Episode - Choose Your Story vs Roundguard

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

	Episode - Choose Your Story	Roundguard
Genre	Role Playing	Role Playing
Price	Free	Paid
Difficulty	medium	medium
Ad intensity	low	none
In-app-purchase pressure	high	none
Typical session	variable	medium
Rating	4.7 / 5	4.9 / 5
Ratings count	2,817,659	226
Reviews say	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	What players like Peggle-like pinball mechanics feel fresh in dungeon crawler setting Four distinct characters each with unique skills and humor Weekly challenges and leaderboards drive long-term engagement Common complaints UI elements too small for players with vision difficulties Leaderboard scores not updating correctly on iOS Random skill selection frustrating when some skills are clearly inferior

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) Roundguard — A bouncy pinball-physics dungeon crawler with Peggle-like mechanics, four unique classes, and roguelike permadeath in randomized castles. (rated medium difficulty, none ad pressure)

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