Comparison

Endling vs Control Ultimate Edition

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

Head to head
About

Endling

Guide the last fox on Earth to protect its cubs from a devastated world. Explore dangerous environments, hunt for food, and make critical survival decisions. Teach your cubs skills and find safe havens to ensure their future.

Highlights
  • Explore devastated environments
  • Hunt to feed cubs
  • Make emotionally taxing decisions
  • Find new lairs
  • Care for and teach cubs skills
  • Survive against threats
Features
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Will a mother fox manage to keep its little cubs alive? Experience a world ravaged by mankind through the eyes of the last fox on Earth in this eco-conscious adventure. Discover the destructive force of the human race, as it corrupts, pollutes, and exploits the most precious and valuable resources of the natural environment day by day. Explore various 3D side-scrolling areas and defend your tiny furballs, feed them, watch them grow up, notice their unique personalities and fears, and most importantly, help them to survive. Use the cover of the night to stealthily guide your litter toward a safer place. Spend the day resting in an improvised shelter and plan your next move carefully since it could be the last for you and your cubs. Features: • Explore devastated environments based on real current issues. • Hunt other animals to feed your cubs and avoid becoming prey. • Put your survival instinct to the test and get involved in emotionally taxing decisions. • Find new lairs to be safe from natural and unnatural threats • Care for your cubs, feed them and teach them new skills to make them less vulnerable. • Survive! © www.handy-games.com GmbH

About

Control Ultimate Edition

Engage in a supernatural third-person action-adventure where you wield telekinetic powers and transforming weaponry to combat an ominous enemy. Uncover the dark secrets of a secretive government agency and fight to regain control of a world under threat.

Highlights
  • Supernatural combat
  • Transforming weaponry
  • Telekinetic powers
  • Uncover mysteries
  • Explore hidden world
  • Challenging boss fights
Features
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A corruptive presence has invaded the Federal Bureau of Control… Only you have the power to stop it. The world is now your weapon in an epic fight to annihilate an ominous enemy through deep and unpredictable environments. Containment has failed, humanity is at stake. Will you regain control? Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Blending open-ended environments with the signature world-building and storytelling of renowned developer, Remedy Entertainment, CONTROL presents an expansive and intensely gratifying gameplay experience. CONTROL Ultimate Edition has now been adapted to iOS. We have implemented touch controls and made changes to the in-game UI and game mechanics, like aiming and puzzles to provide a great experience for supported touch devices. The game renders beautifully through Metal and supports Ray Tracing on supported hardware. Key features UNCOVER THE MYSTERIES: Can you handle the bureau’s dark secrets? Unfold an epic supernatural struggle, filled with unexpected characters and bizarre events, as you search for your missing brother, and discover the truth that has brought you here. EVERYTHING IS YOUR WEAPON: Unleash destruction through transforming weaponry and telekinetic powers. Discover new ways to annihilate your enemies as you harness powerful abilities to turn everything around you into a lethal weapon. EXPLORE A HIDDEN WORLD: Delve deep into the ominous expanses of a secretive government agency. Explore the Bureau’s shifting environments only to discover that there is always more than meets the eye… FIGHT FOR CONTROL: Battle a relentless enemy through exciting missions and challenging boss fights to earn powerful upgrades that maximize abilities and customize your weaponry. CONTROL Ultimate Edition on iOS supports the following MetalFX features: MetalFX TAAU - Temporal Anti-Aliasing and upscaling MetalFX Frame Interpolation Ray-Tracing is supported on devices with M3+ or A19 Pro with 10Gb of memory.

Screenshots

Endling4 screens
Control Ultimate Edition4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Endling at 4.5 against Control Ultimate Edition's 4.0. Endling also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 62%) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.1). Control Ultimate Edition's advantage is price ($4.99 vs $10.99) and chart position (#17 vs unranked). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Endling costs $10.99 and Control Ultimate Edition $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Endling holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 382 and 290 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Endling's written reviews are positive against 62% of Control Ultimate Edition's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Endling ships an update weekly, Control Ultimate Edition every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Endling versus Control Ultimate Edition: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEndlingControl Ultimate Edition
Price$10.99$4.99 — better
Rating4.5 (382 ratings) — better4.0 (290 ratings)
Positive reviews84.5% of reviews — better62.4% of reviews
Number of ratings382 — better290
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#17 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS14.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size1.3 GB568 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperTHQ Nordic Mobile GmbHRemedy Entertainment PLC

Customer experience

Endling

All ratings382 ratings
Positive89.0%
Neutral3.1%
Negative7.9%
Written reviews284 reviews
Positive84.5%
Neutral4.9%
Negative10.6%

Control Ultimate Edition

All ratings290 ratings
Positive73.4%
Neutral6.6%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews306 reviews
Positive62.4%
Neutral10.8%
Negative26.8%

Bugs and requests

Endling

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashes on launch for some users
  • Freezing and control issues when interacting with objects
  • Disappearing/glitched cub behavior

Requested features

4 requests
  • Alternate/happier ending options
  • Ability to play as one of the cubs after the main story
  • Expanded map and gameplay content
  • More customization options for the fox family

Control Ultimate Edition

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Endling

No in-app purchases

None

Control Ultimate Edition

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Endling free?
Endling costs $10.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Control Ultimate Edition free?
Control Ultimate Edition costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Endling or Control Ultimate Edition?
Endling is rated higher. Endling averages 4.5 out of 5 from 382 ratings, while Control Ultimate Edition averages 4.0 from 290 ratings.
Do Endling or Control Ultimate Edition have ads?
Neither Endling nor Control Ultimate Edition shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Endling or Control Ultimate Edition?
Endling ships an update weekly, and Control Ultimate Edition every 5 days. Most recently, Endling was updated on October 15, 2026 and Control Ultimate Edition on October 14, 2026.

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