Squish Machine vs Climb Higher
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Squish Machine
Test your reflexes in this fast-paced action puzzler where you must avoid being squished. Progress through hundreds of levels, unlock cute characters, and enjoy vibrant visuals and upbeat sound. Challenge yourself in arcade and timed modes for endless replayability.
- 240 quick levels
- 28 unlockable characters
- Vibrant visuals
- Upbeat sound design
- Arcade mode unlocked
- Timed Mode
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Welcome to the Squish Machine! A machine designed only for squishing slow pokes who can’t turn it off in time. Are you quick enough for this action puzzler? Features include: • 240 quick, bite-sized levels at launch to progress through! • 28 cute characters to unlock! • Vibrant, fun visuals! • Upbeat sound design! • If you manage to survive the squish through level 160, you unlock an arcade mode. How many levels can you survive in a row? A million? Well, let’s see it, friend! • Timed Mode! Try and get through the first 100 levels as quickly as possible. This game is supported by advertising, but a one-time purchase removes the ads that appear during game play breaks.
Climb Higher
A physics-based puzzle platformer where players slingshot themselves upwards, breaking obstacles and manipulating size to reach new heights. Master momentum to conquer vertical challenges and progress through increasingly difficult levels.
- Physics-based gameplay
- Slingshot mechanics
- Breakable obstacles
- Size manipulation (grow/shrink)
- Momentum mastery
- Vertical puzzle platforming
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A challenge lies before you, or rather above you. Can you surpass this vertical puzzle? Can you reach the top? And then what, will you stop and rest, or continue to climb higher. Climb Higher is a challenging physics based puzzle platformer where you must slingshot yourself up high, stick to whatever you can, shatter through everything that breaks, grow big, shrink down, become the master of your momentum, and reach even greater heights! From the creator of Brain It On! and Shatterbrain. This game shows ads during gameplay, but you can remove them with an in app purchase which supports my work and helps me continue making games. Thank you for playing my games!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Climb Higher at 4.7 against Squish Machine's 4.1. Squish Machine's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (146 vs 47). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Squish Machine sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Climb Higher sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Climb Higher holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 146 and 47 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Squish Machine's written reviews are positive against 79% of Climb Higher's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Squish Machine ships an update every 2 months, Climb Higher every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on July 4, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Squish Machine | Climb Higher |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (146 ratings) | 4.7 (47 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.2% of reviews — better | 79.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 146 — better | 47 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 115 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brad Erkkila | Orbital Nine Games Inc |
Customer experience
Squish Machine
Climb Higher
Bugs and requests
Squish Machine
Reported bugs
10 issues- App loads with music enabled even if sound is off
- Jumping delays
- Game drops jumps
- Jumping isn't responsive enough
- Jump button is low
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- Random forced ad
- Doesn't save progress
- Crashing instantly
- Controls fail when pressing two buttons at once
- Game turns off external audio
Requested features
11 requests- More games
- More levels
- Endless mode
- Skip very hard levels
- Difficulty selection for arcade mode
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- Level creator
- Cloud save
- Create own levels and characters
- Multiplayer mode
- Add difficulty modes (Hard, Easy)
- Update button placement
Climb Higher
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Squish Machine
- Remove Interstitial Adverts$2.99
Climb Higher
- Full Game$2.99
