Bounder vs Big Potato
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bounder
Experience a classic 80s arcade game faithfully recreated for mobile. Bounce and dodge through challenging levels, enjoying innovative features like parallax scrolling. This version offers multiple original platform ports with enhancements for modern devices.
- Faithful recreation of original game
- Parallax scrolling
- Multiple platform versions (C64, Spectrum, Amstrad)
- Challenging levels
- High score chasing
- Mobile-optimized controls
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Bounder was one of the most successful games in the 80’s and was published by Gremlin Graphics in 1985. Gremlin were responsible for many classics such as Bounder, Re-Bounder, Monty Mole, Thing on a Spring, Zool etc… they were one of the biggest developers and publishers in the world and started by Ian Stewart, Gremlin was one of the pioneers to kickstart the games industry. Bounder’s popularity spans decades and has continued to be featured in Retro Gamer with a 2 page spread only recently, Walk-through videos on Youtube, regular mentions about the game on social media and it’s been included in the new Mini C64 machine. This little tennis ball of fun continues to be highly regarded and fondly remembered in the retro-gaming community. Originally created by Christian Shrigley, Andrew Green, Robert Toone, Bounder featured many ground-breaking features such as Parallax Scrolling, first seen on a computer game. The game featured 10 levels, all as challenging as the first and at times is unforgiving but that's what kept drawing people back to this best selling game. Zzap!64 gleefully pinned a Gold Medal on the daredevil tennis ball in its tenth issue, calling Bounder “an absorbing, demanding and totally innovative approach to the ageing platform formula,” and that's exactly what Bounder is. Our Bounder version is faithful to the original and includes features which helps it translate to mobile devices. Our App includes the C64, Spectrum and Amstrad versions, not emulated but re-coded to a high standard so it looks and feels like the original computer versions but with new added extras to please retro gamers and attract new gamers to Bounder. Bounce and dodge your way to your highest score yet! This game is free to download but does offer in-app purchases.
Big Potato
Enhance your board game nights with this companion app. It offers timers, sound effects, and bonus content to elevate your gameplay. Designed to integrate seamlessly with your favorite board games, it adds an extra layer of fun and engagement.
- Game night timers
- Sound effects
- Bonus content
- Free add-ons
- Enhanced gameplay
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The Big Potato app is the perfect sidekick for your next game night. Packed with timers, sound effects, bonus content and loads of free add-ons, it's designed to make every Big Potato game even better. Open it up whenever you play to take things up a notch.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Big Potato at fortnightly against Bounder's every 34 months. Bounder's advantage is review sentiment (63% vs 50%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). 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. Bounder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Big Potato sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bounder ships an update every 34 months, Big Potato fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bounder | Big Potato |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 34 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 262 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Atatio Interactive Ltd | Big Potato Ltd. |
Customer experience
Bounder
Big Potato
In-app purchases
Bounder
- Full Game$1.99
Big Potato
- Battle Flips$1.99
- hard mentality$1.99
- the-chameleon$1.99
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- Christmas$6.99
- Expansion$6.99
