Drop In Nest vs Jetscout
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drop In Nest
A fast-paced, casual game where players tap and hold to drop eggs into a nest. The goal is to achieve a high score by successfully landing as many eggs as possible without letting them fall.
- Endless gameplay
- Tap and hold to drop eggs
- Release to stop dropping
- High score challenges
- Reflex testing
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Drop In Nest is an endless fun game that is beautifully crafted for casual gamers who love fast paced, high score games. It will definitely test your reflexes as you need to touch and hold to drop the eggs in nest. It’s highly challenging as you need to make sure you drop maximum eggs in nest without failing to let them fall down. HOW TO PLAY: • Touch and hold to drop the eggs • Release to stop dropping egg
Jetscout
Navigate challenging levels using a jetpack with limited fuel. Avoid various hazards to reach the end of each mission and master flight basics. Explore a distant solar system and uncover secrets in a related adventure.
- Jetpack-based platforming
- Limited fuel mechanic
- Hazard avoidance (spikes, lasers, plants)
- 3 unique training missions
- Exploration of a distant solar system
- Uncover secrets of an alien race
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Welcome to Jetscout: Boot Camp, a completely free jetpack-based platformer featuring the Jetscout Essential Training Simulation (JETS) for all new Jetscout recruits! Your goal is to reach the end of each mission using only a jetpack with limited fuel. Avoid deadly spikes, plants, lasers and more as you complete 3 unique missions to master the basics of Jetscout flight! When you're ready, you can tackle your first real mission of exploring a distant solar system and uncovering the secrets behind the strange Valunian race in the game Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Jetscout at none against Drop In Nest's shown. Jetscout also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 50%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Drop In Nest's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 30 months) and ratings volume (245 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Drop In Nest holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drop In Nest has 245 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Drop In Nest's written reviews are positive against 75% of Jetscout's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Drop In Nest ships an update every 6 weeks, Jetscout every 30 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drop In Nest | Jetscout |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (245 ratings) — better | 4.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 245 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 30 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 141 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Essendon Studios | Dustin Auxier |
Customer experience
Drop In Nest
Jetscout
In-app purchases
Drop In Nest
No in-app purchases
Jetscout
No in-app purchases
