Super Mombo Quest vs Grimmwick
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Super Mombo Quest
Embark on an action-packed precision platforming adventure in a vast, interconnected world. Master challenging combat and combos to defeat enemies, discover secrets, and save the land from a fearsome threat. Customize your abilities and interact with NPCs for upgrades.
- Precision platforming gameplay
- Metroidvania exploration
- Classic arcade mechanics
- Challenging combat and combos
- Unlockable Mombo forms
- NPC interaction and upgrades
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Super Mombo Quest is an action-packed precision platformer! A metroidvania with classic arcade mechanics, featuring some crazy combat, challenging combos and plenty of collectibles - all in a huge interconnected world! Get the perfect combo in hundreds of levels! Travel through a giant interconnected world made up of hundreds of areas, each with multiple challenging enemies. Some will chase you, some will shoot you, some will fly around… And some are extremely dangerous! Can you be fast enough to defeat them all in a perfect combo? Customize your gameplay with special abilities! Unlock different Mombo forms to reach speeds never before imagined! And use them to your advantage to uncover secrets and make powerful combos! Talk to NPCs, buy items and get upgrades! If you get tired of all the intensity, chill around and chat with the guardians of Subrosa. They will certainly offer items and upgrades so you can challenge yourself even more. Save the lands of Subrosa! Don't let Subrosa be destroyed by the fearsome King of Nightmares. Prove to be the long-awaited prophesied hero. Everyone counts on you and your giant tongue! Are you ready to venture out?
Grimmwick
Embark on a Halloween-themed adventure where you must relight a shattered flame to save a town from eternal darkness. Explore diverse districts, battle corrupted guardians, and master classic platforming mechanics. Collect candy to unlock costumes and permanent upgrades, with a special mode for younger players.
- 25 handcrafted levels across 5 districts
- 5 unique boss guardians with secret takedowns
- Unlockable characters with special moves
- Game Center leaderboards for speed and perfection
- Classic platforming mechanics: run, double-jump, ground-pound
- Collect candy for costumes and permanent upgrades
- Cozy Mode for younger players with gentler enemies
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GRIMMWICK — RELIGHT THE NIGHT Welcome to Grimmwick, the town where Halloween never ends. Every hundred years the Ember Moon recharges the Everflame — the great bonfire that keeps every ghost friendly and every candy sweet. But tonight, a forgotten shadow named Grimm swallowed the flame and shattered it into five embers, corrupting the beloved guardians who found them. Everyone always says Pip is too small for adventures. Everyone is about to be wrong. A REAL ADVENTURE, COMPLETELY FREE • 25 handcrafted levels across 5 districts — moonlit pumpkin farms, a spooky cemetery that descends into glowing catacombs, a haunted witchwood, a pirate galleon beached in a dried-up harbor, and a clockwork castle where every clock stopped at midnight • 5 boss guardians, each with its own fight — and each with a secret takedown for clever players to discover • A wholesome ending: the final blow of the game is not an attack RACE THE NIGHT • Game Center leaderboards: the Fastest Night board ranks every finisher, and the Flawless board crowns perfect 75-star runs • Unlockable characters with their own moves — ride Zoe the Witchling's broom, and someone else is waiting at the end of the story... • THE FIRST FLAME: a one-of-a-kind reward worn by exactly ONE player in the world — the reigning champion. Take it if you can. FEELS LIKE THE CLASSICS Run, double-jump, ground-pound, mega-bounce, and climb through levels built the way you remember: one idea introduced, twisted, and mastered; secret exits; high roads and low roads; hidden warps for speedrunners. Every level plays identically every time — die, learn, triumph. CANDY IS EVERYTHING Bonk enemies, collect candy, and spend it in the Costume Cauldron: costumes, masks, and permanent Level Ups like extra hearts and a candy magnet — every upgrade earnable by playing. Earn stars in each level (fast · all-candy · no-damage) and claim THE STAR CROWN if you find all 75. MADE FOR EVERY PLAYER • Cozy Mode: extra hearts and gentler enemies, one toggle away — perfect for younger adventurers • No ads. No purchases. No accounts. No data collected. Just the game. • Play in portrait or landscape; full controller support 3 hidden Golden Pumpkins per district 75 stars to hunt for perfectionists A town full of secrets — including two legendary leaps only the brave will find The night is dark. The lanterns are waiting. Grab your candy bag, little hero.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Grimmwick at 5.0 against Super Mombo Quest's 4.4. Grimmwick also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 8 months). Super Mombo Quest's advantage is ratings volume (169 vs 5) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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. Super Mombo Quest sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Grimmwick sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Grimmwick holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Super Mombo Quest has 169 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Super Mombo Quest's written reviews are positive against 100% of Grimmwick's.
Super Mombo Quest ships an update every 8 months, Grimmwick daily. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Super Mombo Quest | Grimmwick |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (169 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 169 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 980 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Orube Game Studio | Michael Durkin-Sztukowski |
Customer experience
Super Mombo Quest
Grimmwick
Bugs and requests
Super Mombo Quest
Reported bugs
3 issues- Teleportation sometimes causes black screen
- Mombo gets stuck in certain forms
- Dialogue text gets mixed up when playing out of order
Requested features
5 requests- Add offline mode
- Improve Spanish/Portuguese translations
- Sync progress across devices
- Add more post-game content
- Adjust difficulty for certain levels
Grimmwick
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Super Mombo Quest
- 5000 Cristals$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Premium Player$4.99
Grimmwick
- A Handful of Candy$0.99
- A Bucket of Candy$2.99
- A Cauldron of Candy$4.99
Questions
Is Super Mombo Quest free?
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