Comparison

Serious Scramblers vs Watame

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

Watame

Guide a cotton character on a relaxing journey through diverse worlds, collecting stars while overcoming physics challenges, puzzles, and avoiding traps. This game offers a visually minimalist experience with a calming soundtrack, perfect for on-the-go play.

Highlights
  • Physics-based challenges
  • Puzzle solving
  • Minimalist visual design
  • Relaxing soundtrack
  • Portrait mode gameplay
  • Collect stars
Features
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Helps to this lovely cotton on his journey to get the stars! Watame combines skill and puzzle in a game on that you'll control a little cotton character on a relaxing journey through different worlds. Get all stars avoiding traps, physics challenges, and solving different puzzles. Features: • Different levels with their unique physics challenges, puzzles, lethal traps and enemies. • Easy to learn, difficult to master on portrait mode, perfect to play on the go! • A visual experience to relax with beautifully minimalist visual design. • A wonderful and relaxing soundtrack. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PLEASE NOTE! Watame is free to play, but it contains items that can be purchased for real money.

Screenshots

Serious Scramblers4 screens
Watame4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Watame at none against Serious Scramblers's shown. Watame also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 68%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Serious Scramblers sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Watame sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Serious Scramblers against 4.6 for Watame. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 225 and 78 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 68% of Serious Scramblers's written reviews are positive against 83% of Watame's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Serious Scramblers versus Watame: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSerious ScramblersWatame
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (225 ratings)4.6 (78 ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.7% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings225 — better78
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB192 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYong Kian ChinRuben Pecellin

Customer experience

Serious Scramblers

All ratings225 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral3.6%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews65 reviews
Positive67.7%
Neutral9.2%
Negative23.1%

Watame

All ratings78 ratings
Positive91.0%
Neutral3.8%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

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

Watame

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Serious Scramblers

One-time2
  • Remove Forced Ads + 200 Coins$1.99
  • Support the dev: play as Chiny$2.99
2 purchases

Watame

One-time2
  • Premium$1.99
  • Premium$4.99

Questions

Is Serious Scramblers free?
Serious Scramblers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Watame free?
Watame is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Serious Scramblers or Watame?
Watame is rated higher. Serious Scramblers averages 4.5 out of 5 from 225 ratings, while Watame averages 4.6 from 78 ratings.
Do Serious Scramblers or Watame have ads?
Serious Scramblers shows ads; Watame does not.

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