Vault! vs Hammer Bomb
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vault!
Experience thrilling pole vaulting with intuitive tap-and-hold controls. Navigate challenging environments, collect coins to unlock characters, and compete for the highest score. Enjoy endless arcade fun with physics-based challenges.
- Intuitive single-touch pole vaulting
- Physics-based arcade action
- Unlockable unique characters
- Game Center support for competition
- Coin collection for upgrades
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Pole vaulting has never been so fun! Cascading cliffs, huge bouncy springs and those infuriating red balls! How far can you go? How long will you last? Can you get the highest score? Classic intuitive physics arcade action with easy to use, hard to master tap and hold controls, mean that things aren't as simple as they seem. Features: - Intuitive single touch pole vaulting gameplay. - Simple concept that anyone can grasp! - Collect coins to unlock unique characters - Full game centre support to compete with friends and foes Important information This game contains third party advertising which can be removed via a one time IAP. This game contains coins which can be collected within the game for free, bought with real money or via earned via promotions. This game contains cross promotion for other Nitrome games and this is not removed with the IAP for removal of ads.
Hammer Bomb
Navigate dark mazes, battle monsters, and rescue soldiers in this arcade-style dungeon crawler. Discover hidden treasures, collect perks, and use a variety of weapons to defeat epic bosses. Enjoy endless mazes with charming voxel graphics.
- Endless mazes
- Voxel style graphics
- Epic boss battles
- Simple controls
- Various weapons
- 50 upgradeable perks
- In-maze quests
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Are you ready to enter dark mazes and dungeons - full of monster hordes and treasure? Help Sir Hammer bomb rescue all of his captured soldiers! Hammer Bomb is a new twist on dungeon style arcade games. Easy controls for anyone to play, but only a few will master! Drop bombs to open secret areas to find the best treasures. Go on quests looking for various types of junk food. Level up and collect all 50 perks to enhance your gameplaying abilities. Use various weapons, bows, swords, magic, and the almighty hammer! Battle Ginormous bosses in each of the biomes. Record a video on iPhone 6s and iPad Pro! Press down firmly on the screen for one second during gameplay and it will start recording. Then press firmly again to stop recording. Features: -An endless amount of mind bending mazes to escape -Great voxel style graphics -7 Epic Bosses to battle -Easy to play, simple controls for everyone -Various weapons to use and master -50 perks to upgrade your playing skills -Quests to find in each maze - lots of junk food
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Hammer Bomb at none against Vault!'s shown. Hammer Bomb also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (88% vs 71%). On price, rating, 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. Vault! sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Hammer Bomb sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Vault! against 4.6 for Hammer Bomb. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hammer Bomb has 599 ratings behind it against 77, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Vault!'s written reviews are positive against 88% of Hammer Bomb's.
Vault! ships an update every 5 months, Hammer Bomb every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 25, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vault! | Hammer Bomb |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (77 ratings) | 4.6 (599 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 87.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 77 | 599 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| 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 | 11.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 121 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Nitrome | Crescent Moon Games LLC |
Customer experience
Vault!
Hammer Bomb
User reviews
Vault!
From 77 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 🎨 Retro graphics and animations
- 💡 Innovative pole vaulting mechanic
- 🎉 Great time-waster game
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional glitches and bugs
- 💰 Intrusive ads and in-app purchases
- 🔁 Lack of content variety after unlocking all characters
Hammer Bomb
From 599 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 🎮 Retro-style graphics and music
- 💰 Good value for free game
- 🕹️ Simple and intuitive controls
- 🔍 Enjoyable exploration and discovery
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
- 🔁 Repetitive level design
- 📺 Intrusive ads
- 🎮 Limited control options
- 🔍 Difficulty in seeing traps and enemies
Bugs and requests
Vault!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Pole glitching out after continuing from an ad
- Respawning in unwinnable positions after continuing
- Invisible walls causing unexpected deaths
Requested features
4 requests- More playable characters with unique abilities
- Different game modes (e.g., time trial, challenges)
- Varied environments and level designs
- Customization options for the vaulting pole
Hammer Bomb
Reported bugs
5 issues- Inability to turn left or right
- Game crashes on launch
- Map not fully visible on some devices
- Weapon and item bugs
- Enemies getting stuck in walls
Requested features
5 requests- Build mode to create custom levels
- Multiplayer or co-op mode
- More enemy and weapon variety
- Improved optimization for newer devices
- Ability to continue from last checkpoint
In-app purchases
Vault!
- Buy Coins 1$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Buy Coins 2$2.99
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- Buy Coins 3$3.99
Hammer Bomb
- Epic Weapons Skins$0.99
- Coin Sack$1.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
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- Buy 5000 Coins$4.99
