Beehive Mayhem vs Gate Roller
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beehive Mayhem
Guide bees to collect flowers and store them to create honey before winter arrives. Enjoy a vast collection of over 1500 classic and new levels with saved high scores and worldwide leaderboards.
- Classic and new levels
- Over 1500 levels
- Level selection screen
- Saved high scores
- Worldwide leaderboards
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Winter is on its way. Help the bees store flowers to make their honey! Includes: • A range of classic levels • Large selection of over 1500+ new levels • Level selection screen • Saved highscores • Worldwide Leaderboards
Gate Roller
Navigate a neon-lit arcade world, guiding a ball through challenging arenas. Master speed and timing to dodge obstacles, defeat enemies, and reach the gate before the environment turns against you. Experience increasingly difficult levels with unique hazards and boosters.
- Fast arcade gameplay
- Touch controls
- Neon grid visuals
- Pixel bug enemies and hazards
- Moving gates and traps
- Boosters and power-ups
- 80 challenging levels
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GATEROLLER is a fast, neon-soaked arcade survival game built for players who miss the days when games were simple to learn, difficult to master and impossible to put down. Strap on your rollers, enter the grid and survive. Play as Chaz, Daisy, Leroy or The Ball, each with their own arcade personality, then race through glowing arenas packed with pixel bugs, moving gates, lasers, teleporters, bumpers, boosters and traps. Every level changes the rules, forcing you to react faster, choose smarter routes and keep your score alive long enough to escape. THE GATE IS OPEN. CAN YOU REACH IT? Your goal sounds simple: survive the arena, build enough score to unlock the gate and get out. But once the gate opens, the pressure rises. Your score can begin to drain, your trail shifts behind you and the safest route can disappear in seconds. Hesitate and the arena wins. Move too aggressively and you may trap yourself. GATEROLLER rewards quick reactions, risk-taking and learning the perfect route. 120 LEVELS OF ESCALATING ARCADE CHAOS Start with a guided training level, then face increasingly unpredictable arenas. Early stages introduce the core movement, chasing bugs and projectiles. Later levels bring moving gates, teleport portals, pinball-style bumpers, sweeping lasers, aggressive enemies, wraparound walls and huge scrolling arenas with off-screen threats. Just when you think you understand the grid, GATEROLLER changes it. CHOOSE YOUR ROLLER Take control of Chaz, Daisy or Leroy and hit the arena in classic neon arcade style. Each character brings their own personality to the world of GATEROLLER, surrounded by glowing grids, explosive effects, retro-inspired sound and pixel enemies that refuse to leave you alone. BOOST YOUR CHANCES Grab powerful boosters when the arena turns against you. Change speed. Gain an extra life. Take control of your direction. Trigger Smash Mode and turn the tables on the bugs. Knowing when to grab a booster can be the difference between escaping and becoming part of the grid. BUILT FOR QUICK RUNS — AND “ONE MORE TRY” Swipe to launch. Tap or swipe to turn. Avoid the walls, enemies, projectiles and your own trail. The controls are immediate, but mastering the arena takes timing, planning and nerve. Chase a higher score, replay levels, improve your route and enter your initials when you set a new personal best. RETRO ARCADE ENERGY GATEROLLER combines modern mobile controls with the feel of classic 80s arcade games: • Neon grid arenas • Pixel-art enemies and effects • Original arcade-inspired soundtrack • Explosions and haptic feedback • Classic initials entry • Personal high scores • Saved progress and level selection • Music, sound-effect and haptic controls • Game Center support PLAY FREE, THEN UNLOCK THE FULL GAME Levels 0–14 are free to play with ads. Free players may see occasional ads, including optional rewarded ads that can help you keep a run alive. If GATEROLLER gets its hooks into you, unlock Level 15 and beyond with one permanent in-app purchase. The Full Game purchase removes GATEROLLER ads. No subscription. No recurring payment. Just the game. WHY YOU’LL KEEP COMING BACK Every level is designed around a new pressure, hazard or combination of mechanics. Some demand precision. Some reward aggression. Some make you survive long enough to find the opening. Others turn the entire arena into a moving puzzle. The result is a game that is easy to pick up for a few minutes but gives you plenty to master. Can you survive all 120 levels? Can you beat your best score? Can you make it through the gate before the arena closes in? There is only one rule: DON’T STOP. Download GATEROLLER, enter the grid and hit the gate.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Beehive Mayhem at none against Gate Roller's 1. Beehive Mayhem also leads on ratings volume (11 vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.4). Gate Roller's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 months). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. Gate Roller sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Beehive Mayhem asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Beehive Mayhem against 5.0 for Gate Roller. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Beehive Mayhem has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Beehive Mayhem ships an update every 3 months, Gate Roller daily. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beehive Mayhem | Gate Roller |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 135 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Brown | Spacivity LTD |
Customer experience
Beehive Mayhem
Gate Roller
In-app purchases
Beehive Mayhem
No in-app purchases
Gate Roller
- Unlock the Full Game$2.99
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