for a slower way of playing. No ads. No in-app purchases. No pressure timers. Plays entirely offline. Save continues on any day, any week, any month. FEATURES - Five European cities: Naples, Florence, Prague, Vienna, Reykjavík - A full narrative arc through autumn - Painterly scenes with parallax depth responding to device motion - Attention-based note capture — the core of the game's feel - Synesthetic scent visualisation — scents as drifting colours - Perfume composition with four critics, each in their own voice - Over 100 scents to discover, from common to unique - David's diary: short handwritten entries preserving your journey - Five recurring city residents, each with their own story - Original atmospheric soundscapes for every scene - Full haptic and audio feedback for every capture - Twelve languages: English, Russian, Czech, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean - Universal for iPhone and iPad - Accessibility: font scaling, reduced motion, colourblind-friendly - No accounts. No data collected. Plays entirely offline. Set aside half an hour. Put on headphones, if you have them. Turn the brightness up. Let David take you to Naples.

About

Harena

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- 165 materials: sand, water, lava, acid, metals, gases, plants, creatures. 32 of them are made only by reaction - Grids up to 2048 x 1152, 2.36 million cells, every cell simulated - Heat: every material has a melting, boiling and ignition point, and latent heat - Reactions have a temperature window, and each one you find is logged in the codex - Four views: material, thermal, velocity and air flow - Electricity: wire, battery, diode, lamp, and heat, cold and wind sensors - Optics and magnetism: laser, mirror, prism, two magnets, pump - Wind and pressure: smoke, spores and ash are carried by the air - Creatures and vehicles, including a character you steer yourself - Six starting worlds, ten save slots, undo, pinch to zoom and pan. Landscape only, playable offline

Screenshots

Overture4 screens
Harena4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Overture at none against Harena's shown. Harena's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Overture versus Harena: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOvertureHarena
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB84 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAndrey SapunovSATOSHI MAEDA

In-app purchases

None

Overture

No in-app purchases

None

Harena

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Overture free?
Overture is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Harena free?
Harena is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Overture or Harena have ads?
Harena shows ads; Overture does not.

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