Comparison

Ditching Work2 vs Glider Retro

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

Head to head
About

Ditching Work2

Escape your office and avoid your boss in this puzzle game. Solve riddles and use items to find your way out. Features 30 levels and a special bonus level.

Highlights
  • Escape the office
  • Avoid the boss
  • Solve puzzles
  • Use items
  • 30 levels
  • Hint system
Features
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"Ah, dang, overtime again today?! ...All right, I'm gonna ditch work again!" Sneakily ditch work without your evil boss noticing in this escape/puzzle game. Can you get out of work in one piece? Hang in there, you lowly wage slave, don't give up! 30 levels in total. And this round features another special level at the end! ●How to play It's super easy. Just tap anything that looks interesting and use items. If you get stuck on a puzzle, you can watch a video for hints!

About

Glider Retro

Guide a paper airplane through a haunted mansion filled with challenging obstacles. Navigate over 60 unique rooms, avoiding hazards like copters, vents, and shredders to escape the house. This game offers addictive, replayable fun.

Highlights
  • Navigate obstacle-filled rooms
  • Over 60 unique levels
  • Avoid hazards like copters and shredders
  • Addictive and replayable gameplay
  • Retro 90s game experience
Features
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Take a paper airplane - add an eerie mansion plus a gung-ho game lover. They all add up to some serious fun! Fly your Glider from room to room trying to get past the wildest obstacles ever, including mysterious little copters, air vents, electric wall sockets, and the dreaded paper shredder! Each one of the over 60 rooms holds some new surprise that will tickle you. The idea is to get past them and fly out the house. Glider Retro will keep you saying, "One more time, just one more time. I can do better than that!" And the great thing is, you can!

Screenshots

Ditching Work24 screens
Glider Retro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Ditching Work2 at 177 against Glider Retro's 3. Ditching Work2 also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.1). Glider Retro's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Ditching Work2 against 5.0 for Glider Retro. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ditching Work2 has 177 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 96% of Ditching Work2's written reviews are positive against 100% of Glider Retro's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Ditching Work2 versus Glider Retro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDitching Work2Glider Retro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (177 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews96.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings177 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size198 MB6 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperWorks Inc.Victor Franco

Customer experience

Ditching Work2

All ratings176 ratings
Positive98.9%
Neutral0.6%
Negative0.6%
Written reviews334 reviews
Positive96.4%
Neutral1.8%
Negative1.8%

Glider Retro

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Ditching Work2

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Retry button not responding
  • Next stage button unresponsive
  • App crashes on launch
  • Game freezes after completing stages
  • Buttons require app restart to function
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  • Last stage progression issues
  • App restart loop when advancing levels

Requested features

7 requests
  • Additional stages and levels
  • Ditching Work 3 and 4 sequels
  • School version continuation
  • More challenging difficulty levels
  • Album/gallery of escape scenes
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  • Reduce advertisement frequency
  • Similar games in the series

Glider Retro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Ditching Work2

No in-app purchases

None

Glider Retro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ditching Work2 free?
Ditching Work2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Glider Retro free?
Glider Retro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ditching Work2 or Glider Retro?
Glider Retro is rated higher. Ditching Work2 averages 4.9 out of 5 from 177 ratings, while Glider Retro averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Ditching Work2 or Glider Retro have ads?
Neither Ditching Work2 nor Glider Retro shows ads.

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