TapChase vs The Jackbox Party Starter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TapChase
Guide an alien shapeshifter through a dangerous planet to reach home. Utilize unique abilities like jumping, shooting, and dashing to overcome challenges. Your choices will determine the hero's fate in this survival adventure.
- Shapeshifting abilities
- Jumping and shooting mechanics
- Dash and change actions
- Survival gameplay
- Planet exploration
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but luckily, he has survived. Now, he has one mission and one mission only, to survive. This is not an easy task, not easy at all my friends. Danger awaits in every corner of that godforsaken planet. But our hero, alien pathfinder, comes from the cosmic race of the shapeshifters. They possess abilities to change their physical state, and this is his only advantage. The tale of the shapeshifter will be determined by you because only you can help him to reach his home planet again. Use his abilities wisely. Jump, shoot, dash and change. But most important of all, no matter what - DON'T STOP RUNNING!!! Welcome to "TapChase." May the spirits of the ancients never feast on your flesh...
The Jackbox Party Starter
This collection bundles three popular party games, offering hours of entertainment. Players use their phones or tablets as controllers, supporting large groups and audiences. Enjoy enhanced features like moderation, subtitles, and multilingual support.
- Three beloved party games in one pack
- Use phones/tablets as controllers
- Supports up to 8 players
- Up to 10,000 audience members
- Enhanced moderation and content filtration
- Multilingual voice acting and subtitles
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The Jackbox Party Starter is here to help get your party started! We’ve gathered three of our most beloved games into one handy pack! With so many titles to choose from, we decided to help take out some of the guesswork and hand you three games that are sure to give you hours of entertainment! We’ve updated Quiplash 3, Trivia Murder Party 2 and Tee K.O. with all of our most recent settings and improvements such as moderation, subtitles, content filtration, and settings menu upgrades. Additionally, we’ve fully localized the voice acting, subtitles and even credit songs in French, Italian, German, Spanish and now Brazilian Portuguese! No extra controllers needed; players use their phones or tablets to play along! Got a bigger group? Play with up to 8 players and up to 10,000 audience members. Quiplash 3 The say-anything “threequel” Quiplash 3 (3-8 players): Get big laughs answering the quirkiest prompts. Quiplash 3 has the same classic Quiplash style with an all-new final round! Each player answers a series of prompts before entering into a head-to-head battle of wits! Tee K.O. The t-shirt slugfest where your custom t-shirts battle to the death! Welcome to mysterious T-Shirt Island, where the most hardened warriors in the world join you to compete in an ancient and deadly fighting tournament–only you won’t be fighting with fists. Instead, you’ll engage each other in a battle of… t-shirts. Trivia Murder Party 2 The popular trivia death match Trivia Murder Party 2 (1-8 players): Try to survive the bizarre mini-games. The game show-loving serial killer from Trivia Murder Party is back with more trivia and dastardly new mini-games. Can you and your friends survive a night in the Murder Hotel? Who will win? Whom will you betray? When was the last time anyone cleaned these rooms? Trivia Murder Party 2 is bigger, funnier and weirder than before. Do you dare?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: TapChase at Free against The Jackbox Party Starter's $19.99. TapChase also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.4). The Jackbox Party Starter's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 2.6). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads 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
TapChase is free to download; The Jackbox Party Starter costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
The Jackbox Party Starter holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 5 respectively.
TapChase ships an update every 2 months, The Jackbox Party Starter every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TapChase | The Jackbox Party Starter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $19.99 |
| Rating | 2.6 (5 ratings) | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPad, Mac, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 152 MB | 3.4 GB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Tap Systems Inc. | Jackbox Games, Inc. |
Customer experience
TapChase
The Jackbox Party Starter
In-app purchases
TapChase
No in-app purchases
The Jackbox Party Starter
No in-app purchases
Questions
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