Comparison

Nut Tyccon vs FolkloreFieldGuide

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

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About

Nut Tyccon

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MEGALOMANIAC SQUIRREL: NUT TYCOON Just a squirrel with a dream... for now. Start in a peaceful autumn park, collect your first acorns by hand, and let your boundless ambition do the rest. From humble park rodent to global ruler — your rise has only just begun. --- AN EPIC 5-AGE PROGRESSION AGE 1 — THE PARK You are a squirrel. You collect acorns. Nothing unusual to report. AGE 2 — THE NEIGHBORHOOD Your first machines, your first employees. The pigeons are starting to show respect. AGE 3 — THE CITY Factories, conveyors, industrial empire. Open the Nut Stock Exchange and play the markets. Humans are starting to notice something. AGE 4 — THE COUNTRY NUT CORP is everywhere. Humans still think they're in control. (They are not.) AGE 5 — TOTAL DOMINATION You are on every banknote. The UN has been renamed UNA. How did it come to this? --- DOZENS OF MACHINES TO UNLOCK From the handcrafted Nut Collector to the AI Nut-9000, every machine has its own personality, its own humor, and its insatiable appetite for acorns. Upgrades, improvements, unlock milestones — there is always something to optimize. --- BUILD YOUR EXECUTIVE TEAM Accountant, Engineer, Secret Agent, General of Nuts... Every employee you hire boosts your empire. Some are more... discreet than others. --- PRESTIGE AND DOMINATION Four prestige levels for true strategists. Reset your empire, keep your multipliers, and come back up to 200 times stronger. Because world domination has to be earned. --- YOUR EMPIRE NEVER SLEEPS Offline production for up to 8 hours. Come back, collect, double your earnings with a rewarded ad, dominate. While you were sleeping, your acorns were piling up. That is real power. --- YOUR PROGRESS, EVERYWHERE iCloud sync — find your empire on all your devices without losing a single acorn. --- BUILT FOR MOBILE - Short or long sessions — your choice - Satisfying progress every time you open the app - Zero pay-to-win - Optional rewarded ads - One-time purchase to remove all ads forever "Nuts Today, World Tomorrow." — The Megalomaniac Squirrel

About

FolkloreFieldGuide

Engage in a daily text-deduction game where you analyze clues from town reports to identify cryptids. Build your reputation as an investigator and uncover larger mysteries through connected story arcs. The game is free to play with optional ads.

Highlights
  • Daily cryptid mysteries
  • Text-based clue analysis
  • Reputation and streak system
  • Connected story arcs
  • Unlockable field guide entries
  • One-time purchase for ad removal and extras
Features
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A new cryptid mystery every day. Folklore Field Guide is a cozy text-deduction game — read the town's tip-line report, weigh the clues, and name the creature behind the sighting. DEDUCE, DON'T SEARCH - Each day brings a new sighting: a track shape, a strange sound, the time of day, the weather, a smell on the wind - Cross-reference the clues against the entries in your field guide - Narrow the suspects and name the cryptid — Bigfoot, Mothman, the Jersey Devil, Chupacabra, Nessie and more BUILD YOUR REPUTATION - Wrong guesses cost you reputation, so deduce carefully - Keep a daily streak going and rise from curious local to trusted investigator UNCOVER THE BIGGER MYSTERY - Daily reports connect into multi-week story arcs and regional mysteries - Unlock field-guide entries as you encounter new creatures CRYPTOZOOLOGIST'S PASS — ONE-TIME PURCHASE Unlock the Pass once and keep it forever: remove ads, the full annotated field guide, extra clue reveals, and the story-arc archive with advanced stats. No subscription. Folklore Field Guide is free to play and supported by ads; remove them anytime with the one-time Pass. Grab your notebook. The woods are talking.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: FolkloreFieldGuide at 17.0 against Nut Tyccon's 26.2. On price 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. Nut Tyccon sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and FolkloreFieldGuide sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
Nut Tyccon versus FolkloreFieldGuide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNut TycconFolkloreFieldGuide
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.8 (4 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—4 — better
Ads—Yes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
Devices—iPhone — better
Requires iOS26.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBadre HOUIBIChristian Pedersen

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Nut Tyccon

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
1 purchases

FolkloreFieldGuide

One-time1
  • Folklore Field Guide Lifetime$4.99

Questions

Is Nut Tyccon free?
Nut Tyccon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FolkloreFieldGuide free?
FolkloreFieldGuide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

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