Comparison

iCave vs TunnelWorm

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

Head to head
About

iCave

Navigate a progressively shrinking cave, dodging obstacles to survive. Control your flight by touching and holding the screen to ascend, releasing to descend. Test your reflexes across three distinct difficulty levels.

Highlights
  • Endless cave navigation
  • Touch and hold flight control
  • Obstacle avoidance
  • Three difficulty levels
  • High score tracking
Features
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Fly through an ever decreasing cave avoiding the obsticles in your way. How long can you last? To fly, touch and hold the screen to fly up, release and gravity will take its hold. Three levels of difficulty.

About

TunnelWorm

Guide a worm through increasingly challenging obstacles. Test your reflexes and endurance as the speed and difficulty escalate. Aim to survive as long as possible and surpass your personal best score.

Highlights
  • Obstacle avoidance
  • Increasing speed and difficulty
  • High score tracking
  • Simple controls
  • Addictive gameplay
Features
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Help your worm to pass obstacles carefully. The further you go, faster and harder will be. How long can your worm live? Can you beat your high score?

Screenshots

iCave2 screens
TunnelWorm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TunnelWorm at every 4 months against iCave's every 64 months. TunnelWorm also leads on device support (5 vs 2). iCave's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, ratings volume, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iCave holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 5 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iCave ships an update every 64 months, TunnelWorm every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on August 4, 2026 and July 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
iCave versus TunnelWorm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriCaveTunnelWorm
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.6 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews78.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings35 — better
Update frequencyEvery 64 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS10.010.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndy QuaMarek Sokol

Customer experience

iCave

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive78.8%
Neutral7.6%
Negative13.6%

TunnelWorm

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

iCave

No in-app purchases

None

TunnelWorm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iCave free?
iCave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TunnelWorm free?
TunnelWorm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iCave or TunnelWorm?
iCave is rated higher. iCave averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while TunnelWorm averages 4.6 from 5 ratings.
Do iCave or TunnelWorm have ads?
Neither iCave nor TunnelWorm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iCave or TunnelWorm?
iCave ships an update every 64 months, and TunnelWorm every 4 months. Most recently, iCave was updated on August 4, 2026 and TunnelWorm on July 21, 2026.

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