Comparison

Red Hearts vs Notebook Artillery

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

Head to head
About

Red Hearts

Engage in quick action-packed battles, dodging traps and throwing shurikens through miniature dungeons. This game is actively being developed with new content planned.

Highlights
  • Explore tiny dungeons
  • Battle monsters
  • Dodge traps
  • Throw shurikens
  • Quick bursts of action
Features
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Explore tiny dungeons in a game full of heart! Battle monsters, dodge traps, and throw shurikens in quick bursts of action. Red Hearts is currently in development by two brothers with lots more in the works: new enemies, dungeons, and secrets to discover. If you love it or have feedback, please let us know. Thanks for playing!

About

Notebook Artillery

Engage in strategic cannon combat with this arcade-simulation-action game. Adjust firing angle and powder to hit targets or opponents, accounting for wind and random stage layouts. Features hand-drawn art and multiple game modes.

Highlights
  • Adjust firing angle and powder
  • Account for wind and stage layouts
  • Solo target practice mode
  • CPU opponent
  • Local multiplayer vs mode
  • Hand-drawn game art
  • Unlockable stickers
Features
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Apple called it "sketchy — in a good way." Multiple-time Game of the Day in 80+ countries. Nintendo Force gave it 8.5/10. And it started as a doodle. Once upon a time in a middle school computer lab, a student ignored every assignment for an entire semester to fire cannons at a friend. That student grew up, spent 20 years making games professionally, and eventually decided the world needed a proper love letter to that wasted time. This is it. Notebook Artillery is a hand-drawn artillery game inspired by the classic Mac game that got confiscated off school computers everywhere. Set your angle. Load your powder. Fire. Account for the wind. Try not to hit your own tower. Play your way: Solo target practice — break floating targets across randomly generated stages VS CPU — take on a computer opponent Local multiplayer — challenge someone in the same room What makes it feel different: Every frame hand-drawn in Procreate — ruled lines, coil binding, pencil textures, the whole notebook aesthetic Trees splinter. Towers explode. Cannonballs collide mid-air. Wind changes everything. Read the flag. Use your shot trails. Unlock stickers by pulling off feats — first-shot eliminations, mid-air collisions, and yes, accidentally destroying your own tower Randomly generated stages mean no two games play the same Made by one person, with audio by Kevin Samuels and Switch/console ports by PolyCrunch Games. No AI tools were used in making this game. All art hand-drawn. Developed in GameMaker Studio.

Screenshots

Red Hearts4 screens
Notebook Artillery4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Red Hearts at Free against Notebook Artillery's $0.99. Red Hearts also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 82%). Notebook Artillery's advantage is ratings volume (148 vs 6) and chart position (#48 vs unranked). On rating, in-app purchases 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

Red Hearts is free to download; Notebook Artillery costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Red Hearts against 4.5 for Notebook Artillery. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notebook Artillery has 148 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Red Hearts's written reviews are positive against 82% of Notebook Artillery's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Red Hearts versus Notebook Artillery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRed HeartsNotebook Artillery
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.5 (6 ratings)4.5 (148 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better81.6% of reviews
Number of ratings6148 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#48 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB115 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperBrothers FlintAustin Ivansmith

Customer experience

Red Hearts

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Notebook Artillery

All ratings148 ratings
Positive87.2%
Neutral6.8%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive81.6%
Neutral10.3%
Negative8.0%

Bugs and requests

Red Hearts

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Notebook Artillery

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes on iOS 12 and 13 on iPad Pro
  • Inconsistent animation speeds

Requested features

7 requests
  • Online multiplayer
  • Campaign mode with objectives
  • Weapon/tower upgrades
  • Customization options
  • Special game modes (speed run, boss battles, etc.)
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  • Ability to save and continue games
  • Detailed badge/achievement system

In-app purchases

None

Red Hearts

No in-app purchases

None

Notebook Artillery

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Red Hearts free?
Red Hearts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Notebook Artillery free?
Notebook Artillery costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Red Hearts or Notebook Artillery?
Red Hearts and Notebook Artillery are both rated 4.5 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 148 ratings respectively.
Do Red Hearts or Notebook Artillery have ads?
Notebook Artillery shows ads; Red Hearts does not.

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