Ultimate Briefcase vs Serious Scramblers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ultimate Briefcase
Engage in a survival simulator where you dodge relentless waves of automated machines. Utilize unique characters with upgradable abilities and explore diverse city environments to uncover the mystery behind the onslaught and the titular briefcase.
- Dodge automated machine onslaughts
- Use ridiculous special moves
- Unlock unique characters with upgradable abilities
- Explore diverse city areas
- Unlock items for survival and coins
- Collect security footage to piece together the story
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Hundreds of automated doomsday machines have been unleashed on the city. Survive waves of onslaught using your dodging skills and a variety of ridiculous special moves. Where did the mysterious bomb-dropping, laser-spewing machines come from? What is the Ultimate Briefcase? And what is in it? • Unlock a cast of unique characters, all with their own upgradable special abilities. • Explore different areas of the city, from the fiery alley to the treacherous trapdoors of the water works bridge. • Unlock new items to help you survive longer and rake in more coins. • Collect security footage to piece together the story, and find answers to some of the questions above. • No unlocks are purely cosmetic – everything you get has a real effect on the game. 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 or bought with real money.
Serious Scramblers
Dive into a challenging arcade experience where you fall through a bottomless pit, overcoming obstacles and leveling up. Unlock new characters and face massive boss fights in this intense, jumpless platformer.
- Intense arcade action
- Level up with obstacles
- Unlock new characters
- Massive boss fights
- Leaderboard rankings
- Chip-tune music
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A seemingly bottomless pit has appeared and bloodcurdling shrieks can be heard from the depths below. What lies in the deep? The only reasonable thing to do is to jump in and find out! Overcome insurmountable odds in this highly challenging jumpless platformer! Welcome to Serious Scramblers! Features: • Fall your way through the super intense arcade action • Level up with challenging obstacles • Unlock new characters to supercharge you to the next level • Get ready for the finale - MASSIVE BOSS FIGHT • Mark your victory on the leaderboard • Enjoy with some real sweet chip-tune music while playing the game
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Ultimate Briefcase at none against Serious Scramblers's shown. Ultimate Briefcase also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Ultimate Briefcase sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Serious Scramblers sells 2 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 — 4.4 for Ultimate Briefcase against 4.5 for Serious Scramblers. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 214 and 225 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 66% of Ultimate Briefcase's written reviews are positive against 68% of Serious Scramblers's.
Ultimate Briefcase ships an update every 2 months, Serious Scramblers every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ultimate Briefcase | Serious Scramblers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (214 ratings) | 4.5 (225 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.0% of reviews | 67.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 214 | 225 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| 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 | 8.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nitrome | Yong Kian Chin |
Customer experience
Ultimate Briefcase
Serious Scramblers
User reviews
Ultimate Briefcase
From 214 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great game, fun and addictive
- 🎨 Beautiful pixel art and graphics
- 🎶 Awesome chiptune music
- 💰 Good value for free-to-play
- 🔍 Interesting story and lore
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and bugs, especially after updates
- 💰 Aggressive monetization, hard to progress without paying
- 🕹️ Controls and difficulty curve issues
- 🔍 Lack of content and progression after unlocking everything
Serious Scramblers
From 225 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Engaging retro 8-bit aesthetic and music
- 👍 Intuitive and easy-to-learn controls
- 🎯 Well-designed level progression and difficulty scaling
- 💡 Innovative ad system that doesn't interrupt gameplay
- 🎨 Polished graphics and visual design
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent unexpected crashes and game closures
- 🎮 Imprecise and unresponsive controls on some devices
- 💸 Escalating revival costs that drain coin reserves
- 📺 Long ad durations (30+ seconds) between attempts
- 🎯 Unfair boss difficulty spikes
Bugs and requests
Ultimate Briefcase
Reported bugs
4 issues- Fatal errors causing app to crash
- Glissant character slide not working properly
- Game Center integration not functioning
- Landscape mode issues with UI elements
Requested features
4 requests- More levels, characters, and power-ups
- Improved save/sync functionality across devices
- Accessibility options like high contrast mode
- Ability to skip cutscenes and animations
Serious Scramblers
Reported bugs
10 issues- Game crashes unexpectedly during gameplay
- Game crashes at critical moments near victory
- Controls fail to register player input
- Character moves opposite to intended direction
- Hearts mechanic doesn't function properly
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- Negative coin balance glitch
- Unintended character unlocks after crashes
- App minimizes when clicking side arrows
- Hitbox detection issues with enemies
- Performance lag on lower-end devices
Requested features
11 requests- Jump button or additional movement mechanics
- Power-ups and special abilities system
- More levels and content variety
- Character upgrades and progression system
- Versus/multiplayer mode
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- Infinite/endless mode
- Challenge modes
- More unique boss mechanics
- Adjustable control sensitivity
- Reduced ad frequency or shorter ad durations
- Multiple continue options per level
In-app purchases
Ultimate Briefcase
- 500 Coins!$1.99
- 2,000 Coins!$2.99
- Remove Ads$3.99
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- 5,000 Coins!$4.99
Serious Scramblers
- Remove Forced Ads + 200 Coins$1.99
- Support the dev: play as Chiny$2.99
Questions
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