Poorly Designed Robots vs Hang Five
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Poorly Designed Robots
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An isometric puzzle game where you control two poorly-designed robots, each restricted to moving along a single axis. Navigate challenges by coordinating their movements and solve puzzles in this fun and unique experience. The original Poorly Designed Robots game was made for a university project over 12 weeks using Unreal Engine 4. All models, textures, and music were created for this project by the team. Created by: Jamie Jesse Adam Grace Quinn Elias iOS port by: Quinn Herring
Hang Five
Engage in a daily word guessing game where you decipher five themed words. Use strategic letter guesses and manage your lives carefully to solve the puzzles before time runs out. Track your progress and share your achievements with friends.
- Daily themed word challenges
- Hangman-style letter guessing
- Strategic life management
- Progress and win streak tracking
- Social sharing and competition
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Five words. One theme. Five hearts. A new puzzle every day at midnight — all five words on screen at once, connected by a theme you have to work out for yourself. Pick a letter and it reveals across all five words simultaneously. Work out the theme and you start guessing with intent instead of luck. Every wrong letter costs a heart. Vowels cost one too, even correct ones, for as long as any consonant is still hidden — so you're always choosing between certainty and cost. Solve all five before your hearts run out. The theme is confirmed at the end, along with your time. No clock ticking at you while you play. Then share your result and see how everyone else did. One puzzle a day. A few minutes, then you're done. Free.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Poorly Designed Robots at none against Hang Five's shown. Poorly Designed Robots also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Hang Five's advantage is ratings volume (170 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
Poorly Designed Robots holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hang Five has 170 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Poorly Designed Robots ships an update every 2 days, Hang Five every 9 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Poorly Designed Robots | Hang Five |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (170 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 94.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 170 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 352 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Quinn Herring | Hang Five Ltd |
In-app purchases
Poorly Designed Robots
No in-app purchases
Hang Five
No in-app purchases
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