Comparison

Insect Smasher vs Nextbots Online

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Insect Smasher

Engage in a satisfying insect-smashing experience with multiple game modes. Defend pizza, manage hordes, or race against time. Unlock new insects and environments with HD graphics.

Highlights
  • Multiple game modes (Pizza Defense, Invasion, Time Attack, Mix, Free To Play)
  • Unlockable insects and environments
  • HD graphics
  • Bonus items (honey pot, bomb, freeze, spray)
  • Coin earning system
Features
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Insect Smasher, insect smashing at its best ! Insect Smasher is a fun game in its purest form. No hard rules to comprehend. Just one goal: have fun smashing up as many insects as possible. Trust us, your fingers will never forget it. You can start playing Insect Smasher at anytime but once you do, beware, you will never leave. As you start to get more and more skilled at smashing insects, we will throw at you more and more challenges to complete. 5 Game Modes are available in Insect Smasher: ◆ Pizza Defense: You will have to defend your delicious pizza against hordes of insects! Who will be the one with the last slice of pizza, you or the insects? ◆ Invasion : Your job will be to keep the insects under a certain manageable level. It is all about your skills and your good use of bonuses. ◆ Time Attack: Super Straight forward. Get rid of Insects in a given amount of time. Use your time wisely! ◆ Mix : A mix of Pizza Defense, Invasion and Time Attack. If you are lost, just remember to smash all the insects ! ◆ Free To Play: No rule, Just Fun. Smash them all! To help you in your insect smashing quest, you will earn coins and be given the opportunity to purchases bonuses. Whether you use the honey pot, the bomb, the freeze or the spray bonus, your goal will remain the same: get rid of them all! The game is packed with dozens of different insects to unlock and beautiful HD graphics that reproduce everyday life but also exotic environment to discover as you progress through the game. Beware, Your productivity level might get smashed the day you start playing Insect Smasher. Download the game for free today !

About

Nextbots Online

Experience a thrilling chase game where you're hunted by terrifying monsters. Explore diverse maps, play solo or with friends in multiplayer, and even create your own levels in a sandbox mode.

Highlights
  • Multiplayer chase game
  • Single player mode
  • Custom map editor
  • Voice and text chat
  • Diverse maps (Backrooms, Construct)
  • Community-created maps
Features
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Nextbots Online is both a scary and fun game, Nextbot is a monster that will hunt you down. The game has many different modes and maps where you can play in single player mode or together with friends in multiplayer. There are such popular maps as Backrooms, Construct, as well as many custom maps created by the community. In "Map Editor" (Sandbox) you can create your own map and share it with your friends. This mode is similar to "Garry's Mod" (often abbreviated as "gmod"). You will be haunted by such Nextbots as: Obunga, Gigachad, Armstrong and many others. In multiplayer, there is voice and text chat for communication. Run away, survive, have fun, build, I'm sure you'll find something to do in this diverse game!

Screenshots

Insect Smasher4 screens
Nextbots Online4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Insect Smasher at none against Nextbots Online's 10. Insect Smasher also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). Nextbots Online's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 50%) and ratings volume (775 vs 4). On price, rating 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Nextbots Online sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Insect Smasher asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Insect Smasher against 4.2 for Nextbots Online. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nextbots Online has 775 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Insect Smasher's written reviews are positive against 75% of Nextbots Online's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Insect Smasher versus Nextbots Online: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInsect SmasherNextbots Online
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (4 ratings) — better4.2 (775 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4775 — better
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size133 MB481 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperMagma MobileMAKSIM NAZARENKO

Customer experience

Insect Smasher

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Nextbots Online

All ratings776 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral6.4%
Negative13.5%
Written reviews312 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral10.9%
Negative14.1%

Bugs and requests

Insect Smasher

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Nextbots Online

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Nextbots getting stuck in objects
  • Inability to save custom Nextbot creations
  • Multiplayer matchmaking issues and connection problems
  • Game freezing or crashing during play

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more Nextbot characters and skins
  • Improve the map editor with more customization options
  • Implement a way to share custom Nextbots with other players
  • Add new game modes like survival or cooperative play
  • Reduce the frequency of ads or allow players to disable them

In-app purchases

None

Insect Smasher

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Nextbots Online

One-time10
  • 1000 Gold$0.99
  • 100 Gems$0.99
  • VIP - 1 week$1.99
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  • Starter Pack$1.99
  • 5000 Gold$3.99
  • 500 Gems$3.99
  • VIP - 1 month$4.99
  • Premium season pass$4.99
  • 1000 Gems$7.99
  • VIP$29.99

Questions

Is Insect Smasher free?
Insect Smasher is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nextbots Online free?
Nextbots Online is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Insect Smasher or Nextbots Online?
Insect Smasher is rated higher. Insect Smasher averages 4.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Nextbots Online averages 4.2 from 775 ratings.
Do Insect Smasher or Nextbots Online have ads?
Nextbots Online shows ads; Insect Smasher does not.

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