Comparison

PATHOGENEER vs Rewrite World

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

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PATHOGENEER

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Your plan. Their pandemic. Engineer a deadly strain, plot its evolution and release it into the world. Watch infections spread across the map as your creation breaks into new hosts. PATHOGENEER puts you in control of a fictional pathogen. Shape a branching genome, adapt to new environments and discover which hosts your strain can reach. A promising start can stall at a barrier. The right mutation can open another route. MAKE IT YOURS Choose genes that shape spread, survival, resistance and host jumping. Unlock new modifications through successful infections and build a strain with its own strengths and tradeoffs. CROSS THE HOST BARRIER Begin with plants and unlock insects, birds, land animals and humans. Explore different targets and habitats as your creation finds new ways to spread. CHOOSE YOUR GROUND ZERO Pick a starting location. Climate, habitat and host conditions affect whether your strain gains a foothold or struggles to establish itself. WATCH THE CASCADE Follow infection fronts across the map, switch host layers and zoom in on the action. Make decisions during a run as opportunities and barriers emerge. BUILD YOUR NEXT BREAKTHROUGH Keep memorable strains, carry successful genes into descendants and chase a stronger cascade. Open Threads suggest a next step for your lineage. Share your specimen, a standout spread or the stats from a run you are proud of. Where will your next creation take hold? PATHOGENEER is a fictional ecology strategy game inspired by real-world environments and habitats. Its organisms, mutations and outcomes are designed for entertainment, not real-world pathogen engineering.

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Rewrite World

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Same peninsula, different ending. Whoever you start as, history splits from there. Rewrite World - Ancient Korea is a turn-based alternate-history simulation set in the era when Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla contested the Korean peninsula. Choose a realm and a starting year, then run its economy, armies and diplomacy on a map where each turn is one month. ■ Four starting points Just before Gwanggaeto's accession (391), just before the fall of Hanseong (475), the Baekje–Silla alliance (551), and the eve of Baekje's fall (660). Each has its own balance of power and its own objectives. Replay any of them as a different realm. ■ The map is your control panel Tap a province to manage it and drag armies to move them. For distant targets, plan a route and your army advances on its own each turn. Before you commit to an attack, a forecast shows both sides' strength and terrain bonuses. ■ Economy and armies Set taxes, raise troops, build and research to grow your realm, and keep an eye on population, power and unrest. Orders within a turn are queued; when you end the turn, movement, battles, conquest and the economy resolve together. ■ Diplomacy by conversation Negotiate alliances and treaties by talking directly with rival realms. AI generates the dialogue, but the game rules decide whether a deal is struck. Persuasion alone cannot buy an alliance; relations and strength have to back it up. ■ Before you start · A fictional simulation inspired by history. Territory, strength and population figures are game estimates and may differ from the historical record. · Territories and borders on the map are simplified approximations of the spheres of influence of the 3rd to 7th centuries. They do not express any position on the borders or sovereignty of modern states. · Diplomatic conversations need an internet connection, and the text you enter is sent to external providers for AI processing. · Game progress is stored only on your device and cannot be carried over to another device. Privacy policy: https://rewritekorea.sanglimsoft.com/privacy Support: https://rewritekorea.sanglimsoft.com/support

Screenshots

PATHOGENEER4 screens
Rewrite World4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PATHOGENEER at none against Rewrite World's shown. Rewrite World's advantage is update cadence (daily vs weekly). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PATHOGENEER ships an update weekly, Rewrite World daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
PATHOGENEER versus Rewrite World: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPATHOGENEERRewrite World
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB273 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperGo7 StudioSanglimSoft

In-app purchases

None

PATHOGENEER

No in-app purchases

None

Rewrite World

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PATHOGENEER free?
PATHOGENEER is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rewrite World free?
Rewrite World is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PATHOGENEER or Rewrite World have ads?
Rewrite World shows ads; PATHOGENEER does not.
Which is updated more often, PATHOGENEER or Rewrite World?
PATHOGENEER ships an update weekly, and Rewrite World daily. Most recently, PATHOGENEER was updated on October 31, 2026 and Rewrite World on November 10, 2026.

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