Comparison

One Timer vs Distant Desert

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

Head to head
About

One Timer

Experience fast-paced arcade hockey with neon visuals and quick gameplay. Compete across five score-chasing modes, aiming for high scores and long streaks. Track your personal bests and challenge others on global leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Fast one-thumb arcade hockey
  • Five score-chasing modes
  • Neon rink visuals
  • Local bests tracking
  • Game Center leaderboards
  • Haptic and sound effects
Features
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One Timer is a neon arcade hockey game built for quick runs, clean shots, and one-more-try score chasing. Drag the mallet below the blue line, time your shot, and send each puck toward the goal. Double-tap to serve another puck and keep the run moving. Every mode is short, sharp, and built around getting a little better each time. Play five score-chasing modes: Blitz: score 30 color-matched goals as fast as you can. Rush: score as many color-matched goals as possible in 60 seconds. Overview: score as many color-matched goals as possible in 30 seconds. +1 second for a goal, -2 seconds for a miss. Chase: hit a sliding target before the clock runs out. Cross Fire: aim for moving point zones and build a bigger total. High Wire: track vertical goals and score more when they climb higher. Gauntlet: 5 lives Every shot matters. Goals spark neon bursts, streaks raise the pressure, and misses can break your rhythm. Local bests track your top runs, while Game Center leaderboards let you chase faster times, higher totals, cleaner shots, and longer streaks. Features: - Fast one-thumb arcade hockey - Five modes for time, goals, moving targets, and points - Neon rink visuals with glowing goals, puck bursts, and screen shake - Local bests for your strongest runs - Game Center leaderboards for score competition - Haptics and arcade sound effects for every shot, goal, and buzzer

About

Distant Desert

Guide an Emirati Bedouin family stranded on Mars to survive by finding essential resources like food, water, and oxygen. Explore the alien planet and manage their needs to overcome the challenges of an unexpected interplanetary journey.

Highlights
  • Resource management
  • Exploration
  • Survival simulation
  • Family management
  • Interplanetary journey
Features
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A family of Emirati Bedouins find themselves stumbling onto a spaceship and are accidently taken to Mars! How will they survive?! Join and help the Bedouin family to look for food, drinks, oxygen, entertainment, and communication devices to survive on Mars.

Screenshots

One Timer4 screens
Distant Desert3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Distant Desert at 3 against One Timer's 1. Distant Desert also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
One Timer versus Distant Desert: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOne TimerDistant Desert
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB96 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJake LandonMassDiGI

Customer experience

One Timer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Distant Desert

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

One Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Distant Desert

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is One Timer free?
One Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Distant Desert free?
Distant Desert is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do One Timer or Distant Desert have ads?
Neither One Timer nor Distant Desert shows ads.

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