Insect Catching vs Bugging Out
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Insect Catching
Engage in a bug removal game featuring beetles, stag beetles, and butterflies. Enjoy a simple and fun experience collecting various insects.
- Bug removal gameplay
- Collect beetles
- Collect stag beetles
- Collect butterflies
- Casual gaming experience
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It's a beetle, stag, and butterfly bug removal game!
Bugging Out
Engage in a unique underground shooting adventure, blasting through rocks to confront insect bosses. Collect power-ups to enhance health and firepower as you progress through challenging levels. Unlock and upgrade a variety of bugs to conquer the subterranean world.
- Underground shooting gameplay
- Break rocks with numbered life points
- Confront insect bosses
- Health and firepower boosts
- Unlock and upgrade bugs
- Multiple levels
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This is a very unique underground shooting experience. Shoot your way through the rocks to get to the insect bosses & show them who's boss. The rocks all have numbers on them which correspond to how much life points they will take away from you if they hit you. You can gain boosts along the way that increase your health and firepower. How many levels can you get past, and are you bug enough to unlock every bug & max out their stats?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Insect Catching at 100% against Bugging Out's 0%. Insect Catching also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 6). Bugging Out's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 11 months). On price 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. Bugging Out sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Insect Catching asks for nothing beyond the download.
Insect Catching holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Insect Catching's written reviews are positive against 0% of Bugging Out's.
Insect Catching ships an update every 11 months, Bugging Out monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and June 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Insect Catching | Bugging Out |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 287 MB | 232 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Yasuhiro Mizuki | Meditation Journal and Sleep Sounds Ltd |
Customer experience
Insect Catching
Bugging Out
In-app purchases
Insect Catching
No in-app purchases
Bugging Out
- Coin Pack 1$1.99
- Coin Pack 2$4.99
- Coin Pack 3$9.99
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- Coin Pack 4$14.99
- Coin Pack 5$19.99
- Coin Pack 6$24.99
Questions
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