Comparison

TAG.IO vs Nextbots online

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

Head to head
About

TAG.IO

Engage in the world's largest game of tag. Collect followers from the city, take them from rivals, and grow your following to unlock new cosmetic items. Compete to gather the biggest crowd.

Highlights
  • Massive multiplayer tag game
  • Collect followers
  • Steal followers from rivals
  • Gather the largest following
  • Unlock new hats and skins
Features
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Join in the biggest game of Tag in the world! Collect followers from across the city, steal followers from other runners and gather the biggest following possible! • Join in the biggest game of Tag in the world • Collect followers from across the city • Steal followers from other runners • Gather the biggest amount of followers possible • Unlock new hats and skins

About

Nextbots online

Experience thrilling chase sequences where anime characters are pursued by popular internet memes. Engage in hide-and-seek gameplay, evade scary nextbots, and enjoy multiplayer fun with friends in this meme-driven sandbox game.

Highlights
  • Anime character chases
  • Meme nextbot evasion
  • Hide and seek mode
  • Multiplayer with friends
  • Sandbox physics gameplay
  • Meme generator
Features
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Nextbots chase anime girls and boys. Evade a meme nextbot. Run from obunga nextbots. Memes with nexbots. Chasing nextbot. Hide and seek with a next bot. Next bots memes will chase your anime waifu. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Nextbot gmod multiplayer game online with friends. Nextbot is a meme generator and meme maker. Nextbots online chase. Evade nextbot horror scary games. Nextbots and nextbot. Online games. Multiplayer games with friends. Anime games. Run from Nextbots. Meme and memes. Hide and seek. Sandbox game with physics. Party games.

Screenshots

TAG.IO4 screens
Nextbots online3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Nextbots online at 4.3 against TAG.IO's 3.2. Nextbots online also leads on ratings volume (9.4K vs 17). TAG.IO's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks) and review sentiment (60% vs 49%). 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. TAG.IO sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Nextbots online sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nextbots online holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nextbots online has 9.4K ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of TAG.IO's written reviews are positive against 49% of Nextbots online's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TAG.IO ships an update weekly, Nextbots online every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
TAG.IO versus Nextbots online: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTAG.IONextbots online
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (17 ratings)4.3 (9.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better49.3% of reviews
Number of ratings179.4K — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size135 MB316 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperAmmonite Design Studios LtdAkarau: multiplayer games, online games & offline games

Customer experience

TAG.IO

All ratings17 ratings
Positive47.1%
Neutral23.5%
Negative29.4%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral13.3%
Negative26.7%

Nextbots online

All ratings9,333 ratings
Positive81.9%
Neutral6.3%
Negative11.9%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive49.3%
Neutral3.0%
Negative47.8%

Bugs and requests

TAG.IO

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Nextbots online

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Can't kill players as Nextbot
  • Keeps kicking out of the app

Requested features

2 requests
  • Add hard mode with Nextbots
  • More maps and Nextbot skins

In-app purchases

1 purchases

TAG.IO

One-time1
  • No Ads$11.99
5 purchases

Nextbots online

Subscriptions1
  • Nextbots Premium7 Days trial$4.997 Days
One-time4
  • Nextbots online coins pack 1$4.99
  • Nextbots online coins pack 2$9.99
  • Nextbots online coins pack 3$19.99
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  • Nextbots online coins pack 4$34.99

Questions

Is TAG.IO free?
TAG.IO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nextbots online free?
Nextbots online is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TAG.IO or Nextbots online?
Nextbots online is rated higher. TAG.IO averages 3.2 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Nextbots online averages 4.3 from 9.4K ratings.
Do TAG.IO or Nextbots online have ads?
Both TAG.IO and Nextbots online show ads.
Which is updated more often, TAG.IO or Nextbots online?
TAG.IO ships an update weekly, and Nextbots online every 2 weeks. Most recently, TAG.IO was updated on October 21, 2026 and Nextbots online on October 22, 2026.

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