Comparison

Hop vs Catch The Magic Egg

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

Head to head
About

Hop

Guide a bouncing ball across a path of tiles, making as many hops as possible. Achieve high scores through precise control and chaining moves together. Challenge friends and see who can bounce the furthest.

Highlights
  • Tile bouncing gameplay
  • Left/right drag controls
  • Score chaining
  • Friend score challenges
  • Arcade action
Features
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Bounce off tiles and make as many hops as you can in this mind-blowing arcade action! Touch the screen and drag left or right to guide the ball from tile to tile. Don’t miss the path! Make insane combos and beat your friend's scores! What is your best score?

About

Catch The Magic Egg

Features
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Catch The Egg! is a fast-paced arcade game where you control a stickman trying to catch colourful eggs dropped by a flying bird. Move left and right, jump over watercolour-painted trees, and hold CATCH to grab eggs before they smash on the ground. But watch out — storm clouds fire lightning bolts that zap eggs out of the sky! HOW TO SCORE: • +10 points — catch a falling egg • +5 points — jump over a tree • −10 points — walk into a tree • −10 points — lightning destroys an egg • −1 point — egg hits the ground FEATURES: • Colourful hand-painted watercolour trees • Shimmering rainbow sky particles • Storm clouds with flak lightning bursts • Cute chicks hatch from every caught egg • Relaxing piano soundtrack • Game Center leaderboard — compete for the top score • Simple touch controls — easy to learn, hard to master How high can you score? Challenge your friends on the global leaderboard!

Screenshots

Hop4 screens
Catch The Magic Egg3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Catch The Magic Egg at none against Hop's 1. Catch The Magic Egg also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hop sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Catch The Magic Egg asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Hop versus Catch The Magic Egg: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHopCatch The Magic Egg
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (30K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings30K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size179 MB61 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperKetchappThomas Mellor

Bugs and requests

Hop

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Ads covering the screen during gameplay
  • Game freezing and causing loss of progress

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add multiplayer or social features
  • Introduce more varied gameplay elements
  • Allow customization of balls and backgrounds
  • Implement a pause button

Catch The Magic Egg

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Hop

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
None

Catch The Magic Egg

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hop free?
Hop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Catch The Magic Egg free?
Catch The Magic Egg is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hop or Catch The Magic Egg have ads?
Hop shows ads; Catch The Magic Egg does not.

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