Timber West vs HARD BANG
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timber West
Embark on a Wild West adventure in this fast-paced arcade shooter. Master unique one-touch controls to wield various weapons against outlaws, defeat bosses, and rescue a princess. Explore diverse western locales with retro pixel art graphics and an 8-bit soundtrack.
- One-touch shooting mechanics
- Unlockable characters with unique weapons
- Multiple western-themed locations
- Boss fights and special levels
- Retro pixel art and 8-bit soundtrack
- Game Center leaderboards and achievements
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Wild West shooter from creators of Timberman! So many outlaws out there, let’s teach them a lesson... Timber West is a fast paced arcade game with unique one touch shooting mechanics. Press, hold and release to shoot. Use guns, shotguns, miniguns, bows and tomahawks. Visit little western towns, indian villages, abandoned mines and canions. Pass all the levels, defeat ugly boss and rescue beautiful princess. To become a sheriff you need to be really fast and well equipped. Are you fast enough? Full iPhone X support - have even more fun on bigger screen! Features - 16+ levels - 30+ characters with unique weapons to unlock - 50+ ugly enemies - special levels (cans, bottles, balloons) - boss fights - retro 8-bit soundtrack by Timberman music composer (Stalek) - pixel art graphics and retro style feeling - unique one touch mechanics - Game Center leaderboards & achievements - full iPhone X support - have even more fun on bigger screen. - animated iOS Stickers!
HARD BANG
Control four pads simultaneously to keep a ball within the screen. Destroy or bounce everything else that appears in this challenging reflex-based game. Test your finger-eye coordination in this unique experience.
- Simultaneous four-pad control
- Ball bouncing mechanics
- Object destruction
- Finger-eye coordination challenge
- Addictive gameplay loop
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Smash what's in your way. Keep the ball. That's it. Sounds easy? Dare you. A first-class brain-crushing finger-eye coordination experience! HOW TO PLAY - Move your finger somewhere on the screen to move the four pads. All at once! - Keep the shiny red ball inside the screen by bouncing it with your pads. - Destroy or bounce everything else...
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Timber West at Free against HARD BANG's $0.99. Timber West also leads on ratings volume (96 vs 2) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). HARD BANG's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (100% vs 88%). On ads, 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
Timber West is free to download; HARD BANG costs $0.99 up front. Timber West sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and HARD BANG sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
HARD BANG holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timber West has 96 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Timber West's written reviews are positive against 100% of HARD BANG's.
Timber West ships an update fortnightly, HARD BANG every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Timber West | HARD BANG |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (96 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 96 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 121 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Digital Melody | Thomas Lepich |
Customer experience
Timber West
HARD BANG
Bugs and requests
Timber West
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes without warning
- Game Center leaderboards not updating
- Constant 'how to play' screen
Requested features
5 requests- More levels
- Add checkpoints
- Update leaderboards
- Different ad model
- More penguins
HARD BANG
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Timber West
- No Ads$0.99
- 1000 coins$0.99
- 3000 coins$1.99
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- All characters$1.99
- Special offer$1.99
- 5000 coins$2.99
HARD BANG
- Remove Advertising$0.99
Questions
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