Baldur's Gate vs Episode - Choose Your Story

How do Baldur's Gate and Episode - Choose Your Story compare on difficulty, ad pressure, in-app-purchase pressure and what real reviewers say? A side-by-side look, grounded in App Store data.

	Baldur's Gate	Episode - Choose Your Story
Genre	Role Playing	Role Playing
Price	Paid	Free
Difficulty	hard	medium
Ad intensity	none	low
In-app-purchase pressure	none	high
Typical session	long	variable
Rating	3.9 / 5	4.7 / 5
Ratings count	668	2,817,659
Reviews say	What players like 75+ hours of classic D&D storytelling with memorable companions Excellent tablet experience, especially on iPad Pro with Apple Pencil support Faithful preservation of original campaign plus Tales of the Sword Coast expansion Common complaints UI elements and text far too small on phones, unplayable on iPhone even with scaling options No controller support despite repeated player requests Critical bugs blocking progression (tutorial lockups, spell screens refusing to close, touch targets not registering)	What players like Huge library of 150,000+ diverse stories Character customization and outfit design Community-driven with book clubs and reading challenges Common complaints All premium story choices and good outcomes locked behind gems Gems extremely expensive, often 19-35 per choice Free options disappointing and limit character appeal

Baldur's Gate — A faithful enhanced port of the classic 90s D&D cRPG that shines on tablets but struggles with mobile UI scaling. (rated hard difficulty, none ad pressure) Episode - Choose Your Story — Choose your own adventure through thousands of interactive romance and drama stories where your decisions shape the outcome. (rated medium difficulty, low ad pressure)

Data: Apple App Store, as of 2026-08-24. Last updated 2026-08-24.