Serious Scramblers vs Tiny Alien
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Tiny Alien
Embark on a fast-paced arcade adventure through space. Jump, shoot, and defeat an evil empire to reclaim sacred gems. Enjoy retro pixel graphics, power-ups, and challenging boss battles.
- Fast-paced arcade platforming
- Pixel graphics
- Power-ups
- Boss battles
- Unlockable characters
- Game Center leaderboards
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Jump and shoot your way through space! Can you defeat the evil empire and bring back the sacred gems? You are our only hope T I N Y A L I E N ! * Fast paced arcade platforming action! * Sweet pixel graphics! * Music by Boy vs Bacteria! * Power-ups! * Bosses! * Unlock different characters! * Haptic Feedback on supported devices! * Game Center Leaderboards & Achievements! Good Luck!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Tiny Alien at none against Serious Scramblers's shown. Tiny Alien also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (79% vs 68%). Serious Scramblers's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (224 vs 50). 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. Serious Scramblers sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Tiny Alien sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 224 and 50 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of Serious Scramblers's written reviews are positive against 79% of Tiny Alien's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Serious Scramblers ships an update every 3 months, Tiny Alien fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Serious Scramblers | Tiny Alien |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (224 ratings) — better | 4.2 (50 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.7% of reviews | 79.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 224 — better | 50 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| 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 | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yong Kian Chin | A Small Game AB |
Customer experience
Serious Scramblers
Tiny Alien
User reviews
Serious Scramblers
From 224 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
Tiny Alien
From 50 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great time killer
- 👾 Nice retro/8-bit feel
- ✨ Cute design and graphics
- 🚀 Simple and well-made gameplay
- 💰 Not pay-to-win
Room to improve
- 😩 Too many ads
- ⏳ Game is too short
- 🔄 Endless mode gets boring
- 🛒 Ads interrupt gameplay
- 💡 Items don't stack/stacking issues
Bugs and requests
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
Tiny Alien
Reported bugs
7 issues- Glitch where aliens can't be stopped
- Cannot re-enable story mode
- Black screen after dying/restarting
- Bounce pads don't work sometimes
- Glitchy issues on iPad Air
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- First boss is too hard/impossible to dodge
- Green alien can't jump high enough for certain platforms
Requested features
9 requests- More levels/bosses
- Multiplayer mode
- Randomized boss encounters in endless mode
- Ability to re-enable story mode after beating
- More alien skins/characters to buy
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- Sensitivity change option
- More buttons/control options
- Bosses with scrollable screens
- Add power-ups for aliens
In-app purchases
Serious Scramblers
- Remove Forced Ads + 200 Coins$1.99
- Support the dev: play as Chiny$2.99
Tiny Alien
- Remove Ads!$0.99
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