Comparison

Hoggy vs BigPEmu

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

Head to head
About

Hoggy

Embark on a retro-arcade adventure as Hoggy, a brave hero on a quest to rescue his kidnapped girlfriend. Navigate 45 unique jar-worlds, collect all the fruit, and outsmart enemies using simple tilt and gravity-reversing controls.

Highlights
  • Puzzle platformer gameplay
  • Retro arcade experience
  • Tilt controls for movement
  • Touch controls to reverse gravity
  • Collect fruit in 45 worlds
  • Outsmart enemies
Features
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Hoggy is a fun puzzle platformer that combines the best elements of classic side-scrolling video games with a unique puzzle flavor! You control Hoggy. Your girlfriend has been kidnapped by the moon men, and the only way to get her back is to eat all the fruit out of 45 crazy jar-worlds! The game has simple controls. Tip your iPhone to move Hoggy left or right, and touch the screen to reverse his gravity. Use your reflexes to grab all the fruit in each level, and use your mind to force your enemies to grab the fruit you can't reach! It's a great retro-arcade experience! If you love side scrollers and arcade action, you'll love Hoggy!

About

BigPEmu

This application emulates the Atari Jaguar console, offering high accuracy and performance for its entire retail game library. It provides advanced features like saved states, movie recording, and customizable controller support, enhancing the classic gaming experience.

Highlights
  • Full retail library compatibility
  • High performance emulation
  • Accurate emulation
  • Saved states and movie recording
  • Jaguar CD support
  • Customizable controller overlays
  • Fast forward and rewind
Features
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BigPEmu is the first Atari Jaguar emulator to feature compatibility with the entire retail library, along with excellent performance and a wide variety of unique features: • Fast. The emulator runs the entire Jaguar retail library (with default settings) at full speed on most devices. • Accurate. It's the most accurate Jaguar emulator to-date, although it's still being improved all the time. • Better than hardware. Although the emulator defaults to settings which are catered toward compatibility and accuracy, it's capable of far more. BigPEmu enables you to play lots of Jaguar games at a full 60 frames per second for the first time ever! • Saved states and movies. Everything is completely deterministic, just like real life. That's right, I went there. This means that all "randomness" is also controlled by a preserved seed. BigPEmu can record movies from nothing but controller inputs, and play them back with perfect accuracy. You can even interrupt a movie's playback and start playing yourself at any point. • Jaguar CD support. In addition to supporting the entire retail disc library (along with Memory Track), complete hardware emulation means that the Virtual Light Machine is fully functional. Also featured is a virtual disc system with an audio loopback option, allowing the VLM to be used as a native audio/music visualizer. • Excessive presentation detail. There's native support for the Jaguar Game Drive's MRQ format in the software browser (as well as box art sourced from PNG files), support for global and per-game backgrounds, and even support for controller overlays! Everything about the touch overlay for the iOS port is fully customizable, from appearance to collision boxes. • Extra device support. Featuring emulated device support for analog controllers (both via external bank switching and the ADC), driving controllers, rotary controllers, and Team Tap. For native input devices, the iOS port supports any MFi "Extended Gamepad" type device as well as keyboards through Apple's Game Controller API. • Glorious shaders. The emulator comes equipped with a powerful, fully customizable postprocessing system. The system supports any type of effect you can imagine, from applying smoothing filters to simulating CRT displays. • Per-game profiles. Mapping the Atari Jaguar controller to anything other than a telephone with wings can get a little complicated, so you might want to switch your controller mapping up for different games. You can do that! With per-game profiles, you can automatically load up a new input scheme (or any other emulator setting) each time you load a game. • Time travel. Native fast forwarding and rewinding capability means you can speed forward through time or go back in time whenever you please. • Flexible scripting. BigPEmu features a powerful scripting system. The emulator comes with a variety of scripts to enhance popular Jaguar games in amazing ways, from analog controller support to native-resolution and stereoscopic rendering! • The usual. Enjoy all of the emulator niceties you've come to expect in modern times. Automatic preservation of EEPROM, PAL support, custom boot ROM images, native support for multiple display aspect ratios, resolution scaling, custom display cropping, extremely customizable input, and a whole lot more. BigPEmu and Swinecrafters LLC are in no way affiliated with Atari. The name "Atari" and all associated game console names are the property of their respective owners.

Screenshots

Hoggy4 screens
BigPEmu3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Hoggy at Free against BigPEmu's $9.99. Hoggy also leads on ratings volume (2.1K vs 27) and iOS requirement (3.0 vs 15). BigPEmu's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On update cadence, ads 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

Hoggy is free to download; BigPEmu costs $9.99 up front. Hoggy sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. BigPEmu asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BigPEmu holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hoggy has 2.1K ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Hoggy's written reviews are positive against 94% of BigPEmu's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hoggy ships an update every 3 months, BigPEmu every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Hoggy versus BigPEmu: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHoggyBigPEmu
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating3.8 (2.1K ratings)5.0 (27 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.1% of reviews94.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.1K — better27
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS3.0 — better15
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB16 MB
Age rating4++9
DeveloperRaptisoftSwinecrafters LLC

Customer experience

Hoggy

All ratings2,142 ratings
Positive65.4%
Neutral14.5%
Negative20.1%
Written reviews307 reviews
Positive81.1%
Neutral7.5%
Negative11.4%

BigPEmu

All ratings26 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive94.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.9%

Bugs and requests

Hoggy

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes at final boss level
  • Unresponsive controls after update
  • Inability to connect to App Store for purchases

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and updates
  • Ability to replay completed levels
  • Option for touch-based controls
  • Improved performance on older devices

BigPEmu

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Hoggy

One-time3
  • Hoggy's Lost Levels$0.99
  • More Lost Levels$0.99
  • Get 50 Keys$0.99
None

BigPEmu

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hoggy free?
Hoggy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BigPEmu free?
BigPEmu costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hoggy or BigPEmu?
BigPEmu is rated higher. Hoggy averages 3.8 out of 5 from 2.1K ratings, while BigPEmu averages 5.0 from 27 ratings.
Do Hoggy or BigPEmu have ads?
Neither Hoggy nor BigPEmu shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hoggy or BigPEmu?
Hoggy ships an update every 3 months, and BigPEmu every 4 months. Most recently, Hoggy was updated on November 1, 2026 and BigPEmu on October 24, 2026.

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