Vault! vs HotdogUp
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.
HotdogUp
Jump your hotdog character up platforms to score in this challenging 2D platformer. The higher you climb, the faster the game becomes, with shooting sauces adding to the difficulty. Compete with friends and see how high you can go.
- 2D platform gameplay
- Chooseable hotdog characters
- Score-based progression
- Increasing difficulty
- Shooting sauce obstacles
- Share with friends
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Hotdog Up is a 2-D platform game app. You can choose your favorite hotdog character from the store and start playing! The goal is to jump up the platforms to score. The higher you score, the faster the game world moves. Watch out when you are up there! There are some shooting sauces that will increase your mass, making it harder to jump up! Let's see how high you can go! Have fun and enjoy the game and share with your hotdog friends!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: HotdogUp at none against Vault!'s shown. HotdogUp also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 71%). Vault!'s advantage is ratings volume (77 vs 5) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.6). 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 HotdogUp sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 4.4 for HotdogUp. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vault! has 77 ratings behind it against 5, 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 100% of HotdogUp's.
Vault! ships an update every 5 months, HotdogUp every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vault! | HotdogUp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (77 ratings) — better | 4.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 77 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 days — 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 — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 121 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nitrome | Cathy Oun |
Customer experience
Vault!
HotdogUp
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
HotdogUp
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
HotdogUp
- RemoveAds$0.99
