Hollywood Visionary vs Evertree Inn
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hollywood Visionary
Step into 1950s Hollywood as a studio head in this text-based interactive novel. Make critical decisions about your films, cast, and career to achieve cinematic glory or spectacular failure. Your choices shape your journey through the golden age of filmmaking.
- Interactive novel with choices
- Manage your own movie studio
- Engage with Hollywood legends
- Choose film genres and modifiers
- Multiple endings
- Optional romance plots
- Flexible character customization
Read full descriptionHide full description
Make the movie of your dreams amid the glamor and romance of 1950s Hollywood! "Hollywood Visionary" is a 150,000-word interactive novel by Aaron A. Reed, 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. As head of your own movie studio, you call the shots: hire Hitchcock, seduce Garbo, build your studio into an Oscar-winning powerhouse or star in a B-movie train wreck. Control everything about your production, from genre to casting to building up buzz. Do you have what it takes to become a Hollywood visionary? • Conquer the movie biz as a writer, director, producer, actor, or editor • Banter with Hollywood royalty like Orson Welles and Greta Garbo • Choose from dozens of genres and modifiers to make your film unique • Five possible endings to discover • Find love or throw yourself into your art: extensive but optional romance plots • Win an Oscar, create a cult classic, or languish in film obscurity • Will you name names for the blacklist, or risk everything to uphold your artistic ideals? • 150,000 words of content • Flexible gender presentation: independently control your pronouns, appearance, titles, and romance options
Evertree Inn
Embark on a text-based murder mystery adventure in a magical tavern. Your choices shape the narrative as you explore, interact with characters, and uncover clues to solve a deadly secret before the killer strikes again.
- Text-based interactive story
- Open-world tavern exploration
- Multiple playable races
- Combat with weapons and magic
- Choice-driven narrative
- Character relationship building
Read full descriptionHide full description
A mysterious tavern with a deadly secret! Check-in to this magical tale of murder and mystery where not everything is as it seems. Explore the tavern in secret or in style, meet and mingle with guests and staff, wield weapons and magic and uncover clues before the killer strikes again! Evertree Inn is an immersive 265,000 word interactive experience by Thom Baylay, 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. What will you do when an overnight stay in a highway tavern turns into the biggest mystery of your life? Will you rise to the challenge, or will you resist your destiny? Are you in it for the money, for the thrill of the chase or are you secretly hoping for romance? Enter an open world, where the choices you ignore matter as much as the ones you explore and where every interaction has a reaction. Choose your path as elf or dwarf, human or halfling or even the elusive brownie and find out if you have what it takes to survive the night at Evertree Inn? • Immerse yourself in the fully open and explorable tavern where your actions have real consequences. • Play as any one of five races, each with their own unique abilities and dialogue options! • Overcome obstacles with brute strength, keen perception, natural cunning and even magic. • Battle with any weapon you can imagine or unleash an impressive arsenal of spells. • Boldly confront guests and staff or lurk in the shadows as you uncover clues. • Make enemies and friends and maybe even find true love. • Play as male, female or non-binary. • Play as gay, straight, bisexual or asexual.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Evertree Inn at 4.9 against Hollywood Visionary's 4.4. Evertree Inn also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 74%) and ratings volume (74 vs 19). Hollywood Visionary's advantage is price ($4.99 vs $6.99). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Hollywood Visionary costs $4.99 and Evertree Inn $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Evertree Inn holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 74 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Hollywood Visionary's written reviews are positive against 94% of Evertree Inn's.
Hollywood Visionary ships an update every 13 months, Evertree Inn every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hollywood Visionary | Evertree Inn |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 — better | $6.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (19 ratings) | 4.9 (74 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.3% of reviews | 93.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 74 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months — better | Every 18 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Choice of Games LLC | Hosted Games LLC |
Customer experience
Hollywood Visionary
Evertree Inn
Bugs and requests
Hollywood Visionary
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Evertree Inn
Requested features
2 requests- Sequel or more stories from this author
- Ability to save or go back after bad choices
In-app purchases
Hollywood Visionary
No in-app purchases
Evertree Inn
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Hollywood Visionary free?
Is Evertree Inn free?
Which has better reviews, Hollywood Visionary or Evertree Inn?
Do Hollywood Visionary or Evertree Inn have ads?
Which is updated more often, Hollywood Visionary or Evertree Inn?
Other comparisons















