Comparison

Growbot Mobile vs Second Best

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

Head to head
About

Growbot Mobile

Embark on a point-and-click adventure as a robot on a biopunk space station. Solve puzzles using unique abilities and collect flower sounds to defend your home from a crystalline threat. Uncover a story of flower power amidst a visually stunning and musically rich environment.

Highlights
  • Explore a biopunk space station
  • Interact with alien flora and fauna
  • Solve puzzles using unique mechanics
  • Collect and combine flower sounds
  • Experience a narrative-driven story
  • Enjoy award-winning art and music
Features
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Growbot is a 2D point&click adventure about a robot saving her home from a dark crystalline force. Set upon a beautiful biopunk space station bursting with fantastic plants and aliens, you play as Nara, a growbot in training to become a captain. When your station home is attacked by rapidly growing crystals, it's down to you to save it. The game is inspired by classic adventure games like Loom, modern adventure games like Machinarium, and aims to appeal to both seasoned and new gamers. Features • Explore a beautiful space station and repair its strange machinery. • Interact with fantastic plants and aliens. • Use your Brain(apilla) to solve puzzles. • Collect the sounds of flowers and combine them to create powerful shields. • Meet a fluffy white hologram called Star Belly with a galaxy inside. • Unearth a tale of flower power with twisted roots. • Art by award winning illustrator Lisa Evans. • Beautiful music by musician Jessica Fichot.

About

Second Best

Continue an absurd mystery adventure filled with unexpected twists and whimsical humor. Solve clever puzzles and explore a world brought to life with charming hand-drawn visuals. Uncover the truth about your identity and escape a perilous journey.

Highlights
  • Absurd mystery adventure
  • Interactive story with twists
  • Classic point and click gameplay
  • Solve zany puzzles
  • Hand-drawn visuals
  • Colorful characters
Features
Currently charting
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The excitement CONTINUES. You're a LONGER way from home than you ever thought possible. And the more you learn about your IDENTITY, the less you seem to KNOW. It's not easy being BEST. Welcome back to the world of COLBIES and OPIES, where nothing is what you think, not even your OWN PAST … WHEN WE LAST LEFT OFF IN BESTED You had just been spirited away by a gang of SUPERHUMAN meanies. WHY are they doing this, and can you get a better stateroom for the JOURNEY? Find the answers to these questions and more, and try not to get tangled up in too many MURDERS along the way. FEATURES • Absurd Mystery Adventure – A comedy-filled interactive story with unexpected twists, whimsical humor, and a genuinely complex but curious plot. • Classic Point and Click Gameplay – Tap around, poke things, collect clues, and talk your way out of (and into) trouble. • Zany Puzzles – Solve clever puzzles that are unique and satisfying, the MysteryCaper way! • Hand-Drawn Visuals – Explore a world brought to life with charming art created by hand. Human hand. • Colorful Characters – From a puzzling ally to ship crew to tricky villains, everyone's got something to hide. – MysteryCaper. It's COMEDY SOLVED.

Screenshots

Growbot Mobile4 screens
Second Best4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Growbot Mobile at monthly against Second Best's every 3 months. Growbot Mobile also leads on price ($3.99 vs $5.99). Second Best's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and chart position (#194 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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

Growbot Mobile costs $3.99 and Second Best $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Second Best holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Second Best has 31 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Growbot Mobile's written reviews are positive against 100% of Second Best's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Growbot Mobile ships an update monthly, Second Best every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Growbot Mobile versus Second Best: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrowbot MobileSecond Best
Price$3.99 — better$5.99
Rating4.8 (5 ratings)5.0 (31 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings531 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#194 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size619 MB340 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperApplication Systems Heidelberg Software GmbHMysteryCaper, LLC

Customer experience

Growbot Mobile

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative0.0%

Second Best

All ratings31 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Growbot Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

Second Best

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Growbot Mobile free?
Growbot Mobile costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Second Best free?
Second Best costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Growbot Mobile or Second Best?
Second Best is rated higher. Growbot Mobile averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Second Best averages 5.0 from 31 ratings.
Do Growbot Mobile or Second Best have ads?
Neither Growbot Mobile nor Second Best shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Growbot Mobile or Second Best?
Growbot Mobile ships an update monthly, and Second Best every 3 months. Most recently, Growbot Mobile was updated on September 16, 2026 and Second Best on September 18, 2026.

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