Burn(t) vs City Detective
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Burn(t)
Experience a gripping zombie apocalypse narrative where your choices shape the story. Decide who to save, who to trust, and whether to form alliances or resort to murder. Every decision has consequences, and survival depends on your choices.
- Interactive novel
- Zombie apocalypse setting
- Branching narrative
- Choice-driven gameplay
- Multiple endings
- Moral dilemmas
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What if you had to survive in a zombie apocalypse? In this riveting interactive novel, you make the story. Save your parents? Or let them die… Alliances or murder? Its your choice, choose carefully or it’ll be your last.
City Detective
Engage in a unique detective simulation where you investigate a murder in a city of 1000 people. Examine clues like text messages and daily movements to identify suspects and ultimately the killer.
- Investigate a city of 1000 people
- Examine text messages and alibis
- Profile individuals and their lives
- Identify and mark suspects
- Finger the actual murderer
- Test your investigation skills
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"The only true detective game out there..." Hollywoo Reviews. City Detective puts you in a city of a 1000 people, where everyone is a suspect, and anyone could have done the murder. You need to look at clues, such as reading text messages between people, and reviewing where people have been that day, to find who the real murderer is A completely unique detective game. You can view information on everyone in the city, their lives, what they like to do, and how they spent the day of the murder. Mark them as suspects, then finger the actual murderer. A fun game that will test your limits of investigation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Burn(t) at Free against City Detective's $1.99. Burn(t) also leads on rating (2.4 vs 1.0) and review sentiment (22% vs 0%). City Detective's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
Burn(t) is free to download; City Detective costs $1.99 up front. Burn(t) sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. City Detective asks for nothing beyond the download.
Burn(t) holds the better App Store score, 2.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Burn(t) has 24 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of Burn(t)'s written reviews are positive against 0% of City Detective's.
Burn(t) ships an update every 12 months, City Detective every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Burn(t) | City Detective |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 2.4 (24 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 22.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hosted Games LLC | JOhn Lyons |
Customer experience
Burn(t)
City Detective
Bugs and requests
Burn(t)
Reported bugs
1 issue- Some responses redirect to incorrect pages
Requested features
11 requests- More drama
- More games like this
- More stories, endings, choices
- Rewrite the story
- Choices should influence plot
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- Make it longer
- More chapters please
- Needs more storyline
- More options without dying
- Continue the story
- More polished game
City Detective
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Burn(t)
- Restart the Game Once$0.99
- Remove Advertising$4.99
City Detective
No in-app purchases
Questions
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