Mech Boa vs Idle Maggots
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mech Boa
Control a giant mechanical snake monster and unleash destruction on towns. Experience hyper-casual gameplay as you rampage through cities, demolishing everything in your path.
- Control a giant mechanical snake
- Destroy towns
- Hyper-casual gameplay
- Rampage through cities
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Mech Boa is a hyper-casual game, in which the player controls the giant mechanical snake monster and destroy every town that came across his path.
Idle Maggots
Simulate the growth and consumption of maggots on various carcasses. Produce maggots and watch them eat, leaving behind only the bones. A unique simulation experience focused on decomposition.
- Produce maggots
- Consume carcasses
- Simulate decomposition
- Unique idle gameplay
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Dead Rats and birds and Whales ! Where do they disappear ?? Heard of Maggots ? Yes , its the maggots which eat them and leave the carcass behind ! Produce maggots and eat them !
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Idle Maggots at 4.7 against Mech Boa's 3.7. Idle Maggots also leads on ratings volume (6.2K vs 149) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.5). Mech Boa's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Idle Maggots sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Mech Boa asks for nothing beyond the download.
Idle Maggots holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Maggots has 6.2K ratings behind it against 149, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of Mech Boa's written reviews are positive against 34% of Idle Maggots's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.
| Parameter | Mech Boa | Idle Maggots |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (149 ratings) | 4.7 (6.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.1% of reviews | 33.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 149 | 6.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 5 days |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.5 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 214 MB | 514 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Yso Corp | TapNation |
Customer experience
Mech Boa
Idle Maggots
Bugs and requests
Mech Boa
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Idle Maggots
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game not loading properly
- Crashes on certain devices
- Ads not working as intended
Requested features
4 requests- More animal options
- Ability to replay levels
- Progression system improvements
- Reduced ads
In-app purchases
Mech Boa
No in-app purchases
Idle Maggots
- Fast maggot$0.99
- Mech maggot$0.99
- Super Maggot$0.99
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- Robot Maggot$0.99
- Mut maggot$2.99
- Gold maggot$2.99
- Remove Popup and Banner Ads$2.99
- Ali Maggot$4.99
- Special Maggots$9.99
- No more ads$11.99
