Pukk vs Serious Scramblers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pukk
Embark on an icy adventure as a treasure hunter seeking gold in challenging levels. Smash through obstacles, collect gold, and customize your character's appearance. Face off against bosses and unlock new items through loot boxes.
- Smash and grab gold
- Open loot boxes with gold coins
- Style and customize character
- Defeat bosses
- 80 challenging levels
- Premium Edition for extra features
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Pukk is a treasure hunter in search for gold way up north in Sweden. This ice cool and unique runner lets you smash your way through challenging levels looking super swag or utterly ridiculous! But it doesn't matter how you look, the lovesick polar bear will still chase you till the end of time. Use all your skills as master ice glider to smash treasures and avoid obstacles! » Smash and grab gold galore » Use your gold coins to open loot boxes » Style and swag your Pukk in all kinds of ways » Defeat the horrible bosses that stands in your way » 80 challenging levels Pukk is a premium game for free. Maximize your experience and buy the Premium Edition! Extra Premium Edition features are: » Open Premium loot boxes containing rare items » Save your level progress without ads » Save all your cool and crazy styling looks » Get a Premium-only item (The Royal Crown) Pukk is delivered to you with love from Team Itatake <3 Enjoy!
Serious Scramblers
Dive into a challenging arcade experience where you fall through a bottomless pit, overcoming obstacles and leveling up. Unlock new characters and face massive boss fights in this intense, jumpless platformer.
- Intense arcade action
- Level up with obstacles
- Unlock new characters
- Massive boss fights
- Leaderboard rankings
- Chip-tune music
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A seemingly bottomless pit has appeared and bloodcurdling shrieks can be heard from the depths below. What lies in the deep? The only reasonable thing to do is to jump in and find out! Overcome insurmountable odds in this highly challenging jumpless platformer! Welcome to Serious Scramblers! Features: • Fall your way through the super intense arcade action • Level up with challenging obstacles • Unlock new characters to supercharge you to the next level • Get ready for the finale - MASSIVE BOSS FIGHT • Mark your victory on the leaderboard • Enjoy with some real sweet chip-tune music while playing the game
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Pukk at none against Serious Scramblers's shown. Pukk also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (83% vs 68%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Pukk sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Serious Scramblers sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Serious Scramblers holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 126 and 224 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Pukk's written reviews are positive against 68% of Serious Scramblers's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Pukk ships an update every 2 weeks, Serious Scramblers every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pukk | Serious Scramblers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (126 ratings) | 4.5 (224 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 67.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 126 | 224 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.2 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 346 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Itatake.com | Yong Kian Chin |
Customer experience
Pukk
Serious Scramblers
User reviews
Pukk
From 126 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ❤️ Addictive and fun gameplay
- 👍 Great for killing time
- ✨ Cute and appealing graphics
- 😊 Calming and relaxing experience
- 🎮 Challenging yet enjoyable
Room to improve
- 😩 Frustrating when dying
- 💸 Paywall concerns
- ✋ Difficulty to get caught
- ⏳ Long wait times between levels
- 🤔 Weird character design
Serious Scramblers
From 224 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Engaging retro 8-bit aesthetic and music
- 👍 Intuitive and easy-to-learn controls
- 🎯 Well-designed level progression and difficulty scaling
- 💡 Innovative ad system that doesn't interrupt gameplay
- 🎨 Polished graphics and visual design
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent unexpected crashes and game closures
- 🎮 Imprecise and unresponsive controls on some devices
- 💸 Escalating revival costs that drain coin reserves
- 📺 Long ad durations (30+ seconds) between attempts
- 🎯 Unfair boss difficulty spikes
Bugs and requests
Pukk
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game crashes on iPhone X
- Ads after every death
- Game kicks out after buying premium
Requested features
7 requests- More levels needed
- Add a level editor
- Practice or training mode
- More ways to move character
- Checkpoints for levels
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- More levels without ads
- Snow fox to have bigger role
Serious Scramblers
Reported bugs
10 issues- Game crashes unexpectedly during gameplay
- Game crashes at critical moments near victory
- Controls fail to register player input
- Character moves opposite to intended direction
- Hearts mechanic doesn't function properly
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- Negative coin balance glitch
- Unintended character unlocks after crashes
- App minimizes when clicking side arrows
- Hitbox detection issues with enemies
- Performance lag on lower-end devices
Requested features
11 requests- Jump button or additional movement mechanics
- Power-ups and special abilities system
- More levels and content variety
- Character upgrades and progression system
- Versus/multiplayer mode
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- Infinite/endless mode
- Challenge modes
- More unique boss mechanics
- Adjustable control sensitivity
- Reduced ad frequency or shorter ad durations
- Multiple continue options per level
In-app purchases
Pukk
- Without ads$1.99
- Styling pack$1.99
- Premium Edition$2.99
Serious Scramblers
- Remove Forced Ads + 200 Coins$1.99
- Support the dev: play as Chiny$2.99
