Trap The Penguin vs ComicScout
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trap The Penguin
Engage your mind with this immersive puzzle game where you strategically trap a smart penguin. Plan your moves carefully to crack ice cubes and prevent its escape across endless levels.
- Best puzzle gameplay
- Awesome graphics
- Easy controls
- Brain exercise
- Endless trap game levels
- Realistic gameplay experience
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Hello, if you are looking for a new puzzle/brain game, then you are in the right place. Trap The Penguin is an immersive brain game. You must try it! Trap The Penguin that wants to escape. Penguin is very smart. So be careful, think strategically and plan for the future to trap it! Trap The Penguin Features * Best puzzle gameplay * Awesome graphics * Easy controls * Brain exercise with penguin games * Endless trap game levels * A straightforward, realistic gameplay experience that is immersive and engaging Introduced Levels Now you can choose from Easy, Medium and Hard mode. Added Hammer to break the ice. Game Play * The gameplay of Trap The Penguin is quite straightforward: to trap the penguin and prevent it from escaping once trapped. * You have to crack the ice cube around the penguin with different strategies. Once you have cracked all the cubes around the penguin and the penguin has no remaining cubes to move, that means you have trapped the penguin. * The penguin here is smart, which moves each time very brilliantly, so crack ice cubes carefully around to trap it.
ComicScout
This app helps comic collectors estimate the value of comic books before buying or selling. It identifies issues, checks for reprints, and provides a fair-market value estimate with a clear verdict.
- Identify comics from photos or links
- Estimate fair-market value
- Flag reprints and restoration risk
- Track collection items
- Save scan history
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ComicScout helps comic collectors estimate value before they buy, sell, or add a book to their collection. Scan a comic cover, slab label, marketplace screenshot, or eBay listing URL. ComicScout identifies the issue, checks edition and reprint risk, estimates fair-market value, and gives a clear BUY, WATCH, PASS, or ASK verdict. What ComicScout does: • Identifies comic books from photos, slab labels, screenshots, and listing links • Estimates fair-market value using live listings, licensed price-guide data, and available market signals • Shows by-grade value guidance when available • Flags reprints, facsimiles, edition traps, restoration risk, and other details that can change value • Saves scan history and collection items so you can track books over time • Lets you use a share extension from Safari on comic listings Free tier: ComicScout includes 1 free scan per rolling 30-day period. ComicScout Premium: Premium has no monthly scan quota and unlocks the full deal report. A reasonable server-enforced daily fair-use and abuse-prevention limit applies and resets at 00:00 UTC. Premium includes a 14-day free trial for eligible users, then auto-renews at $6.99/week or $59.99/year through Apple. A one-time 20-scan pack is also available for $4.99 and does not grant Premium. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. ComicScout is independent and is not affiliated with Marvel, DC, CGC, CBCS, eBay, or PriceCharting. Values are estimates, not guarantees. Terms of Use: https://comicscout.co/terms Privacy Policy: https://comicscout.co/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ComicScout at 4.6 against Trap The Penguin's 4.0. ComicScout also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). Trap The Penguin's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, 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. Trap The Penguin sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ComicScout sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ComicScout holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ComicScout has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Trap The Penguin ships an update every 5 months, ComicScout every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trap The Penguin | ComicScout |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.6 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dhaval Patel | Seyyedmilad Ghaemi |
Customer experience
Trap The Penguin
ComicScout
In-app purchases
Trap The Penguin
- Ad Free Version$2.99
ComicScout
- Weekly Premium14 Days trial$6.997 Days
- Annual Premium Offer14 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Annual Premium14 Days trial$59.991 Year
- 20-Scan Pack$4.99
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