Comparison

Ears Farmland vs Sonar Islands

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

Head to head
About

Ears Farmland

An accessible audio game where players guide farm animals into a barn by exploring the barnyard and dragging them to fences. Score points by successfully moving animals, with various game modes and adjustable difficulty.

Highlights
  • Audio-based gameplay
  • Animal herding mechanics
  • Barnyard exploration
  • Scoring system
  • Practice mode
  • Timed game modes
  • Adjustable animal count and speed
Features
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Ears Farmland is an fully accessible audio game where you are a farmer trying to move your animals into a barn. Explore the barnyard with your finger, and find each the cows, sheep, chickens and other animals, and then drag them to the north, south, east or west fences. Once you've hitched the animals to a fence, swipe that fence with 2 fingers to move the animals into their barn. The more animals you move into the barn, the more points you'll score. Ears Farmland comes with several games, including a practice mode, and several different timed games. You control the number of animals on the barn yard, and how fast the game is played. There are in-app upgrades for purchasing coins needed for game play.

About

Sonar Islands

Embark on an audio-driven multiplayer adventure across 14 unique islands. Build your empire, explore diverse environments from ancient temples to volcanic landscapes, and engage in various challenges. Full game access requires a subscription.

Highlights
  • Multiplayer online gameplay
  • Audio-driven events
  • Empire building
  • Island exploration and development
  • Diverse island themes
  • Tutorial and story modes
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Sonar Islands is a MULTIPLAYER ONLINE game, where all relevant events happen in your ears. Build up your empire, explore and develop 14 different islands with this award winning GAME OF THE DAY 2021. Visit an ancient TEMPLE, the ancestors built, where snakes are biting. Take a trip to the JUNGLE, watch abandoned lions on your way Have a merry-go-round on the FUN FAIR and shoot all toys Feel the terraforming heat of the VOLCANO island Short-circuit their brain of the robots from Feer in the MACHINE HALL Get lost in the labyrinth of the PING Island Deal with wind and mosquitos high up on the TREETOP Face the invisible power o ELECTRO. Dance on a ViNYL Record and collect treasures hold by little creatures, Fear the zombies on the GRAVEYARD, Skate on a WINTER LAKE, Visit the monks in their MONASTERY, climb up to HIMALAYA Or decide between HEAVEN or HELL Happy vacation on the islands! Sonar Islands comes with a tutorial, a training island and a story island. To get full access to the game, Sonar Islands offers a monthly and a yearly subscription. When you purchase a subscription, payments will be charged to your App Store account at the confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. For more information, see our Terms of Use (https://www.mentalhome.eu/terms-of-use/) and our Privacy Policy (https://www.mentalhome.eu/privacy-policy/).

Screenshots

Ears Farmland2 screens
Sonar Islands4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Ears Farmland at free with in-app purchases against Sonar Islands's subscription. Ears Farmland also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.5). Sonar Islands's advantage is review sentiment (60% vs 25%) and ratings volume (83 vs 10). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Ears Farmland sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Sonar Islands sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ears Farmland holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sonar Islands has 83 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 25% of Ears Farmland's written reviews are positive against 60% of Sonar Islands's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ears Farmland ships an update monthly, Sonar Islands every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Ears Farmland versus Sonar Islands: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEars FarmlandSonar Islands
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (10 ratings) — better3.5 (83 ratings)
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews60.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1083 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.5
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB288 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperKid Friendly Software, IncHansjoerg Mikesch

Customer experience

Ears Farmland

All ratings10 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%

Sonar Islands

All ratings83 ratings
Positive56.6%
Neutral13.3%
Negative30.1%
Written reviews143 reviews
Positive60.1%
Neutral10.5%
Negative29.4%

Bugs and requests

Ears Farmland

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Sonar Islands

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes and freezes on certain devices
  • Compass and navigation issues with iOS 16
  • Incorrect Morse code in tutorial
  • Inconsistent audio cues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Additional free islands to explore
  • Option to purchase game outright instead of subscription
  • More varied event types and challenges
  • Ability to customize islands
  • Support for multiple languages

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Ears Farmland

One-time5
  • 20 Coins$0.99
  • Barnyard Pack 1$3.99
  • Barnyard Pack 2$3.99
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  • 250 Coins$6.99
  • Unlimited Coins Upgrade$9.99
5 purchases

Sonar Islands

Subscriptions2
  • Full Access - monthly$2.991 Month
  • Full Access - yearly$29.491 Year
One-time3
  • 100 Diamonds$0.99
  • 500 Diamonds$3.99
  • 1000 Diamonds$5.99

Questions

Is Ears Farmland free?
Ears Farmland is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sonar Islands free?
Sonar Islands is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ears Farmland or Sonar Islands?
Ears Farmland is rated higher. Ears Farmland averages 3.7 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Sonar Islands averages 3.5 from 83 ratings.
Do Ears Farmland or Sonar Islands have ads?
Neither Ears Farmland nor Sonar Islands shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ears Farmland or Sonar Islands?
Ears Farmland ships an update monthly, and Sonar Islands every 2 months. Most recently, Ears Farmland was updated on October 7, 2026 and Sonar Islands on October 29, 2026.

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