Winston Squirrelchill vs Buckshot Blast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Winston Squirrelchill
A free, ad-free game where players help a squirrel navigate by extending a stick to land on targets. The goal is to maintain concentration and beat your high score.
- Ad-free gameplay
- No data collection
- No login required
- Free to play
- High score tracking
- Touch and hold controls
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This game has no ads, collects no data, has no login, it is completely free to play! Some squirrels like to jump, Winston Squirrelchill prefers to walk from stump to stump. The challenge is to keep your concentration as long as possible. How to play... • Touch and hold the screen to extend the stick. • Try and land the stick on the red dot. • Travel along and beat your high score! The character is based on a squirrel from the stories I made up for my kids at bedtime.
Buckshot Blast
Aim and fire a cannon at fast-moving targets to score points. Avoid hitting negative targets to keep your time. Compete for the highest score in this carnival-themed shooting game.
- Joystick aiming
- Multi-target cannon shots
- Avoid bad targets
- High score competition
- Carnival speed gameplay
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Test your shooting skills with Buckshot Blast! Take aim and fire at rapidly moving targets to rack up big points. - Use the joystick to aim your cannon - The cannon can hit many targets with each shot - Avoid hitting the bad targets and losing time - Compete for the highest score Try to handle the carnival speed in Buckshot Blast!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Winston Squirrelchill at none against Buckshot Blast's shown. Winston Squirrelchill also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (16 vs 1). Buckshot Blast's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Buckshot Blast holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Winston Squirrelchill has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Winston Squirrelchill's written reviews are positive against 100% of Buckshot Blast's.
Winston Squirrelchill ships an update every 6 weeks, Buckshot Blast every 9 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Winston Squirrelchill | Buckshot Blast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 145 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Richard Groeneveld | Adknown |
Customer experience
Winston Squirrelchill
Buckshot Blast
In-app purchases
Winston Squirrelchill
No in-app purchases
Buckshot Blast
No in-app purchases
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