Hovercraft vs MouseBot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hovercraft
Build and customize combat vehicles, then race and battle enemies on highways. Arm your creations with a variety of weapons and power-ups to cause explosive chain reactions and achieve takedowns. Experience physics-based combat racing with real-time damage models.
- Custom vehicle building
- Weapon customization
- Multiplayer Survival Mode
- Physics-based combat
- Real-time damage models
- Loot and gear collection
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Hovercraft: Takedown is the #1 combat racing, custom vehicle building, totally addicting, physics based, action game of the year! Thugs have taken over the the Hovercraft highways! Build your custom Hovercraft. Arm it to the teeth with machine guns, lasers, and rockets. Then take to the streets and rack up those Takedowns! FEATURES * Build a completely custom Hovercraft and arm it with guns, lasers, missiles, and more! * Play with friends over Wi-Fi and fight through Multiplayer Survival Mode! * Smash enemy vehicles to pieces and cause crazy chain reaction explosions! * Equip up to 6 weapons simultaneously, and customize your loadout from thousands of possible combinations * Long range sniper cannons? 360 degree tracking lasers? Triple fire homing rockets? How about all of them, at the same time! * Blast your way through gorgeous rocky mountain passes at breakneck speeds * Counter enemy weapons with dozens of unique power ups and weapon types * Upgrade your Hovercraft squadron and become even more powerful * Endless loot! Collect & win tons of rare, epic, and legendary consumables & gear from card packs * Real-time damage models affect all of your Hovercraft's systems, from weapons to thrusters * Experience insane physics-based combat racing, like nothing you've played before! “I got 35 Takedowns! What’s a Takedown?...” – Margaret from California “Those #@$% laser trucks keep blowing up my power core!” – Noah from New Zealand “My custom Hovercraft is a flying cat with laser eyes and machine gun paws.” – Spark from New York FOLLOW US https://www.facebook.com/hovercraftgame https://twitter.com/HovercraftGame http://www.highscorehero.com/ Please note this app is not compatible with iPhone 4 or iPod Touch 4.
MouseBot
Navigate a robotic mouse through treacherous mazes filled with mechanical traps and obstacles. Collect cheese to unlock new customizations and abilities in this fast-paced platforming adventure.
- 88 challenging mazes
- Hilarious cartoon destruction
- Unlock new abilities
- Collect cheese
- Customize MouseBot with skins
- Eye-popping cartoon visuals
- Multiple control options
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Guide MouseBot through mazes of fantastical mechanical mouse traps created by the cat scientists of CatLab. Dodge giant metal Kitty Krushers, leap over mouse-grinding Roller Graters, evade scary Mines and Lasers, and platform your way across pools of bot-melting Acid on an epic quest for cheese and freedom. Conquer 88 challenging platform-style levels as you delve deeper into the mysterious laboratories of CatLab and uncover the cats' nefarious plans. Collect epic piles of cheese, and transmogrify that cheese into new skins and accessories for your robotic mouse. MouseBot: Escape from CatLab is a zany and exciting platforming game that will test your reflexes, skills, timing, and love of cheese! GAME FEATURES • 88 challenging mazes filled with traps and obstacles. • Hilarious cartoon destruction! Try not to get crushed, stomped, zapped or blown to bits. • Unlock new abilities! Run, jump and transform for land and water! • Collect epic piles of cheese! • Win new skins and accessories to customize MouseBot! • Eye-popping cartoon visuals on iPhone, iPad and AppleTV • Control options include touch screen, simple and extended gamepads (and Siri remote on AppleTV.) • Earn achievements with Game Center, and stay synced with iCloud. CUSTOMER SUPPORT If you encounter a problem running the game, please visit us at: www.vectorunit.com/support STAY IN TOUCH Be the first to hear about updates, download custom images, and interact with the developers! Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/VectorUnit Follow us on Twitter @vectorunit Visit our web page at www.vectorunit.com MouseBot is free to play but there are optional in-app purchases available.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Hovercraft at none against MouseBot's shown. Hovercraft also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On price, review sentiment, 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. Hovercraft sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and MouseBot sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Hovercraft holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hovercraft has 8.1K ratings behind it against 1.1K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Hovercraft's written reviews are positive against 85% of MouseBot's.
Hovercraft ships an update every 2 months, MouseBot every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 13, 2026.
| Parameter | Hovercraft | MouseBot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (8.1K ratings) — better | 4.3 (1.1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.6% of reviews — better | 84.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8.1K — better | 1.1K |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 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, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 142 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | High Score Hero LLC | Vector Unit |
Customer experience
Hovercraft
MouseBot
User reviews
Hovercraft
From 8.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and addictive gameplay
- 👍 Ability to build custom hovercrafts
- 🤩 Creative and fun game
- 💯 Great for passing time
- 🎮 Enjoyable 2-player mode
Room to improve
- 🤖 Too many ads interrupting gameplay
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
- 🔁 Repetitive and lacking variety
- 🔧 Limited customization options
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
MouseBot
From 1.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 🎨 Charming graphics and visuals
- 🐁 Nostalgic and engaging mouse-themed experience
- 🔓 Fair monetization with no forced in-app purchases
Room to improve
- 🔁 Duplicate gear obtained from cheese purchases
- ⏱️ Limited lives system can be frustrating
- 🔍 Lack of new levels and content updates
- 🔧 Occasional bugs and glitches
Bugs and requests
Hovercraft
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inconsistent loading times
- Multiplayer connectivity issues
- Disappearing vehicle parts
- Incorrect timer displays for card packs
Requested features
5 requests- Online multiplayer mode
- More unique bosses and environments
- Upgradable weapons and abilities
- Ability to save and load custom hovercrafts
- Reduced ad frequency or ad-free option
MouseBot
Reported bugs
3 issues- Progress resets or disappears
- Unresponsive controls and inputs
- Crashes and freezes on certain devices
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and chapters
- Level editor and sharing functionality
- Customizable controls and button placement
- Infinite lives or reduced wait times
In-app purchases
Hovercraft
- Ram Hovercraft$0.99
- Traffic Coin Pack$1.99
- Drive Coin Pack$4.99
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- Pitbull Hovercraft$4.99
- Skyward Hovercraft$4.99
- Coin Doubler$4.99
- Epic Starter Pack$4.99
- Chase Coin Pack$9.99
- Warrior Hovercraft$9.99
- Revenge Hovercraft$9.99
- Ghost Hovercraft$19.99
MouseBot
- Cyber Skin Special$0.99
- Jet Pack Special$0.99
- A Pile of Power Tokens$1.99
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- Cyber Skin$1.99
- Red Fire Skin$1.99
- Jet Pack$1.99
- Angel Wings Special$1.99
- X-Ray Skin$1.99
- Arcade Mode$3.99
- Stacks of Power Tokens$4.99
- Go Premium$4.99
- Buckets of Power Tokens$9.99
- ACME Special! Crates of Power Tokens$19.99









