Comparison

Scribble Squabble vs Partywheel

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

Head to head
About

Scribble Squabble

Engage in strategic paper warfare by building forts and launching hand-drawn attacks against friends or AI. Victory goes to the most skilled sketcher on a digital notebook page.

Highlights
  • Build forts on a digital notebook page
  • Battle friends or AI opponents
  • Launch hand-drawn bombs
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Play with 1-10 forts
  • Unlockable themes via in-app purchase
Features
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A few minutes of downtime is all you need to wage furiously scribbled warfare, battling friends or an evil artificial intelligence who knows exactly how to defeat you. The battlefield is a war-torn, crumpled sheet of notebook paper. Half the page belongs to you, half to your opponent. Build your forts, then brace for combat as you cross sharpened pencils, taking turns lobbing handdrawn bombs until their forts are mere scorched smudges. Victory belongs to the sketchiest player! It's all-out warfare. On digital paper, of course! • Play against a friend or a computer opponent on your device • Battle anyone with a network connection signed into Game Center • Three difficulty levels • Play with 1 to 10 forts • Choose from several themes. Classic and X-mas are free. Tanks, Subs, Space, and Planes are available for In-App Purchase • _Do not_ use an actual pencil on your device

About

Partywheel

This app offers a fun and interactive way to enhance social gatherings with a variety of games and challenges. Spin a wheel to determine the next activity, from dance-offs to truth-or-dare, ensuring an engaging experience for all participants.

Highlights
  • Interactive game wheel
  • Spin to determine actions
  • Variety of challenges
  • Easy setup and play
  • Suitable for social events
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One spin picks what you play together next. Partywheel brings 14 group games to Apple TV, iPhone and iPad, with no player names to enter and no ads. The cropped wheel reveals your next game. Its rules stay on screen until you spin again, so you can jump straight into playing together. All 14 classics are included for free. A one-time purchase of Partywheel Premium lets you disable individual games and add, edit or delete your own games with a title, emoji and description. With iCloud, your personal game selection syncs across your devices. On iPhone and iPad, you can also save your own games locally without iCloud. Editing on Apple TV requires an available iCloud connection; games already saved there can also be played offline. One Premium purchase works on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV using the same Apple Account for purchases. If you previously purchased the ad-free option, Premium is included without another purchase. The interface and classic games are available in English, German, French and Spanish. Your own game descriptions stay just as you wrote them. Sound and supported haptics can be switched off separately.

Screenshots

Scribble Squabble4 screens
Partywheel3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Scribble Squabble at 100% against Partywheel's 50%. Scribble Squabble also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.2) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 27.0). Partywheel's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 46 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Scribble Squabble sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Partywheel sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Scribble Squabble holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Scribble Squabble's written reviews are positive against 50% of Partywheel's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scribble Squabble ships an update every 46 months, Partywheel monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Scribble Squabble versus Partywheel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScribble SquabblePartywheel
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (11 ratings) — better3.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 46 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TViPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV
Requires iOS12.4 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size212 MB6 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperSplasm Software, Inc.Johannes Bauer

Customer experience

Scribble Squabble

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Partywheel

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Scribble Squabble

One-time4
  • Subs Theme$0.99
  • Space Theme$0.99
  • Planes Theme$0.99
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  • Tanks Theme$0.99
1 purchases

Partywheel

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Scribble Squabble free?
Scribble Squabble is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Partywheel free?
Partywheel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Scribble Squabble or Partywheel?
Scribble Squabble is rated higher. Scribble Squabble averages 5.0 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Partywheel averages 3.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Scribble Squabble or Partywheel have ads?
Neither Scribble Squabble nor Partywheel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scribble Squabble or Partywheel?
Scribble Squabble ships an update every 46 months, and Partywheel monthly. Most recently, Scribble Squabble was updated on October 8, 2026 and Partywheel on October 16, 2026.

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