Pingus vs Smittys Patrol
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 2D platformer gameplay
- Challenging levels
- Arcade Mode
- High score tracking
- Endless fun
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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!
Smittys Patrol
Embark on a crime-fighting adventure as Officer Smitty, tasked with cleaning up the city and protecting its citizens. Utilize various weapons and items across 42 challenging levels to defeat evil beings and become the ultimate super cop. Be careful, as losing all your lives means starting back at level one!
- Crime-fighting gameplay
- Storyline progression
- Multiple weapons and items
- 42 challenging levels
- Life system with restart penalty
- City protection mission
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The life of Dave the taxi driver series brings you Smittys Patrol. Officer Smitty is back and ready to clean the streets and to protect the city and citizens of Bloomsburgh. Smittys Patrol brings you levels and entertainment storyline of Officer Smitty on his patrol to eliminating all the bad, and evil beings in Bloomsburgh. As Officer Smitty you will have weapons, items, and more at your disposal to help him achieve his goal of being the number one top flight super cop of the world! Can you make it through all 42 levels and not lose all your lives? Yes that is right, if you lose all your lives you have to start back at level 1. Make sure you stock up on lives!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pingus at none against Smittys Patrol's 5. Pingus also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (26 vs 4). Smittys Patrol's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 9 days) and review sentiment (100% vs 89%). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Smittys Patrol sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Pingus asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Pingus against 4.5 for Smittys Patrol. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pingus has 26 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of Pingus's written reviews are positive against 100% of Smittys Patrol's.
Pingus ships an update every 9 days, Smittys Patrol daily. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pingus | Smittys Patrol |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (26 ratings) | 4.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Adam Konig | Wakoe Games Inc. |
Customer experience
Pingus
Smittys Patrol
In-app purchases
Pingus
No in-app purchases
Smittys Patrol
- 100 Donuts$0.99
- 650 Donuts$4.99
- 1,600 Donuts$9.99
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- 8,400 Donuts$49.99
- 17,400 Donuts$99.99
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