Comparison

Castle Pals vs Heisting

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

Head to head
About

Castle Pals

Embark on an adventure through a haunted castle, guiding two friends through challenging levels. Utilize unique abilities to defeat enemies, explore hidden areas, and overcome formidable bosses in a charming retro world.

Highlights
  • 40 action-packed levels
  • Character-specific attacks
  • Propeller hat exploration
  • Unlockable extra levels
  • Boss battles
  • Retro art and music
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One night, Kylee and Owen stumbled upon creepy Castle Pookapick and decide to uncover its secrets! Nothing could possibly go wrong, could it? Features include: • Guide the Pals through 40 action packed levels! • Smash bad guys with Kylee's powerful attacks! • Float around and explore using Owen's propeller hat! • Unlock fun extra levels! • Battle fearsome bosses! • Cute retro art and music! Note: This game is supported by advertising. Ads can be removed with a one-time purchase.

About

Heisting

Embark on a thrilling stealing spree as a masterful thief, gathering a crew and planning heists on luxurious locations. Shoot your way out of trouble, upgrade your gear, and recruit more robbers to steal everything in sight and build your criminal empire.

Highlights
  • Masterful thief role
  • Crew gathering and planning
  • Heists on luxurious locations
  • Combat and shooting mechanics
  • Progressive upgrade system
  • Stealth levels
  • Wealth accumulation
Features
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What could be more exciting than the thrill of a perfectly executed heist? In Heisting you are set into the role of a masterful thief who embarks on a stealing spree across the world's most luxurious museums, galleries, banks and many more. Gather your crew of robbers and hash out the perfect plan as you progress through increasingly difficult levels. If things go wrong, and believe me they will go wrong, it will be up to your skills to shoot your way out to safety. Choose your upgrades carefully as they could be a difference between a big pay day and a messy failure. As you progress, you will need to convince more and more robbers to join your gang and help you with your heists. In order for the heist to be completed you will need to steal everything in your sight. Sometimes the enemy guards will be so tough you will have to sacrifice some of your robbers in a big shootout. But the pay day at the end of it will be much worth it. You will encounter different enemies that will try to prevent you from taking your loot, and you'll need to adapt a unique strategy to get around each of them. Enjoy the road to becoming a fantastically rich millionaire who has more money than he knows what to do with. But you will also have to invest in your heisting gear and gang of robbers to ensure you are successful in bringing home the money. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to steal valuable items or rob banks to grow your criminal empire and become ridiculously rich? Then this game is perfect for you. Immerse yourself in a world where everything is yours for the taking. How much money can you get? The sky's the limit! If you’re really good, this game allows you to make so much money that you will literally be richer than any millionaire. In fact, with the amount of money you can make, millionaires will feel like beggars compared to you! And if that wasn’t enough, think of the power you’ll feel as you lead a massive army of robbers to demolish the opposition and claim extraordinarily valuable treasures for yourself. Featuring: - Unique hand crafted heisting levels. - A colorful gang of robbers to help you - Progressive upgrade system - Bonus stealth levels - Big pay days for you and your crew - Rapidly increasing wealth system So what are you waiting for? Go out there and claim what is rightfully yours!

Screenshots

Castle Pals4 screens
Heisting4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Heisting at 4.7 against Castle Pals's 4.0. Heisting also leads on ratings volume (9.2K vs 112) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). Castle Pals's advantage is review sentiment (66% vs 49%) and iOS requirement (12 vs 14.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Castle Pals sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Heisting sells 17 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Heisting holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Heisting has 9.2K ratings behind it against 112, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 66% of Castle Pals's written reviews are positive against 49% of Heisting's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Castle Pals ships an update every 3 months, Heisting every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Castle Pals versus Heisting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCastle PalsHeisting
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (112 ratings)4.7 (9.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.3% of reviews — better48.8% of reviews
Number of ratings1129.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB438 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperBrad ErkkilaVoodoo

Customer experience

Castle Pals

All ratings112 ratings
Positive72.3%
Neutral7.1%
Negative20.5%
Written reviews80 reviews
Positive66.3%
Neutral10.0%
Negative23.8%

Heisting

All ratings9,249 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral3.3%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews215 reviews
Positive48.8%
Neutral17.7%
Negative33.5%

Bugs and requests

Castle Pals

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Heisting

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Freezing/crashing issues with ads
  • Levels becoming unplayable after certain progress points
  • Disappearing helper characters
  • Spawn issues and getting stuck in levels

Requested features

4 requests
  • More varied enemy types and special effect weapons
  • Ability to hire more helpers/crew members
  • Customization options for characters and team
  • Multiplayer mode

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Castle Pals

One-time1
  • Remove Adverts$1.99
17 purchases

Heisting

One-time17
  • Small gems pack$0.89
  • Small gems pack$0.99
  • Small gems pack$1.09
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  • Small skip'its pack$2.69
  • Small skip'its pack$2.99
  • No Ads$3.99
  • Medium gems pack$4.49
  • Medium gems pack$4.99
  • Medium gems pack$5.49
  • Medium skip'its pack$6.99
  • Premium Pack$9.99
  • Gigantic gems pack$19.99
  • Gigantic gems pack$21.99
  • Elite Pass$24.99
  • Enormous skip'its pack$26.99
  • Enormous skip'its pack$29.99
  • Enormous gems pack$49.99

Questions

Is Castle Pals free?
Castle Pals is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Heisting free?
Heisting is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Castle Pals or Heisting?
Heisting is rated higher. Castle Pals averages 4.0 out of 5 from 112 ratings, while Heisting averages 4.7 from 9.2K ratings.
Do Castle Pals or Heisting have ads?
Both Castle Pals and Heisting show ads.
Which is updated more often, Castle Pals or Heisting?
Castle Pals ships an update every 3 months, and Heisting every 3 weeks. Most recently, Castle Pals was updated on June 10, 2026 and Heisting on September 29, 2026.

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