Wool Throttle vs The Abandoned Planet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wool Throttle
Embark on a challenging platform adventure as a courageous sheep on a quest to rescue abducted friends. Navigate hostile lands, overcome viscous enemies and tenacious bosses, and utilize special powers wisely in this demanding journey.
- Dexterity and perseverance challenges
- Viscous enemies and tenacious bosses
- Various beautiful and dangerous levels
- Unlockable special powers
- Ad removal option
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An unexpected journey for an improbable hero, running to find his friends! Rufus is enjoying his calm life in his peaceful meadow, where nothing much happens, surrounded by fresh grass and his fellow sheep. But when his friends get suddenly abducted by a mysterious creature, he runs without fear, across hostile lands and enemies, until he finally finds them. Small and weak, but also full of courage and determination, always pushing toward his goal, he will never turn around. Help him in this challenging adventure! As you'd expect from a mere sheep, Rufus has a limited skillset. Going forward, jumping. But a journey that demands great dexterity and perseverance is awaiting him! Maybe special powers will unveil themselves in perilous moments... Who is this evil creature? why did he capture Rufus' friends? You might find out, if you're ready to die... sometimes... • Challenge your dexterity and perseverance. • Lots of viscous enemies and tenacious bosses! • Various and beautiful levels full of danger! • Special powers are available but use them wisely, it's an expensive world. • "Remove Ads" available to never wait to play. • Wool Throttle is difficult, so prepare to die! -- Important-- Wool Throttle needs a device with a minimum of 2 GB of RAM.
The Abandoned Planet
Explore a mysterious alien world in this retro-inspired, pixel art adventure. Solve puzzles and uncover the secrets of an abandoned planet to find your way home. Experience a classic point-and-click gameplay with a fully voiced narrative.
- Retro pixel art graphics
- First-person point and click adventure
- Solve puzzles and uncover mystery
- Hundreds of locations to explore
- Fully voiced narrative
- Multi-language support
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*TRY BEFORE YOU BUY* When a wormhole tears open in space, an astronaut is hurled down and crashes on a distant planet. But where is she? Where are all the inhabitants of the planet? And how is she going to get back home? Solve the puzzle and piece together the mystery in this 2D, pixel art, first person, point and click adventure. Inspired by games like Myst and Riven with a dash of the LucasArt adventures of the 90s, The Abandoned Planet is sure to scratch that old-school, adventure game itch. • Play Act 1 for free • Beautiful chunky pixel art • Hundreds of locations to explore • Classic point and click adventure • Fully voiced in English Text localized into the following languages: • English • Spanish • Italian • French • German • Japanese • Korean • Portuguese • Russian • Chinese Simplified • Chinese Traditional
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: The Abandoned Planet at none against Wool Throttle's shown. The Abandoned Planet also leads on ratings volume (959 vs 4). Wool Throttle's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 79%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Wool Throttle sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and The Abandoned Planet sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Wool Throttle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Abandoned Planet has 959 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Wool Throttle's written reviews are positive against 79% of The Abandoned Planet's.
Wool Throttle ships an update monthly, The Abandoned Planet fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wool Throttle | The Abandoned Planet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.8 (959 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 78.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 959 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 163 MB | 237 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cedric Criblez | Snapbreak Games AB |
Customer experience
Wool Throttle
The Abandoned Planet
Bugs and requests
Wool Throttle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
The Abandoned Planet
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezing or crashing at certain points
- Inability to progress due to stuck items or broken mechanics
- Compatibility issues with certain devices or platforms
Requested features
4 requests- In-app note-taking or screenshot functionality
- Difficulty settings or accessibility options
- Expanded content and longer playtime
- Improved UI and quality-of-life features
In-app purchases
Wool Throttle
- Bag of potions - 1800 pcs$0.99
- Crate of potions - 4500 pcs$1.99
- Remove interstitial Ads$1.99
The Abandoned Planet
- Full Game$5.99
Questions
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