Comparison

One By One vs BadAdmin

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

One By One

Practice arithmetic, algebra, trigonometry, and calculus with a retro-style math game. Level up by solving problems, unlock new challenges, and compete on leaderboards. Enhance your skills with artifacts and strategic upgrades.

Highlights
  • Randomly generated math problems
  • Leveling system with unlockable content
  • Practice arithmetic, algebra, trigonometry, and calculus
  • Retro ASCII art and music style
  • Leaderboards and achievements
  • Math artifacts and upgrades
  • AI battle mode for targeted practice
Features
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One By One is a retro math study game built for middle and high school students looking to level up their mental math skills. Featuring randomly generated problems, the app lets you switch from basic arithmetic to advanced calculus. You can also target specific practice areas using the One By One Battles mode or the premium Sandbox mode. Key Features Retro Calculator Aesthetic: Enjoy a nostalgic UI designed with classic Unicode and ASCII art, complete with satisfying mechanical key clicks and atmospheric background music. Four Math Disciplines: Practice everything from basic arithmetic and high school algebra to trigonometric functions (complete with a built-in unit circle) and calculus derivatives. Leveling System: Progress all the way from Level 1 to 99, unlocking brand-new question tiers every ten levels. AI Battles & Training: Test your speed in targeted training modes or race against AI opponents to earn in-game rewards. Artifacts & Upgrades: Solve rare "Golden Problems" to collect 25 unique math artifacts featuring 9 distinct upgrades to shape your strategy. Leaderboards & Achievements: Compete across 5 specialized leaderboards, including a balance-based leaderboard, and uncover hidden achievements. Download One By One and start solving math faster than your teacher! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

BadAdmin

Manage servers and minimize downtime in this simulation game. React quickly to server failures by restarting them to keep operations smooth. Your goal is to achieve the lowest possible server downtime.

Highlights
  • Server management simulation
  • Minimize server downtime
  • React to server failures
  • Restart failed servers
  • Achieve low downtime
Features
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Servers crash. Cables come loose. Racks overheat. And you're the only admin on call. BadAdmin is a quick, hands-on sysadmin game: 32 servers in a rack, a monitoring screen above them and you in the middle. Flip power switches, plug cables back in, restart hot servers before they crash and reset broken cooling units – as fast as you can. THREE MODES • TIME – 90 seconds, as little downtime as possible. No two rounds are alike: some are quiet, some are pure stress. • SURVIVAL – No clock. Failures keep coming faster. With 8 servers down at once it's Game Over. How long can you hold out? • CHILL – No clock, no score, no pressure. Keep the servers running at your own pace. MORE THAN TAPPING • Overheating: a hot server counts up to 100 °C. Restart it in time, or it crashes and heats up the server next to it. • Cooling units: when one fails, the servers around it heat up twice as fast. • Traffic spikes and several failures at once in Time and Survival. YOUR CAREER Every fix earns XP. Climb the ladder from Intern to Helpdesk, Junior Admin, Sysadmin, Senior Sysadmin and all the way to Head of IT. AFTER EVERY SHIFT An incident report on old-school printer paper: downtime, average time to recovery, longest outage – and how close you came to your record. ALSO • Made for iPhone and iPad • Light or dark server room • Vibration can be switched off Have you tried turning it off and on again?

Screenshots

One By One4 screens
BadAdmin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: One By One at 91% against BadAdmin's 0%. One By One also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (77 vs 1). BadAdmin's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. One By One sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. BadAdmin asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

One By One holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: One By One has 77 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of One By One's written reviews are positive against 0% of BadAdmin's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

One By One ships an update every 2 weeks, BadAdmin every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
One By One versus BadAdmin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOne By OneBadAdmin
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (77 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings77 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrice BrownTorben Steen

Customer experience

One By One

All ratings77 ratings
Positive94.8%
Neutral1.3%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative4.5%

BadAdmin

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

One By One

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Support$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Support$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Supporter pass$19.99
None

BadAdmin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is One By One free?
One By One is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BadAdmin free?
BadAdmin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, One By One or BadAdmin?
One By One is rated higher. One By One averages 4.8 out of 5 from 77 ratings, while BadAdmin averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do One By One or BadAdmin have ads?
Both One By One and BadAdmin show ads.
Which is updated more often, One By One or BadAdmin?
One By One ships an update every 2 weeks, and BadAdmin every 2 months. Most recently, One By One was updated on November 3, 2026 and BadAdmin on November 14, 2026.

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