Comparison

Dark Forest vs El Libro Total

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

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About

Dark Forest

Embark on a terrifying mystery adventure where your choices shape the narrative and lead to multiple distinct endings. Immerse yourself in a chilling story with captivating illustrations and atmospheric music.

Highlights
  • Interactive story
  • Multiple endings
  • Branching narrative
  • Horror elements
  • Supernatural mystery
  • Illustrations
  • Atmospheric music
Features
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Mystery and Horror Book with multiple endings. "Dark Forest” Louis Versetti, a young man comes out of his mansion far from his father authority figure, he enters the "Dark Forest "where he will encounter supernatural and terrifying difficulties he never imagined. Get the FREE DOWNLOAD today. -Decisions -Many Endings -Music -Illustrations -Horror -Supernatural Mystery Mystery and Horror Book with multiple endings. In this story, you are the main character. Make decisions and change the path and the ending. Dare to live your own story. An Interactive Book App with great images, fantastic music, decisions, and multiple endings. Choose your path wisely and discover our multiple endings. Sick and tired of his father’s slurs and insults, Louis decides to leaves behind a life of wealth and comfort, he wants to know the real world, what it is out there but before he can do that he enters the Dark Forest where he meets a young woman, but things are not what it seems, choose Louis Versetti’s path wisely. One of the finest vehicles of the large Versetti fleet approaches the stately gates of the family residence, a huge luxurious mansion constructed with the finest materials to be found in the whole of Scotland. The car drives through lovely gardens for over seventy meters, but when it stops at the mansion’s front entrance, nobody steps out of the vehicle, as the butler patiently waits at the ready to welcome the vehicle’s occupants. The sound of someone shouting can be heard when the car door opens after a few minutes. That’s the last time I’m putting up with your slurs and your insults, yelled Louis Versetti, son of the multimillionaire Paolo Versetti. Very slowly and calmly, Louis’ father steps out of the car after his son; he doesn’t follow him, he just looks at him with a hard and dismissive stare. You think I don’t deserve any of this. Do you think I’m not worthy? Okay, so that’s the way it will be then; I will not accept a penny of your fortune; I will not accept anything that is yours. I'm leaving this house right now! Louis exclaimed energetically in a determined tone of voice, while his father just looked on with a smirk on his face, which, if anything, just provoked him all the more, making him even angrier. Louis turns around slowly, and without hesitation begins to walk through the large garden, back towards the mansion’s gate. No one makes a single sound; the only thing to be heard is the sound the shoes make as they walk down the paved driveway; those fine shoes which were manufactured in Italy, his father’s native land. His father came to this country when he was very young and single-handedly became a millionaire in just ten years by creating multiple companies. Louis is about to reach the gate, and all he’s taking with him to face the world on his own is just a leather jacket and some money in his wallet. I’ll show him what I can accomplish on my own, thinks the 23-year-old, who feels he is ready to forge his own path in life. Before leaving the grounds, he turns a little to the right to look at the small storage shed where old things are kept, and where he knows his old motorcycle is stored. It’s been years since he last used it, so it must be very dusty and maybe even a little rusty, but Louis is almost certain that it still works. Although Louis had been determined to leave on foot, he thinks it will be much better on that bike. He is about to go and pick up the motorcycle when he remembers it was a gift given to him by his father when he was 15 and stops in his tracks to think for a moment: Choose his path wisely, what would you do? This Interactive Book App is published by Living a Book. This isn't a gamebook or chat story, it's a Pathbook. Interactive book with multiple endings. "Living a Book" is a new approach to interactive books where your decisions change and trigger new stories and a new ending. PATHBOOKS Live your own story www.pathbooks.app

About

El Libro Total

Access a vast library of classic and contemporary public domain works, including books, audiobooks, music, and art. Enjoy offline reading in multiple formats, listen to narrated books, and explore comparative versions and specialized research tools. Create a personalized library and receive reading recommendations.

Highlights
  • Offline reading (EPUB, PDF, AZW, MOBI)
  • Audiobook narration
  • Comparative versions and languages
  • Integrated dictionaries
  • Specialized research tools
  • Personalized library creation
  • Cross-device synchronization
Features
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Biblioteca en streaming especializada en obras clásicas en dominio público y obras contemporáneas autorizadas para la difusión sin fines de lucro. Libre de avisos publicitarios, con más de 50.000 títulos, música, arte, audiolibros, múltiples diccionarios, idiomas y versiones enfrentadas, comentarios de especialistas, entre otras opciones. Lector de libros offline en formato EPUB, PDF, AZW y MOBI. - Lee libros offline en formato EPUB, PDF, AZW y MOBI. - Escucha los libros en voces naturales y profesionales. - Lee diferentes versiones e idiomas del libro, comparándolos página a página. - Observa miles de imágenes, comentarios y notas relacionadas a las páginas. - Escucha la Música compuesta alrededor de obras literarias. - Encuentra el significado de todas las palabras en más de 70 diccionarios haciendo click sobre ellas. - Selecciona el tamaño de letra y asigna el modo nocturno, para una mejor experiencia de lectura. - Investiga y realiza búsquedas especializadas por temas, autores, países, géneros y al interior de cada uno de los libros. - Crea una biblioteca personalizada con obras favoritas, escritos propios y últimas lecturas. - Recibe recomendaciones de diversos personajes que incitan a leer y escuchar. - Analiza el uso del vocabulario en cada una de las obras. - Comparte con amigos cualquier elemento, personalizando sus mensajes. - Accede a la versión para computadores de escritorio (https://www.ellibrototal.com), en ella podrás ver todos los servicios de la biblioteca, tus lecturas recientes, notas y favoritos estarán sincronizados en todos los dispositivos.

Screenshots

Dark Forest4 screens
El Libro Total4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: El Libro Total at 4.9 against Dark Forest's 4.0. El Libro Total also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (98% vs 80%). Dark Forest's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

El Libro Total holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: El Libro Total has 789 ratings behind it against 80, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Dark Forest's written reviews are positive against 98% of El Libro Total's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dark Forest ships an update every 3 months, El Libro Total every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Dark Forest versus El Libro Total: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDark ForestEl Libro Total
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (80 ratings)4.9 (789 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.5% of reviews98.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings80789 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better16
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB17 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperLiving a Book Inc.SISTEMAS Y COMPUTADORES S.A.

Customer experience

Dark Forest

All ratings80 ratings
Positive73.8%
Neutral15.0%
Negative11.3%
Written reviews133 reviews
Positive80.5%
Neutral7.5%
Negative12.0%

El Libro Total

All ratings781 ratings
Positive97.8%
Neutral1.0%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews296 reviews
Positive98.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.0%

User reviews

Dark Forest

From 80 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 📖 Engaging story
  • 💡 Interactive choose-your-own-adventure style
  • 🎶 Great music/soundtrack
  • 🎨 Nice artwork/graphics
  • 🤔 Intriguing plot

Room to improve

  • ⏳ Too short
  • ✍️ Terrible/amateurish writing
  • 🤷‍♂️ Predictable plot
  • 😐 Unlikable main character
  • 🧱 Walls of text

El Libro Total

From 789 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Excellent app for reading and listening to books
  • 🚀 Vast library of books available for free
  • 🎨 Includes art, music, and other cultural content
  • 📚 Variety of books in different languages
  • 🔍 Helpful search and navigation features

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or freezes reported
  • 🔑 Login/account issues for some users
  • 💻 Compatibility problems on older devices
  • 🔌 Lack of offline reading/listening options

Bugs and requests

Dark Forest

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App freezes/crashes
  • Story only in Spanish
  • Last line of text missing
  • Cannot open books/no text appears

Requested features

5 requests
  • More content/longer stories
  • More choices/paths
  • Add pictures to the book
  • Translate to other languages
  • Second part/sequel

El Libro Total

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • App crashes when switching between books

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more modern and popular book titles
  • Implement a dark mode option
  • Allow users to download books for offline use
  • Improve accessibility features for visually impaired users

In-app purchases

None

Dark Forest

No in-app purchases

None

El Libro Total

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dark Forest free?
Dark Forest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is El Libro Total free?
El Libro Total is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dark Forest or El Libro Total?
El Libro Total is rated higher. Dark Forest averages 4.0 out of 5 from 80 ratings, while El Libro Total averages 4.9 from 789 ratings.
Do Dark Forest or El Libro Total have ads?
Neither Dark Forest nor El Libro Total shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dark Forest or El Libro Total?
Dark Forest ships an update every 3 months, and El Libro Total every 2 months. Most recently, Dark Forest was updated on November 1, 2026 and El Libro Total on November 2, 2026.

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