超SOS vs Insect Catching
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
超SOS
Help your friends out of various dire situations by making critical choices. Navigate through tense scenarios, from embarrassing public moments to potentially dangerous encounters. Your decisions will determine whether your friends reach a happy ending or a dead end.
- Friend rescue scenarios
- Branching narrative choices
- Multiple endings
- Message app simulation
- Tense and exciting gameplay
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「電車で腹が痛い！」 「彼女に浮気バレたかも！」 「運転手が殺人犯かも！」 超ＳＯＳ！トモダチが頼れるのはアナタだけ…！ 様々な大ピンチに陥ったトモダチを 救出へと導こう！！ …迎える結末はデッドエンド！？ レスキューエンド！？ アナタの選択が命運を握る…！ ドキドキハラハラ！メッセージアプリ風ゲーム！
Insect Catching
Engage in a bug removal game featuring beetles, stag beetles, and butterflies. Enjoy a simple and fun experience collecting various insects.
- Bug removal gameplay
- Collect beetles
- Collect stag beetles
- Collect butterflies
- Casual gaming experience
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It's a beetle, stag, and butterfly bug removal game!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Insect Catching at 5.0 against 超SOS's 4.5. Insect Catching also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 70%). 超SOS's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Insect Catching holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 超SOS has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of 超SOS's written reviews are positive against 100% of Insect Catching's.
超SOS ships an update fortnightly, Insect Catching every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on June 9, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 超SOS | Insect Catching |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 287 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GlobalGear Co. Ltd. | Yasuhiro Mizuki |
Customer experience
超SOS
Insect Catching
In-app purchases
超SOS
No in-app purchases
Insect Catching
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is 超SOS free?
Is Insect Catching free?
Which has better reviews, 超SOS or Insect Catching?
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