Comparison

Pushing Hands vs Sumoscience

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

Head to head
About

Pushing Hands

Engage in a hand-to-hand combat game where the goal is to push your opponent off the stage. Utilize attack and dodge buttons to outmaneuver and defeat your rivals. Master timing for powerful counter-attacks to secure victory.

Highlights
  • Push opponents off stage
  • Attack button
  • Dodge button
  • Counter-attack timing
  • Hand-to-hand combat
Features
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Pushing Hands is a familiar game that pushing and moving the opponent with hands. -How To Play- 1.With the attack button, knock down the opponent! 2.Dodge an attack from the opponent with the dodge button! 3.If you attack him at a certain timing, it will be a counter attack with stronger power! Reviewed by Appliv International: https://app-liv.com/en/games/action/10862?id=4188219

About

Sumoscience

Experience the physics of sumo wrestling with this game. Learn various attack styles, practice in a dedicated room, or compete in tournaments to climb the ranks and achieve Yokozuna status. Play solo or challenge a friend over Wi-Fi.

Highlights
  • Realistic sumo physics simulation
  • Multiple attack styles (pushout, slapdown, throws)
  • Practice room with adjustable AI
  • Single and two-player tournament modes
  • Rankings and leaderboards
  • Local Wi-Fi multiplayer
  • Customizable belt colors
Features
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Sumoscience is a game for people who want to learn more about sumo. It models the physics (forces/collisions) between the wrestlers. You can do a frontal pushout, belt pushout, slapdowns, and throws. You can practice in the practice room or try your skills in a one or two player tournament. In the practice room, you can change the attack style and level of your opponent to practice how to deal with certain attacks. You can also select automatic play to watch the computer play itself. In the game, you are the wrestler with the yellow belt. On the right side is a first-person view of your opponent with buttons for various attacks. 1) Chest attack: Press the red button the push the chest. You need to be moving forward for this to be effective. 2) Slapdown: Drag down the yellow button and your arm will reach for their head and attempt to pull them down. After your arm makes contact with their head (button turns blue), you need to move backward to give more force to your pull. This only works if your opponent is moving forward. 3) Grip Belt: You can press the green buttons to reach for the belt. When you have a grip, the button will turn blue. You can push them out of the ring. If you have a two-hand grip, you can sometimes lift them. You can escape from this grip by turning quickly. 4) Throw: Once you have a grip, you can turn quickly to the side opposite your grip. Once you are facing the same direction, you can step forward to throw them. 5) The forward and back buttons are on the left. The turn button is in the middle of the first-person view and it must be dragged left or right to turn.  There is a tournament room where you can compete in a tournament and get ranked from low Maegashira to Yokozuna. A tournament consists of 15 matches and you need to win 8 to be promoted. To get promoted to Ozeki, you need 33 wins in the last three matches. To get promoted to Yokozuna, you need to win two consecutive tournaments. When you finish a tournament, your rank will be posted on the leaderboards. There is one for overall high scores and one that is reset each month to provide a monthly tournament. In real world sumo, Yokozuna is an honorary rank and you cannot go down to ozeki (a Yokozuna can only retire). To simulate this, there is a Yokozuna leaderboard where the scores of tournaments by Yokozuna will be posted in terms of recency. To stay at the top of this leaderboard, you must regularly be in tournaments as a Yokozuna, otherwise your name will go down the list and that will be like retirement. Also, in this room you can change the color of the sumo’s belt. Just click on the belt of either your own wrestler or your opponent, and select the color from the wheel. Then click the belt again to close the selector. There is also a two-person room where you can play with others over wifi. Just connect to the same wifi. One player should press player 1 and the other player 2. Then both players press play and when they are both done, the sumo wrestlers will bow and the game will start. At the end, player 1 needs to press play to reset the game and then both players need to press play to start the bow. Sumoscience attempts to mimic some of the difficulties in real sumo. The chest push is easy, but you need to keep your opponent in front of you. Slapdowns are more difficult, because you need to have enough room to move backwards without going out. Gripping the belt and pushing them out is relatively straight-forward, but can be difficult if they are doing the same thing to you. Throws are a powerful move, but they require the coordination of multiple movements. As in real sumo, moving forward and keeping your opponent in front of you are the basis of a good technique.

Screenshots

Pushing Hands4 screens
Sumoscience4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sumoscience at 4.8 against Pushing Hands's 3.9. Sumoscience also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 9 months). Pushing Hands's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (41 vs 8). On price, review sentiment and device support 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. Sumoscience sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Pushing Hands asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sumoscience holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pushing Hands has 41 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Pushing Hands's written reviews are positive against 73% of Sumoscience's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pushing Hands ships an update every 9 months, Sumoscience monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Pushing Hands versus Sumoscience: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPushing HandsSumoscience
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (41 ratings)4.8 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.9% of reviews73.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings41 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB99 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHENN Inc.Franklin Chang

Customer experience

Pushing Hands

All ratings41 ratings
Positive73.2%
Neutral4.9%
Negative22.0%
Written reviews73 reviews
Positive69.9%
Neutral6.8%
Negative23.3%

Sumoscience

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pushing Hands

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Sumoscience

One-time2
  • Unlock game$6.99
  • Support this app$8.99

Questions

Is Pushing Hands free?
Pushing Hands is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sumoscience free?
Sumoscience is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pushing Hands or Sumoscience?
Sumoscience is rated higher. Pushing Hands averages 3.9 out of 5 from 41 ratings, while Sumoscience averages 4.8 from 8 ratings.
Do Pushing Hands or Sumoscience have ads?
Pushing Hands shows ads; Sumoscience does not.
Which is updated more often, Pushing Hands or Sumoscience?
Pushing Hands ships an update every 9 months, and Sumoscience monthly. Most recently, Pushing Hands was updated on October 11, 2026 and Sumoscience on September 18, 2026.

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