Comparison

Baldi's Basics Classic vs Ultimate Custom Night

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

Head to head
About

Baldi's Basics Classic

A meta horror game inspired by 90s edutainment. Collect notebooks and escape a school while avoiding a menacing teacher. Features two modes: story and endless, offering unique challenges.

Highlights
  • Collect seven notebooks
  • Escape the school
  • Avoid Baldi and his friends
  • Story mode
  • Endless mode
  • Touch screen controls
Features
Currently charting
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This game is not what it seems... Inspired by creepy/bad edutainment games from the 90s, Baldi's Basics is a meta horror game that's really weird, with no real educational value to be found. The goal of the game is to collect seven notebooks, and then escape the school, but that's easier said than done! You'll need to learn all the ins-and-outs of the game to come up with a winning strategy and avoid being caught by Baldi. Learning how to use Baldi's friends to your advantage, wisely managing the items found throughout the school, and memorizing the layout of Baldi's school are all keys to success! This game has two modes, story and endless! • Story mode requires you to collect 7 notebooks and then escape the school to win. The more notebooks you collect, the faster Baldi will become! Simple, but very challenging. • Endless mode is a challenge to see how many notebooks you can collect before being caught by Baldi. Over time Baldi will speed up, but each time you successfully solve the problems in a notebook he'll slow down. The longer you can keep his speed down, the more notebooks you can collect! This is an official port of the original game, with touch screen controls! Check out the options menu to adjust them to your liking!

About

Ultimate Custom Night

Survive a night in an office by fending off killer animatronics from across the Five Nights at Freddy's series. Customize your experience by selecting from 50 characters and adjusting their difficulty. Utilize various tools and traps to stay alive.

Highlights
  • 50 selectable animatronic characters
  • Customizable character difficulty
  • Office defense with doors, vents, and hoses
  • Management of tools like heater, A/C, and music box
  • Laser traps and item purchasing
  • Themed challenge menu
  • Unlockable office skins and cutscenes
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NOTE: A device with at least 2 GB of RAM is required for this game to run properly. Welcome to the ultimate FNaF mashup, where you will once again be trapped alone in an office fending off killer animatronics! Featuring 50 selectable animatronic characters spanning seven Five Nights at Freddy's games, the options for customization are nearly endless. Mix and match any assortment of characters that you like, set their difficulty from 0-20, then jump right into the action! From your office desk, you will need to manage two side doors, two vents, as well as two air hoses, all of which lead directly into your office. This time you will have to master other tools as well if you want to complete the ultimate challenges, tools such as the heater, A/C, a global music box, a power generator, and more. As if all of that weren't enough, you'll also need to set up laser traps in the vents, collect Faz-Coins, purchase items from the Prize Counter, and as always, keep a close eye on not one, but two Pirate Cove curtains! Other features also included: - Challenge menu including 16 themed challenges - Voice acting from returning favorites as well as from new arrivals to the franchise - Unlockable office skins - Unlockable cutscenes NOTE: Interface and audio in English. Subtitles in English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish (Latin America), Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), Korean. #MadeWithFusion

Screenshots

Baldi's Basics Classic4 screens
Ultimate Custom Night4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Baldi's Basics Classic at Free against Ultimate Custom Night's $2.99. Baldi's Basics Classic also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (22K vs 6.1K). Ultimate Custom Night's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and chart position (#22 vs #122). On review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Baldi's Basics Classic is free to download; Ultimate Custom Night costs $2.99 up front. Ultimate Custom Night sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Baldi's Basics Classic asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ultimate Custom Night holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22K and 6.1K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Baldi's Basics Classic's written reviews are positive against 88% of Ultimate Custom Night's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Baldi's Basics Classic versus Ultimate Custom Night: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBaldi's Basics ClassicUltimate Custom Night
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.2 (22K ratings)4.6 (6.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.5% of reviews88.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22K — better6.1K
Update frequency—Every 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank#122#22 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size281 MB208 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperBasically Games, LLCCLICKTEAM LLC USA

Customer experience

Baldi's Basics Classic

All ratings21,167 ratings
Positive79.6%
Neutral5.1%
Negative15.2%
Written reviews2,566 reviews
Positive81.5%
Neutral6.0%
Negative12.5%

Ultimate Custom Night

All ratings6,082 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral3.6%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews1,020 reviews
Positive88.4%
Neutral5.6%
Negative6.0%

User reviews

Baldi's Basics Classic

From 22K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎉 Fun and entertaining
  • 🧠 Challenging math problems
  • 🕹️ Unique and creative gameplay
  • 🔒 No ads or in-app purchases

Room to improve

  • 🕰️ Difficult and frustrating at times
  • 🤯 Intense jump scares
  • 🤖 Glitchy and buggy behavior
  • 🧭 Unclear objectives and controls

Ultimate Custom Night

From 6.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great game
  • 👍 Lots of features
  • 🎮 Challenging gameplay
  • 💯 Best FNAF game
  • 🕹️ Addictive and fun

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy controls
  • 🔍 Small buttons and hitboxes
  • 🔊 Audio issues
  • 🕰️ Power drains too quickly
  • 🕹️ Some animatronics are too difficult

Bugs and requests

Baldi's Basics Classic

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Doors not opening properly
  • Incorrect math problem answers
  • Freezing and crashing issues
  • Inconsistent character movements

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add difficulty levels
  • Improve character AI and behavior
  • Provide more accessibility options
  • Expand the game with new content

Ultimate Custom Night

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Nightmarionne mouse cursor issues
  • Inconsistent button responsiveness
  • Glitches with certain animatronics
  • Challenges not working properly
  • Progress/save data being lost

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more animatronics
  • Improve controls and UI
  • Allow custom challenges
  • Add more offices and environments
  • Improve performance on older devices

In-app purchases

None

Baldi's Basics Classic

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Ultimate Custom Night

One-time1
  • Survival Kit$4.99

Questions

Is Baldi's Basics Classic free?
Baldi's Basics Classic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ultimate Custom Night free?
Ultimate Custom Night costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Baldi's Basics Classic or Ultimate Custom Night?
Ultimate Custom Night is rated higher. Baldi's Basics Classic averages 4.2 out of 5 from 22K ratings, while Ultimate Custom Night averages 4.6 from 6.1K ratings.
Do Baldi's Basics Classic or Ultimate Custom Night have ads?
Neither Baldi's Basics Classic nor Ultimate Custom Night shows ads.
Which is more popular, Baldi's Basics Classic or Ultimate Custom Night?
Baldi's Basics Classic currently peaks at #122 in the App Store charts, and Ultimate Custom Night at #22. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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