Text Based Jimmy vs Spacing Out
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Text Based Jimmy
An 18+ text-based 2D platformer that tells the emotional story of Jimmy, a character in deep trouble with a strip club he's been sneaking into. Experience a narrative-driven adventure with a unique gameplay style.
- Text-based 2D platformer
- Emotional narrative
- Adult-oriented content
- Story-driven gameplay
- Unique mechanics
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18+ text-based 2D platformer following the emotional story of Jimmy, a poor fella who's found himself in a heap of trouble with the strip club he's been illegally sneaking in to.
Spacing Out
Embark on a 50,000-word personal tale of exploration and intense battles on a planet of nightmares. Lead a team of futuristic warriors, evolve your combat skills, and forge alliances with alien races to retrieve a powerful artifact and shape your future.
- 50,000-word personal tale
- Lead a team of futuristic warriors
- Evolve combat expertise
- Befriend alien races
- Claim a powerful artifact
- Choose gender and romance options
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Explore the planet of nightmares with your small team of warriors. Retrieve a powerful artifact from the claws of adversaries or die trying. Meet an enigmatic race of insectoid beings and befriend their hybrid queen, helping her bring peace to a captured hatchery. Get assisted by a powerful Pleiadian woman who mingles with the structure of time itself. Claim the artifact and embrace the options it gives you to forge a future of your desire. • Enjoy a 50,000-word personal tale of exploration, intense battles and reestablishing yourself in a world of your choice. • Lead a small team of futuristic warriors. • Evolve your expertise at sniping, close-range combat, melee combat, healing and forcefield generation. • Get saved by a beautiful Pleiadian woman. • Meet the enigmatic race of the insectoids and befriend their queen. • Claim a powerful artifact and decide what to do with it. • Play as male or female, gay or straight. • Choose between 3 optional romances.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Text Based Jimmy at 83% against Spacing Out's 33%. Text Based Jimmy also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Spacing Out's advantage is update cadence (every 15 months vs every 38 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Spacing Out sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Text Based Jimmy asks for nothing beyond the download.
Text Based Jimmy holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Text Based Jimmy's written reviews are positive against 33% of Spacing Out's.
Text Based Jimmy ships an update every 38 months, Spacing Out every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Text Based Jimmy | Spacing Out |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (8 ratings) — better | 3.7 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | Every 15 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ethan Sarif-Kattan | Hosted Games LLC |
Customer experience
Text Based Jimmy
Spacing Out
In-app purchases
Text Based Jimmy
No in-app purchases
Spacing Out
- Remove Advertising$4.99
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