BotHeads vs Vex
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
Vex
A challenging physics-based puzzle game designed to test your patience and reflexes. Prepare for intense gameplay that might lead to frustration.
- Physics-based gameplay
- Challenging puzzles
- Tests reflexes
- Intense difficulty
- High frustration potential
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**WARNING**: Vex Block may cause sudden destruction of your phone and the nearest wall due to fits of rage. Alistar Studios is not held liable for any damage committed to your mobile device or property.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BotHeads at every 2 weeks against Vex's every 6 weeks. BotHeads also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). Vex's advantage is review sentiment (88% vs 79%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 Vex sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for BotHeads against 4.3 for Vex. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 36 and 30 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of BotHeads's written reviews are positive against 88% of Vex's.
BotHeads ships an update every 2 weeks, Vex every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BotHeads | Vex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (36 ratings) | 4.3 (30 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.4% of reviews | 88.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | 30 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| 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 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 119 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | A Small Game AB | Jordan Allen |
Customer experience
BotHeads
Vex
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
Vex
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BotHeads
- Premium - no ads$0.99
Vex
- Purchase 5 Stars$0.99
- Buy 20 stars$2.99
- Purchase 40 Stars$4.99
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- Purchase 100 stars$9.99









