BotHeads vs Serious Scramblers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BotHeads
Guide flying robots through a handcrafted world filled with obstacles and challenges. Experience an atmospheric arcade adventure with physics-based gameplay, a unique soundtrack, and high-score challenges.
- Handcrafted world with amazing physics
- Game Center Highscores
- Haptic feedback
- Original soundtrack
- Warp Zones
- Laser-eyed cats
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Guide your little flying robots through a beautiful handcrafted world filled with things to fly past, bounce off or dash through! BotHeads is an atmospheric arcade adventure game by the creators of Hanger & Hanger World. "It's like an amazing dream where Sonic The Hedgehog, transformed into a flying robot, is trapped in badlands filled with weird monsters and cats with laser eyes." BotHeads just wanna fly fast. Maybe do some loops and bounce off a spring. Spin around to a great song and rack up some points! Oh – and it features a brand new soundtrack by Boy vs Bacteria. FEATURES • Handcrafted world with amazing physics • Game Center Highscores • Haptic feedback on supported devices • Soundtrack by Boy vs Bacteria • Warp Zones that lets you skip levels • Cats with laser eyes • Support for iPhone X REVIEWS "Here’s a game that you should be playing right now!" • Snappzilla.com "Thanks to a slick control system, this is one game that definitely deserves a second look." 8/10 • PocketGamer.co.uk "If you enjoy playing platformer style games that don’t feature a random stage that regenerates itself each time you GAME OVER, this is probably the highest quality game currently available." • Edamame Game Reviews "BotHeads is one such title that instantly caught my eye, and while its numerous influences have been plucked from radically different parts of the gaming spectrum, the way that the developers have blended them together to make a cohesive whole is rather impressive indeed" • TouchArcade.com
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: BotHeads at none against Serious Scramblers's shown. BotHeads also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (79% vs 68%). Serious Scramblers's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (225 vs 36). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. BotHeads sells 1 one-off in-app purchase 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 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Serious Scramblers has 225 ratings behind it against 36, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of BotHeads'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.
BotHeads ships an update every 2 weeks, Serious Scramblers every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BotHeads | Serious Scramblers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (36 ratings) | 4.5 (225 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.4% of reviews — better | 67.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 36 | 225 — 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 | 8.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | A Small Game AB | Yong Kian Chin |
Customer experience
BotHeads
Serious Scramblers
User reviews
BotHeads
From 36 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Intuitive and responsive controls
- 🎨 Beautiful minimalist graphics and visual design
- 🎵 Excellent soundtrack and atmospheric music
- 😊 Cute and charming character design
- 🎯 Well-designed level progression and difficulty curve
Room to improve
- 🔄 Progress resets to beginning when dying
- 💾 Game progress not saved between sessions
- 🐛 Occasional crashes on app launch
- 📺 Excessive ads interrupting gameplay
- ⚙️ Inverted controls feel counterintuitive
Serious Scramblers
From 225 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
BotHeads
Reported bugs
5 issues- Game crashes immediately on launch
- Progress lost when closing and reopening app
- Freezing when entering bouncy/spring obstacles
- Hit detection issues with spike obstacles
- Consecutive hits from same obstacle causing unfair deaths
Requested features
16 requests- Character customization and skins
- Checkpoint system for levels
- Level select/stage selection menu
- Inverted controls option
- Shop to spend collected coins/jewels
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- Different character colors and outfits
- Additional levels and worlds
- Multiplayer or online racing modes
- Landscape mode support
- Pause and resume functionality
- Record/replay mode for YouTube
- Level editor
- More challenging difficulty modes
- Hats and accessories for characters
- Invincibility frames after getting hit
- Toggle for visual trail display
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
BotHeads
- Premium - no ads$0.99
Serious Scramblers
- Remove Forced Ads + 200 Coins$1.99
- Support the dev: play as Chiny$2.99
Questions
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