Penguin Champion vs Time Control!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Penguin Champion
Guide a penguin across moving ice floes to reach the mainland. Avoid killer whales and strategically move between ice pieces in this challenging yet relaxing puzzle game. It's a great way to pass the time and engage your mind.
- Penguin movement and ice floe navigation
- Avoid killer whales
- Hundreds of unique levels
- Challenging yet relaxing gameplay
- Brain exercise
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Help the penguin to escape. Move penguin, ice floes move automatically. Avoid killer whales and choose the right moment to move from one ice floe to another. Help the penguin to make way to the mainland. A new puzzle game. It’s challenging yet relaxing. Great way to kill a few minutes and exercise your brain! How to play: 1. Tap and Hold to move penguin 2. Ice floes move automatically 3. Avoid killer whales - be stealthy 4. Reach the mainland to save the Penguin Features: 1. Easy to play 2. Hundreds of unique levels 3. Free to play 4. Easy to start Hard to stop playing Try it!
Time Control!
Manipulate the flow of time to navigate through challenging levels. Rewind or fast-forward to avoid obstacles and reach your goal. Experience a unique puzzle-platformer with time-bending mechanics.
- Control time-line
- Go to the past
- Go to the future
- Dodge obstacles
- Puzzle-platformer gameplay
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Control the time-line to go in the past or the future and dodge obstacles!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Penguin Champion at 4.7 against Time Control!'s 3.8. Penguin Champion also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). Time Control!'s advantage is ratings volume (406 vs 15). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Penguin Champion holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Time Control! has 406 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Penguin Champion ships an update every 3 weeks, Time Control! every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Penguin Champion | Time Control! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (15 ratings) — better | 3.8 (406 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 21.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 406 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 224 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | SH Limited | Yso Corp |
Customer experience
Penguin Champion
Time Control!
Bugs and requests
Penguin Champion
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Time Control!
Reported bugs
5 issues- Game crashes frequently
- Game closes unexpectedly
- Visual glitch with character positioning after death
- Game lags during gameplay
- Game performance issues on public transport/offline areas
Requested features
6 requests- Option to pay for ad-free experience
- Offline gameplay mode
- Improved art style and graphics
- Better gameplay mechanics and difficulty
- Reduce ad frequency significantly
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- No ads after every level
In-app purchases
Penguin Champion
No in-app purchases
Time Control!
No in-app purchases
Questions
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