Comparison

HeartFrame vs Walk on Thin Ice

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

Head to head
About

HeartFrame

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Some truths survive only in fragments. Mira inherits HeartFrame, an abandoned photo restoration studio containing an experimental machine hidden by her late mother. When three strangers arrive with pieces of the same damaged photograph, their evidence points back to a fire, a missing work of art, and an official story that no longer holds together. Restore photographs, recordings, and case records. Compare details across different sources. Follow branching investigation routes and decide what should be revealed, protected, or questioned. THREE INVESTIGATION ROUTES Eason Cole โ€” A direct and passionate documentary photographer whose images preserve details the official record left out. Kim Jun-ho โ€” A restrained sound archive restorer who trusts continuity over appearances and hears what others missed. Dr. Lucien Moreau โ€” A composed psychiatrist who recognizes the gaps between memory, testimony, and altered records. FEATURES โ€ข Reconstruct atmospheric photo and evidence puzzles. โ€ข Investigate one mystery through three distinct perspectives. โ€ข Make visible choices that shape later scenes and conclusions. โ€ข Unlock route messages and character conversations as the case develops. โ€ข Reach different truth, romance, and farewell endings. โ€ข Continue each route independently without losing progress in the others. โ€ข Play in 24 supported languages. The opening section of every partner route is free to play. Each partner's remaining route, beginning at Node 10, is available as a separate one-time, non-consumable in-app purchase.

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Walk on Thin Ice

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You're an explorer stranded on a frozen lake, and the only way home is a ship somewhere ahead of you. There's just one problem: every tile you step on starts to crack, and after enough cracks it melts into open water. Walk somewhere once, and you might be walking there for the last time. Walk on Thin Ice is a minimalist puzzle game about planning your own escape route before you seal it off yourself. Every level is a small grid, a handful of moves, and one goal โ€” but the ice remembers everywhere you've been, and a path that looks safe on your first step can strand you three moves later. DAILY PUZZLE A new puzzle every day of the year, 365 in all. Open the calendar, pick a day, and get an optional reminder that takes you straight to that day's puzzle. HOW TO PLAY - Move one tile at a time โ€” up, down, left, or right โ€” by swiping or tapping an adjacent tile. Tap a farther tile instead and you'll walk the whole path there in one go. - Every tile cracks a little more each time you step onto it. After a few cracks, it turns to water โ€” stand on it when that happens, and you're done. - Reach the ship to complete the level. Fewer moves earns more stars. - Made a mistake? Undo up to 5 moves, or restart the level from scratch. HAZARDS - Rock โ€” blocks your path outright, unless you're carrying a pickaxe to mine through it. - Fire โ€” cracks every tile around it, every single turn, whether you're nearby or not. - Wind โ€” sweeps you one or more extra tiles in the direction it's blowing, cracking everything it carries you across. Ride it right and it's a shortcut; misjudge it and it's how you strand yourself. GEAR - Pickaxe โ€” a one-time use that breaks through a single rock. - Snowshoes โ€” four charges that stop badly-cracked ice from cracking any further while you cross it. - Compass โ€” once you've found it, a needle on your HUD always points the way to the ship, even across ice you haven't explored yet. - SOS flare โ€” some crossings hide the ship until you signal for it; find the flare and it appears. - CO2 canister โ€” freezes a crumbling tile rock-solid right before it would've dropped you into the water, three uses per canister. - Wooden scraps โ€” build a permanent bridge across open water, one plank at a time. - Ski poles โ€” plant them once and the wind can crack the ice under you, but it can't push you around anymore. ANIMALS Arctic animals are hiding across the six expeditions: foxes and owls, reindeer and polar bears, seals, walruses, orcas and more. Step onto one on the ice and it slips away, leaving fresh ice behind. Animals out on the water need a wooden-scraps plank to reach: bridge over and they are free. Expeditions bundle levels into themed sets with their own painted landscape, difficulty curve, star ratings, and achievements to unlock as you go. Later expeditions branch โ€” choose a path, discover a dead end or two along the way, and every branch you've found stays open for next time. No timers, no penalties for thinking โ€” just you, the ice, and the choices you can't take back. Play your way: on iPad in landscape, the level list and the live puzzle sit side by side. Prefer a different look? Switch to the Anime tile theme in Settings.

Screenshots

HeartFrame4 screens
Walk on Thin Ice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: HeartFrame at 15.0 against Walk on Thin Ice's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. HeartFrame sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Walk on Thin Ice sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
HeartFrame versus Walk on Thin Ice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeartFrameWalk on Thin Ice
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size255 MB240 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developerzhaotian fangyury chebiryak

In-app purchases

3 purchases

HeartFrame

One-time3
  • Eason Cole Full Route$1.99
  • Kim Jun-ho Full Route$1.99
  • Dr. Lucien Moreau Full Route$1.99
3 purchases

Walk on Thin Ice

One-time3
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99

Questions

Is HeartFrame free?
HeartFrame is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Walk on Thin Ice free?
Walk on Thin Ice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do HeartFrame or Walk on Thin Ice have ads?
Neither HeartFrame nor Walk on Thin Ice shows ads.

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