BeatTheBug vs Zmbi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BeatTheBug
A virtual fly-flapping game where you physically turn to find and catch bugs with bats. Experience the fun of bug catching in a unique, interactive way. Be careful with your device!
- Virtual fly flapping
- Physical device movement detection
- Catch bugs with bats
- Interactive gameplay
- Unique bug catching experience
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BeatTheBug is your virtual fly flap. Turn around yourself and find the flying bug to catch it with one of the available bats. It has never been more fun to catch bugs. KEEP THE DEVICE TIGHT IN YOUR HANDS!!! We do not take responsibility for flying devices :) IMPORTANT NOTICE: No bugs have been harmed to build this application.
Zmbi
Embark on a hilarious endless running adventure as a zombie. Devour brains, convert humans, and dodge obstacles to survive. Collect heads for powerful bonuses and enjoy unique gameplay with comical death animations.
- Unique zombie gameplay
- Hilarious death animations
- Pixel art graphics
- Brain-eating for power-ups
- Head collection for bonuses
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Bite humanz, eat brainz, don't trip on banana peels! Awesome news: Zmbi is now FREE! Zmbi is a fun and hilarious endless zombie walker/limper game. Play as zombies! Run rampant, eat brains and bite humans to turn them into zombies! Be alert of the obstacles though. Your zombies will literally lose their heads if they hit trash cans, dumpsters, banana peels, road cones, mailboxes, phone booths, barricades, or even humvees. Eating brains is healthy for zombies. Eat 3 brains and your zombies will become bigger, badder and faster, and they can obliterate everything in their path. Collect human heads to get helpful bonuses such as more zombies, encounter more humans, encounter more brains and faster big zombies. Features: - Unique and fun gameplay - Hilarious death animations per obstacle - Gorgeous retina pixel art graphics - Collect human heads for bonuses Enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Zmbi at 4.5 against BeatTheBug's 2.0. Zmbi also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 209 months). On price and ads 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. BeatTheBug sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Zmbi asks for nothing beyond the download.
Zmbi holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zmbi has 25 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
BeatTheBug ships an update every 209 months, Zmbi every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BeatTheBug | Zmbi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (2 ratings) | 4.5 (25 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 81.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 25 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 209 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 5.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Skycoders GmbH | Gambit Technologies Inc. |
Customer experience
BeatTheBug
Zmbi
In-app purchases
BeatTheBug
- Full kit$0.99
Zmbi
No in-app purchases
