CornellGO vs Slime Rancher
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CornellGO
Embark on a virtual scavenger hunt to explore a university campus. Earn points by locating landmarks, compete with friends, and learn about the institution's history. Team up to fill your travel log and create lasting memories.
- Virtual scavenger hunt
- Landmark discovery
- Point earning system
- Friend competition
- Campus history exploration
- Team play
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CornellGO! is a virtual scavenger hunt - a fun and interactive way to explore Cornell's campus and all it has to offer. Earn points by finding landmarks and locations across campus, compete with your friends, and discover more about Cornell’s rich history. Team up with friends to fill your travel log and create unforgettable memories! Have questions, feedback, or need help? Contact us at cornellgo.team@gmail.com.
Slime Rancher
Explore a vibrant alien world, capture and tend to adorable slimes, and restore a neglected ranch. Use your vacpack to collect slimes, discover new species, and earn money to expand and decorate your estate. Enjoy different game modes at your own pace.
- Explore alien world
- Capture and tend to slimes
- Restore abandoned ranch
- Craft and upgrade tools
- Three game modes: Adventure, Casual, Rush
- Revamped mobile interface
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Due to limited RAM, these devices are not compatible. You won’t have access to all the graphic settings and may experience some freezes or crashes: iPhone Xr, iPhone SE Gen 2 (2020), iPad Mini Gen 5, iPad Air Gen 3, iPad Gen 8, iPad Gen 9. Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range,’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes. [Explore a vibrant alien world, capture and tend to adorable slimes, and get a once-abandoned ranch back on track!] *** FEATURES *** - Play as a curious and adventurous woman trying to get her newly acquired slime ranch back on track. - Use your trusty vacpack to collect adorable slimes in the wild. Each type has its own likes, dislikes, and sometimes even special needs that must be met to take care of them properly! - Discover new hybrid species! - Explore the vast, colorful nature of the Far, Far Range. Find slimes and gather resources! - Roam around the sands of the Dry Reef, discover the wild flora of the Moss Blanket, and wonder at the shining crystals of the Indigo Quarry while uncovering hidden treasures! - Earn money through daily requests or the market exchange to expand your ranch: decorate your estate, contain your slimes with corrals, grow crops and build coops to feed them. - Earn money through daily requests on the Range Exchange or selling plorts on the Plort Market. Then decorate your ranch house, expand the corrals for your slimes, and feed them by growing gardens and building coops! - Craft and upgrade your vacpack and tools for faster and better ranching! - Follow Bea’s journey at your own pace with 3 different game modes! Adventure Mode lets you experience the trials and tribulations of ranching life as it really is. But you can also play Casual Mode for a cozier experience, or challenge yourself to succeed faster with Rush Mode! CAREFULLY REDESIGNED FOR MOBILE - Revamped interface – exclusive mobile UI with complete touch control - Game Center achievements - Cloud Saves – share your progress between iOS devices. - Compatible only with PS4, PS5, and Xbox controllers - iPhone 17 Optimization (including Pro Max)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: CornellGO at Free against Slime Rancher's $8.99. CornellGO also leads on iOS requirement (15.2 vs 18.0). Slime Rancher's advantage is ratings volume (1.7K vs 1) and chart position (#51 vs unranked). On rating, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
CornellGO is free to download; Slime Rancher costs $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CornellGO holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Slime Rancher has 1.7K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CornellGO ships an update every 2 weeks, Slime Rancher every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CornellGO | Slime Rancher |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $8.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (1.7K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 80.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1.7K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #51 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 1019 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Gilly Leshed | Playdigious |
Customer experience
CornellGO
Slime Rancher
In-app purchases
CornellGO
No in-app purchases
Slime Rancher
No in-app purchases
Questions
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