Comparison

Pingus vs Pixel Inside

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

Head to head
About

Pingus

Experience a challenging 2D platformer with endless hours of fun. Master levels and then test your skills in Arcade Mode to achieve high scores. This game offers a quick, engaging, and rewarding platforming adventure.

Highlights
  • 2D platformer gameplay
  • Challenging levels
  • Arcade Mode
  • High score tracking
  • Endless fun
Features
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In Konig Games' first release to the app store, we are excited to show you Pingus, the worlds best 2D platformer for iOS. Its a quick, fun, and punishing game with endless hours of fun. Once you've mastered the levels, try out Arcade Mode and see how high you can get your score!

About

Pixel Inside

Features
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A dimension inside a Commodore 64 connected to a program creates a bit war and our hero, who is an electric and electronics engineer, trapped in the 80s Commodore as a result of an experiment gone bad. He joins the battle with only a bullet to rule them all. Destroy these bugs formed from the glitches and cleanse the bitverse. A player with many maps to cover fights on the bugs with a bullet which has to be collected again after firing like a boomerang. Search the maps and try to end this battle.

Screenshots

Pingus2 screens
Pixel Inside3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pingus at none against Pixel Inside's shown. Pingus also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 16 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pingus ships an update every 9 days, Pixel Inside every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pingus versus Pixel Inside: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPingusPixel Inside
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (26 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings26 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 16 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.011.0
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdam KonigSafak Yalcinkaya

In-app purchases

None

Pingus

No in-app purchases

None

Pixel Inside

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pingus free?
Pingus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pixel Inside free?
Pixel Inside is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pingus or Pixel Inside have ads?
Pixel Inside shows ads; Pingus does not.
Which is updated more often, Pingus or Pixel Inside?
Pingus ships an update every 9 days, and Pixel Inside every 16 months. Most recently, Pingus was updated on September 9, 2026 and Pixel Inside on September 20, 2026.

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