Roommates Visual Novel vs Lost Between the Lines
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Roommates Visual Novel
Experience college life and forge relationships in a humorous visual novel. Choose your character and navigate the first year, managing your schedule and stats while pursuing romance with a diverse cast of characters.
- Play as Anne or Max
- Romance multiple characters
- Light comedy writing
- Life simulation gameplay
- Full scheduler
- Stats raising
- Original soundtrack
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Welcome to the halls of Latin House! The best dorm (that you can afford) at the greatest college (that would accept you) in the entire country (Not counting the parts that aren't here). Okay, maybe we're overselling it. Either way, you're invited along with either Max or Anne as they make their way through the first year of their college experience. - Play as Anne and romance Dominic, Rakesh, Max and Isabella - Play as Max and romance Sally, Anne, Isabella and Rakesh - Hilarious light comedy writing guaranteed to make you laugh - Life simulation gameplay with full scheduler and stats raising - OST by Leetstreet Boys including the main theme "Name In Lights"
Lost Between the Lines
Experience a high school romance visual novel with beautiful illustrations and branching storylines. Make choices to uncover a secret and explore five different endings. Features voice acting by a popular anime voice actress.
- Branching storylines
- Multiple endings
- Beautiful illustrations
- Voice acting
- Choice-based gameplay
- High school romance
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[A large-volume romantic drama with beautiful illustrations by a popular artist!] As to what exactly is starting, it's a perfectly normal high school love story starring a somewhat abnormal girl! The cool, intellectual Suzumiya Rion. She usually keeps her distance from her classmates, but for some reason, she invited me out on a date! And the secret Rion's hiding will finally be revealed… If you clear all five endings, you'll find out your future with her. Try out all the different choices and see where you end up. [The game system is a simple novel-type adventure] The choices that appear here and there in the story change the distance between you and your girlfriend! The story will branch into one of five different endings accordingly. Restart the game again and again to complete all the endings! [Main character:Suzumiya Rion] She is the most elegant, serious, and studious high school girl in the school! Rine Suzumiya, who is the most popular madonna in the school, is suddenly approaching you, a girl with whom she has little contact! However, her eyes sometimes glaze over with a lonely look. ...... When her secret is revealed, their romance begins! [Voice: Hikaru Ueda] Rion is voiced by Hikaru Ueda, who also played the lead role in the Japanese animation! TwitterID:@o4novel
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Lost Between the Lines at every 2 months against Roommates Visual Novel's every 16 months. Roommates Visual Novel's advantage is review sentiment (65% vs 43%) and rating (4.2 vs 3.9). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Roommates Visual Novel sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Lost Between the Lines sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Roommates Visual Novel holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Roommates Visual Novel has 117 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Roommates Visual Novel's written reviews are positive against 43% of Lost Between the Lines's.
Roommates Visual Novel ships an update every 16 months, Lost Between the Lines every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Roommates Visual Novel | Lost Between the Lines |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (117 ratings) — better | 3.9 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.7% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 117 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 125 MB | 283 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Celso Riva | 5dims Inc. / 株式会社5次元 |
Customer experience
Roommates Visual Novel
Lost Between the Lines
Bugs and requests
Roommates Visual Novel
Reported bugs
9 issues- App crashes immediately upon opening or character selection
- Game closes when touching home button
- Save data deleted after app updates
- Frequent crashes during gameplay
- Dialogue skip function not working properly
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- Stats not properly tracked or displayed
- Difficulty obtaining specific romance endings despite meeting requirements
- Spring break romance requirements increased mid-game
- Best ending not triggering despite payment and correct stats
Requested features
9 requests- Lower pricing or free-to-play model with ads
- More romance pairing options (e.g., Max/Dominic, Anne/Sally)
- Sequel with post-college storyline
- Fast dialogue skip feature
- New Game+ with stat carryover
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- More female love interest options for Anne
- Sally romance route for Anne
- Combo pricing for multiple character routes
- Ability to change player name
Lost Between the Lines
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Roommates Visual Novel
- In-game money, grades or stats$0.99
- Unlock Max's full story$6.99
- Unlock Anne's full story$6.99
Lost Between the Lines
- Purchase stories$14.99
- purchase stories$14.99
Questions
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