Poor Thief! vs Mimelet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Poor Thief!
Embark on a unique puzzle adventure where death is the key to victory. Swipe through levels as an immortal thief, collecting treasure and strategically embracing demise to progress. Discover new worlds and unlock a mini-game.
- Unique 'die to win' mechanic
- Over 50 levels across 3 worlds
- Efficient level completion for stars
- Unlockable mini-game
- Catchy soundtrack
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“Something very special.” - TouchArcade, Game of the Week “A puzzle gem” - PocketGamer, Game of the Week You are the Poor Thief, a burglar cursed with immortality and an insatiable hunger for treasure. Swipe your way through dozens of levels, and remember - you can’t always avoid death. In fact, it’s the only way to win! • Unique mechanic - to win, you must die! • 3 unique worlds with over 50 levels total • Earn stars by beating each level efficiently • Catchy soundtrack by Lewmoth • Unlockable mini-game Help Poor Thief get the treasure, break the curse, and die a bunch along the way!
Mimelet
Embark on a charming platform adventure where you leap onto enemies to absorb their unique abilities. Use these stolen powers to navigate through challenging puzzles and overcome obstacles in a whimsical world.
- Steal enemy powers
- Platform adventure gameplay
- Challenging puzzles
- Cute graphics
- SNES inspired music
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Travel with Mimelet through a wonderful adventure! Jump on top of enemies to steal their powers and overcome any obstacles along the way. Mimelet is a wholesome platform adventure game featuring a simple and fun game mechanic and challenging puzzles. Features: • Wholesome gameplay • Simple and fun mechanics • Cute graphics • Challenging puzzles • SNES inspired music
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Poor Thief! at none against Mimelet's shown. Poor Thief! also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 10 months). Mimelet's advantage is review sentiment (79% vs 49%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Poor Thief! sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Mimelet sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Poor Thief! against 3.9 for Mimelet. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 74 and 94 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 49% of Poor Thief!'s written reviews are positive against 79% of Mimelet's.
Poor Thief! ships an update every 6 weeks, Mimelet every 10 months. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.
| Parameter | Poor Thief! | Mimelet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (74 ratings) — better | 3.9 (94 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 49.3% of reviews | 78.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 74 | 94 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No — better | 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 | 13 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Beep Yeah! | Gionathan Pesaresi |
Customer experience
Poor Thief!
Mimelet
User reviews
Poor Thief!
From 74 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Clever and engaging puzzle design
- 👍 Quick and immediate to play
- 🎮 Responsive controls
- 😌 Relaxed gameplay, optional stars
- ✨ Well-made and thoughtfully put together
Room to improve
- 💸 Too many ads
- 💥 Frequent crashes and not launching
- ⏳ Ads are too long and frequent
- 🎮 Game is short
- 🔄 Game feels like a copy of another game
Mimelet
From 94 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💖 Nostalgic childhood game
- 🤩 Cute art style and graphics
- 🎮 Fun and simple gameplay
- 💡 Interesting concept and mechanics
- 👍 Good for short bursts of play
Room to improve
- 💸 Aggressive monetization/paywall
- ⏳ Too short, needs more levels
- 😠 Deceptive free-to-play model
- 🐌 Slow animations and lag
- 🤔 Controls can be wonky/frustrating
Bugs and requests
Poor Thief!
Reported bugs
6 issues- Bug with spike blocks not passing through one-way gates on level 53
- Bugged jungle achievement
- Arrow block bug on level 18 of Castle
- One-way passage block allows passage in both directions on level 18
- Coin grab mini-game: best time not persistent, 0.6 seconds added on finish, leaderboard issues, retry button not working
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- App crashes on opening or second level
Requested features
2 requests- New levels in the future
- Paid version without ads
Mimelet
Reported bugs
5 issues- Crashes at level 8
- Special offer pop-up prevents progress
- Level 14 bug (falling offscreen)
- Game breaking bug at level 9 (shows sky/blocks)
- Bug when holding movement button and changing direction inside yellow block
Requested features
8 requests- More levels
- Controller support
- Option to change music/sound volume
- Option to change button layout and size
- Progress bar for collected fruits
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- Way to see current level
- Add more powers
- Mimelet 2
In-app purchases
Poor Thief!
- Feed the Developer$0.99
- Unlock More Levels$1.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
Mimelet
- Premium$1.99
