Comparison

FolkloreFieldGuide vs Gülbahar

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

Head to head
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.

About

Gülbahar

Features
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The tiles are familiar. The rules are not. Gülbahar is a single-player strategy game built on okey tiles — the Turkish tile game played in every coffeehouse. Tour from house to house, lay down melds, grow your score, and outplay the masters who each bend one rule. Every run deals a new deck, new relics, a new path. THE TOUR Three towns, nine hands. The last hand of each town belongs to a master: the Shoemaker forbids runs, the Watchmaker takes your swaps, the Simit Seller bans pairs. The rule is always stated before the hand — no surprise punishment. RELICS An evil eye bead, a tulip tea glass, a backgammon die, a string of prayer beads… Thirty-six relics grow your score from different directions. Order matters: the shelf order is the order of the maths. THE COFFEEHOUSE SHOP Spend your tips on relics, engrave your tiles, buy back a right. One small decision between towns: power or flexibility? DAILY TOUR Same deck, same shop, same masters for everyone. One attempt a day. How deep can you go? WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH THE SAME DECK? Every run has a seed code. Send it to a friend and they play the exact same tour. Watch your own runs back, and share a summary card. THE HOUSE Every master you defeat leaves a keepsake on the wall. The radio in the corner reports the weather and whose tea has gone cold. • Single player — no internet required • Turkish and English • Fully playable with VoiceOver • Colour-blind safe tiles (colour + shape) • One-time Remove Ads purchase

Screenshots

FolkloreFieldGuide4 screens
Gülbahar3 screens

Verdict

The call

FolkloreFieldGuide and Gülbahar are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. FolkloreFieldGuide sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Gülbahar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
FolkloreFieldGuide versus Gülbahar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFolkloreFieldGuideGülbahar
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristian PedersenILHAN ISIK

In-app purchases

1 purchases

FolkloreFieldGuide

One-time1
  • Folklore Field Guide Lifetime$4.99
1 purchases

Gülbahar

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is FolkloreFieldGuide free?
FolkloreFieldGuide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gülbahar free?
Gülbahar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FolkloreFieldGuide or Gülbahar have ads?
Both FolkloreFieldGuide and Gülbahar show ads.

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