Backhoe! vs Fly with Patient
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Backhoe!
An interactive illustration game designed for young children, featuring a backhoe with simple touch controls. Kids can explore, dig, and drive without any pressure or complex mechanics.
- Interactive backhoe controls
- Simple touch-to-play mechanics
- Watercolor illustration style
- No ads or in-app purchases
- Score tracking
- Kid-friendly design
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Backhoe! is a game built specifically for the youngest gamers in our lives. I built this game for my son and daughter who are 4 and 3, respectively. They have a lot of fun playing it and helped shape the game with their extensive playtesting and feedback, and I hope that a young truck lover in your life gets as much enjoyment out of it as they do. The game is fashioned as a sort of "interactive illustration", emulating a look of detailed watercolor truck illustrations in books of the 80s. The idea is to let kids play, touch anywhere on the screen, and not be accidentally booted out away from the fun. It's as easy and fun to use as a playground digger toy (you know, the ones with the two levers kids are always arguing over.) How to play: Touch anywhere on the screen to affect the game; touch the body of the backhoe to change the color of it, or tap the wheels to start and stop driving. Tap the back arm of the backhoe to work the digger scoop; press and hold anywhere on the screen and the bucket will follow your finger. Tap the front of the backhoe to work the loader bucket; press and hold anywhere on the screen and the bucket will follow your finger. Raise it high enough and dump out dirt, and collect more dirt by driving and scooping up dirt piles. Dig and make piles to their maximum size to score points. There is no wrong way to play the game, no way to fail, or convoluted steps too hard for the youngest players to understand. Scores are saved automatically and frequently, so you'll always have a running tally of all the fires you've extinguished. And best of all there are not, and will never be, any ads, in-app purchases, links to other apps, data collected by me, or links to take the player outside of the game. Have fun playing Backhoe! and feel free to contact me with feedback!
Fly with Patient
Pilot a helicopter to rescue patients and transport them to safety. Navigate challenging environments and avoid obstacles to complete your mission.
- Patient rescue missions
- Helicopter piloting
- Obstacle avoidance
- Safe transport gameplay
- Challenging navigation
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Save that patient. Get them to safety. Don't crash into that mountain!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Fly with Patient at Free against Backhoe!'s $1.99. Fly with Patient also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 53 months) and ratings volume (12 vs 2). Backhoe!'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#193 vs unranked). On rating, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Fly with Patient is free to download; Backhoe! costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Backhoe! against 4.4 for Fly with Patient. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fly with Patient has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Backhoe! ships an update every 53 months, Fly with Patient daily. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Backhoe! | Fly with Patient |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better | 4.4 (12 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 53 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #193 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 213 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Austin Ivansmith | Clap Clap Games |
Customer experience
Backhoe!
Fly with Patient
In-app purchases
Backhoe!
No in-app purchases
Fly with Patient
No in-app purchases
Questions
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