Comparison

Phase Spur vs Eat Bugs

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

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About

Phase Spur

Engage your mind with a unique reverse match-3 puzzle game featuring adorable creatures. Solve challenging levels by arranging no more than two creatures in a line to make them happy. Offers two distinct game modes and a dynamic difficulty system for endless brain-training fun.

Highlights
  • Unique reverse match 3 gameplay
  • Two game modes: Classic and Challenge
  • 156 levels across both modes
  • Game Center leaderboards and achievements
  • Dynamic difficulty adjustment
  • Family-friendly and brain-training
  • Optimized for iPad
Features
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Phase Spur is a casual brain puzzle game with cute little creatures. Phase Spur features an unique reverse match 3 gameplay. When the creatures are happy, their spirit and cuteness endear everyone, so much so, it’s easy to get carried away by their cuteness. However, when they are disturbed, they can be quite annoying. So, here's a thing, MAKE THEM HAPPY! The task is, arrange no more than two creatures in a line. As they are adamant in nature, no three creatures (not more than two) can exist along a line (vertical, diagonal and horizontal) from their point of view. The game is made for both casual gamers and serious puzzle lovers. Solving a level requires careful analysis and observation. Improvisation works very rarely in this brain puzzler. So, embark on a stylized visual journey by solving puzzles and make these cute little creatures smile again. Phase Spur Features : ◆ Two game modes: Classic Normal Mode and a taxing challenge mode ◆ A Game Center leader board to watch out your friends ◆ Play with adorable creatures ◆ Eight different and adorable creatures ◆ Has 78 Levels each in Normal Mode and Challenge Mode. Overall there are 156 levels to test and challenge your brain. Can you solve all the puzzles? ◆ 41 Interesting Game Center Achievements. Can you unlock all of them? ◆ Dynamic difficulty system that assists and adjusts as per your play that provides an excellent replay value. Are you ready to face the challenge? ◆ Phase Spur is optimised for iPad ◆ Unique reverse match 3 gameplay ◆ Clean, intuitive design with a relaxing soundtrack ◆ Share your level completion mastery (Screenshot) with your friends ◆ Phase Spur is a family friendly game, sharpens your observation skills and can help you train your brain ◆ Phase Spur is localized in French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and German Phase Spur with the unique reverse match 3 puzzle mechanic will be your new puzzle addiction so follow our social accounts to stay updated and receive the latest improvement news: ▶Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/vishtekstudios/ ▶Twitter : https://twitter.com/VishtekStudios ▶Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/vishtek_studios_in/ ▶Website : https://www.vishtekstudios.com/ We’d love to hear from you so leave a review and tell us what can we do to make this the best reverse match 3 brain puzzle! Download and enjoy playing Phase Spur to experience a never seen reverse match 3 gameplay. Phase Spur is developed and published by Vishtek Studios LLP. The game is inspired by the 'No-three-in-line-problem' introduced by Henry Earnest Dudeney(1917). Remember, your best decisions could be spur of the moment in Phase Spur. You'd like this game if you are a fan of Match-3 puzzles, brain teasers, slide puzzles, family puzzle games, character based puzzle games, moving puzzle games, innovative puzzles, Maze puzzle games, shape brain games, brain training puzzles and brain puzzles. © 2017-2026. Phase Spur is developed and published by Vishtek Studios LLP. ‘Phase Spur’, 'Phase Spur - Logo and Characters' and associated elements are owned by Vishtek Studios LLP. ‘Vishtek Studios’, the Vishtek Studios logo® (brand) are registered trademarks of Vishtek Studios LLP. Vishtek Studios LLP is a registered, bootstrapped, self funded and incorporated LLP with two designated partners. All rights reserved.

About

Eat Bugs

A whimsical frog navigates challenging puzzles, gobbling bugs to achieve the highest score. This game strengthens arithmetic skills and encourages strategic thinking with randomly generated levels and special bugs. Enjoy a fun, replayable experience with increasing difficulty.

Highlights
  • Whimsical frog character
  • Bug-gobbling gameplay
  • Strategic pathfinding for high scores
  • Arithmetic skill enhancement
  • Randomly generated puzzles
  • Special bugs and wormholes
  • Multiple difficulty levels
Features
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Eat Bugs is a puzzle game that features a whimsical frog that gobbles up comical bugs of varying point values. The secret is to find path through each puzzle that will score the most points, and allow you to move on to the next puzzle. This can be very challenging. The game has 15 levels. Each level contains 3 puzzles and a bonus puzzle. Levels start out easy and get progressively harder. Three levels of difficulty, beginner, intermediate, and advanced. This often requires thinking like this: "hmmmm, if I go this way, I'll score 5 bugs worth 2 points each, which is 10 points. If I go this other way, I'll score 3 bugs worth 3 points each, which is 9 points. So the first choice is better". This teaches and strengthens arithmetic skills, encourages thinking ahead, and rewards those that do with higher scores. Or the thinking might go like this: "I don't want to think about it, so I'll just go this way". That's fine. It works for me (I wrote this game). I can make it though the entire game (15 levels, and 60 puzzles) if I give it some thought. Or I can just play, and enjoy myself. I often don't make it all the way to the end, but it's fun anyway. As levels progress, more bugs are introduced with higher point values. Special bugs come into play in higher levels, like the "x2" bug which doubles your score, or the "Restore" bug which causes all bugs that have previously been eaten to reappear so they can be eaten again. Worm holes are introduced in level 14. There are always two. When you go though one, you come out the other. This adds a new level of complexity to the game. Puzzles are randomly generated, so you will never see the same puzzle twice (at least it's highly unlikely). The computer figures out the maximum possible score for each puzzle and your job is to score at least 80% of that number of points. If you don't, you'll have to try again. And trying again costs a ticket. Each game starts with 5 tickets. Each game also comes with 10 hints which can be used at any time to tell you which direction is the best from your current position. If you run out of hints, you can use a ticket to buy 10 more.

Screenshots

Phase Spur4 screens
Eat Bugs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Eat Bugs at none against Phase Spur's 3. Eat Bugs also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Phase Spur's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Phase Spur sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Eat Bugs asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Phase Spur against 5.0 for Eat Bugs. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Phase Spur ships an update every 6 months, Eat Bugs weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Phase Spur versus Eat Bugs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhase SpurEat Bugs
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVISHTEK STUDIOS LLPScott Slocum

Customer experience

Phase Spur

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Eat Bugs

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Phase Spur

One-time3
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Unlimited Skips$1.99
  • Premium Pack$2.99
None

Eat Bugs

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Phase Spur free?
Phase Spur is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Eat Bugs free?
Eat Bugs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Phase Spur or Eat Bugs?
Phase Spur and Eat Bugs are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Phase Spur or Eat Bugs have ads?
Eat Bugs shows ads; Phase Spur does not.
Which is updated more often, Phase Spur or Eat Bugs?
Phase Spur ships an update every 6 months, and Eat Bugs weekly. Most recently, Phase Spur was updated on November 2, 2026 and Eat Bugs on November 6, 2026.

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