Star Grab vs Basement Bump
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Star Grab
A fast-paced game where you must quickly identify and tap objects matching a given description. Avoid incorrect taps to maintain your score. Features multiple difficulty levels and an asteroid-dodging mini-game.
- Multiple difficulty levels
- Score multiplier
- Object matching gameplay
- Avoid incorrect taps
- Asteroid dodging mini-game
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Select from 4 different difficulty parameters to have the game change from stupidly easy to impossibly hard. As the difficulty increases, so does your score multiplier! Touch the objects that match the description at the start of the game. Don't touch incorrect objects or your score will drop. If you fail to grab an object that matches the description, you lose. Also check out the asteroid dodging mini game Collision Course.
Basement Bump
Keep a balloon airborne by tapping to jump and push it upwards. Avoid obstacles like paper planes and falling books to prevent the balloon from popping or touching the ground. Customize your player with various outfits.
- Keep balloon afloat
- Avoid paper planes
- Avoid falling books
- Player customization
- Jump to boost balloon
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Keep the balloon afloat in Basement Bump, a simple game built around the idea that the balloon can't touch the ground! Avoid paper planes, and falling books while trying to prevent the balloon from popping! - Jump before hitting the balloon to give it an extra push - Be careful where you jump, paper planes are always in the air - Bump into a hazard and be slowed - Several outfits for the player to choose from Install Basement Bump and see how long you can keep the balloon up!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Star Grab at 5.0 against Basement Bump's 4.0. Star Grab also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Basement Bump's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 18 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Star Grab holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively.
Star Grab ships an update every 18 months, Basement Bump every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Star Grab | Basement Bump |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 140 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Nestingen-Palm | Adknown |
Customer experience
Star Grab
Basement Bump
In-app purchases
Star Grab
No in-app purchases
Basement Bump
No in-app purchases
