Comparison

Bird Alone vs Cleanly

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

Head to head
About

Bird Alone

Nurture a lonely bird through daily conversations, creative activities, and life's big questions. This award-winning app offers a unique companion experience, exploring themes of friendship, growth, and existence.

Highlights
  • Daily conversations and questions
  • Creative expression (drawing, poetry, music)
  • Nurture a virtual bird companion
  • Explore themes of life and existence
  • Unlock new content daily
  • Experience changing seasons and time
Features
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◆ Apple Design Award Winner 2021 ◆ Become best friends with the loneliest bird in the world. A journey of growth and loss with a best friend. Talk about life, make music, draw pictures and write poetry. Start each day answering your new friend's questions about life, death and the meaning of existence. Guide the bird through daily life as it confronts the same worries as the rest of us. ◆ What's your favourite colour? ◆ Where are all my friends? ◆ Do you ever think about death? What will your best friend ask you today? ◆ Draw a picture for the Art Gallery ◆ Write a poem together for the Book of Poetry ◆ Unlock today's plant for the Musical Garden ◆ Rub its belly Watch each day turn to night Ponder the changing seasons Face the heaviness of growing old with a best friend. Maybe this bird won't be so lonely after all. * Minimum required device: iPhone 6S or similar * Content warning: Bird Alone contains themes and discussion of death. User discretion is advised for those sensitive to this topic.

About

Cleanly

Features
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Cleanly is a one-tap timing game about the most satisfying moment in cleaning: one clean swipe across dirty glass. A squeegee swings left and right below a dirty window. Tap, and it launches straight up from wherever it is, wiping a full-height stripe. Every level gives you a set number of strokes, so every stroke counts. As the glass clears, the view behind it comes into focus: a night city, a sunset, a forest, a pool. EASY TO LEARN, HARD TO MASTER Wipe the glass out to its edges and spread the overlaps evenly across every joint. The clean percentage is the whole story: • 85% clean passes the level. • 95% earns two stars. • 100% spotless earns three. Land every joint exactly where it belongs and the round is Flawless. AFTER EVERY STROKE, ONE WORD Perfect, Good or Missed. A round that ends 100% clean never shows a Missed, and the first Missed is always the stroke that cost you the spotless glass. AN ENDLESS LADDER OF LEVELS The squeegee narrows, the window splits in two, the guide disappears and the clock starts ticking. The first 20 levels have no clock, so you can find your rhythm first. A NEW WINDOW EVERY DAY Everyone plays the same daily window. Keep your streak going, earn a bonus every seventh day and share your result in one line. MAKE IT YOURS Earn coins by playing and spend them on squeegee skins and views behind the glass. Try any look before you buy it. Looks never make a round easier. FAIR BY DESIGN • 5 lives. A level round that ends without a star costs one, and lives refill on their own over time. • Stuck on the same level? After a few tries you can skip it with coins. • The daily window never costs a life. • No account, no sign-in. Plays offline. • Available in 45 languages. ADS AND PURCHASES Cleanly is free and shows ads. Rewarded ads are always your choice. You can buy “Play ad-free” once to remove the banner and full-screen ads, or coin packs if you want coins faster — but everything can be earned by playing and nothing is locked behind a purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sezkus.github.io/cleanly/privacy/

Screenshots

Bird Alone4 screens
Cleanly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Bird Alone at none against Cleanly's shown. Bird Alone also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bird Alone sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Cleanly sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Bird Alone versus Cleanly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBird AloneCleanly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (11K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings11K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size409 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeorge BatchelorSezer Kusku

Bugs and requests

Bird Alone

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App crashes on older devices
  • Issues with loading and navigation

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to keep the bird alive permanently
  • More customization options for the bird
  • Expanded daily activities and interactions
  • Ability to restart or continue after the bird's passing

Cleanly

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Bird Alone

One-time3
  • Cup of Coffee$2.99
  • Bird Alone full version$2.99
  • New Socks$8.99
4 purchases

Cleanly

One-time4
  • 400 Coins$0.99
  • 1,500 Coins$2.99
  • Play Ad-Free$2.99
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  • 4,200 Coins$6.99

Questions

Is Bird Alone free?
Bird Alone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cleanly free?
Cleanly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bird Alone or Cleanly have ads?
Cleanly shows ads; Bird Alone does not.

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