Wunderverse vs Ratings War
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wunderverse
Explore and create unlimited interactive adventure tales in a fun, imaginative environment. Design your own stories with a rich rules system, share them with friends, and publish them for everyone to play. No programming skills are required to craft exciting quests.
- Create interactive adventure tales
- Explore adventures by others
- Rich rules system for storytelling
- Open narrative environment
- Share and publish adventures
- No programming skills needed
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"Wonderful for the imagination" - AppAdvice "If you haven't heard of Wunderverse, now is as good a time as ever to check it out." -- TouchArcade Wunderverse is a place for endless adventure. Out here you can explore and create unlimited interactive adventure tales in a fun, new environment made for your imagination. - A complete platform for interactive storytelling adventure on Mac and iOS. - Collect and explore adventures written and imagined by others - Create your own absorbing, interactive adventures through a new form of storytelling - Take advantage of a rich rules system with over 75 unique Events, Outcomes and Conditions, plus unlimited Skills, Abilities, and more for you to weave player chance and choice into every adventure you create. - Imagine untold places, characters, and objects for players to discover through an open storytelling environment - Share adventures with friends to explore - Publish your adventures for everyone in the Wunderverse to play! Wunderverse was designed as a way for anyone to play, create, and share exciting adventure tales with untold places to discover, characters to meet, mysteries to solve, and treasures to find. No programming skills are needed to create and enjoy your own adventures in Wunderverse. Through a fun and versatile rules system and an open narrative environment you can set up endless obstacles and challenges for players to overcome as they explore your stories — all based on the actions players take, what they are carrying, their current conditions, their skills and abilities, random chance, and a myriad of other possibilities that make going on quests so much fun. Currently, there are eight known worlds in the Wunderverse where exciting adventures can be created, shared and enjoyed. These include medieval times, ancient ruins, 40’s crime noir, a post-apocalyptic future, atomic space, a huge city, and more. And the Wunderverse is a big constellation! Diverse and interesting new worlds are bound to be discovered soon. What are you waiting for!? Come explore in the Wunderverse! Wunderverse includes lots of basic story editing tools for free. You can upgrade to the full set of story building tools with the Pro Tools upgrade subscription. Pro Tools subscriptions are for one year. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal in Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://durablebrand.software/wunderverse/ugc-terms-of-use
Ratings War
Become a cybernetic reporter in a dystopian future, solving murders and battling rivals to dominate the news. Your choices shape the narrative, influencing your ambition, integrity, and romantic relationships.
- Text-based interactive novel
- Future-noir story
- Choice-driven narrative
- Develop reporting style
- Romance options
- Multiple character genders
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Implant cameras in your eyes to win the news wars of 2061! Record your way through dystopian New Angeles, solving multiple murders and conquering the airwaves as you go! "Ratings War" is a thrilling 80,000-word interactive novel by Eddy Webb, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based--without graphics or sound effects--and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. Outwit your rivals at the biggest news network in the industry to win market share and dominate the ratings. As one of the first reporters with a pair of cybernetic eyes, you’ll break stories while you live them—and become a celebrity when you uncover a vast criminal conspiracy. When you blow the whistle on a human trafficking operation, will you focus on facts or on fame? Will you strike out as an independent, or follow the guidelines of your network? You can escape from an underground organ farm—but can you get your footage on the air and win the Ratings War? • Play a future-noir story of murder, corruption, and mystery. • Develop your reporting style as you balance your ambition and integrity. • Decide what facts make it to air, and how to spin them. • Break the rules to get your story. • Play as male, female, or non-binary. • Straight, gay, and bisexual romance options.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Wunderverse at Free against Ratings War's $4.99. Wunderverse also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 18 months). Ratings War's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and rating (4.5 vs 4.1). On review sentiment, 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
Wunderverse is free to download; Ratings War costs $4.99 up front. Wunderverse sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per year. Ratings War asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ratings War holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wunderverse has 64 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 81% of Wunderverse's written reviews are positive against 75% of Ratings War's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Wunderverse ships an update monthly, Ratings War every 18 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Wunderverse | Ratings War |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.1 (64 ratings) | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.8% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 64 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 18 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| 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 | 60 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Durable Brand Software LLC | Choice of Games LLC |
Customer experience
Wunderverse
Ratings War
In-app purchases
Wunderverse
- Pro Tools Upgrade$5.991 Year
- Hint Pack$0.99
- Out of Gas$0.99
- The Pley$0.99
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- Play Session with Tracking$0.99
- Play Session with Interaction$1.99
Ratings War
No in-app purchases
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