The Incident vs Bit Journey
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Incident
Experience a retro-style action game where you must run, dodge, and jump to survive falling objects. Climb a growing mountain of platforms to reach the source of the chaos. This addictive game offers unique gameplay, power-ups, and collectables.
- Retro-style action gameplay
- Climb falling platforms
- Power-ups and collectables
- 7 levels to explore
- Multiplayer on Apple TV
- Endless survival mode
- 8-bit pixel art with Retina support
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THE INCIDENT is a fast-paced, retro-style action game. Run, dodge and jump your way to safety as an angry rain of just about everything in the world falls and builds a mountain of platforms for you to climb up, up… up to the source of it all: the cause of THE INCIDENT. "This iPhone/iPad game is really great - get it! $2. It makes me laugh every time I play it." —John Romero, Designer of Wolfenstein 3D, Doom and Quake. "A game you pick up quickly, but can't put back down." —Engadget "Gaming's Most Charming Vision of the Apocalypse" —Gizmodo "The controls work well, the graphics look cool, it's universal from the get go, and I really dig the whole concept behind the game." —Touch Arcade "Terrific little indie games like this are what make the iPhone platform really shine." —TUAW THE INCIDENT is easy to pick up but hard to master. It's a totally new gameplay concept and it's perhaps TOO addictive. It's loaded with power-ups, power-downs (d'oh!) and collectables. THE INCIDENT is a universal app that runs great on any iPhone or iPod touch, and on iPad. Buy once, play anywhere! WHAT'S IN THE BOX: • Supercool 8-bit pixel art with Retina display support • Awesome chiptune soundtrack • 7 levels to explore and survive in "The Rise & Fall of Frank Solway" • Join competitive multiplayer games on your Apple TV in "Coincidents" • Dodge and jump as high as you can in "Endless Nightfall" • Score sharing with Game Center • Hundreds of unique objects, hundreds of ways to die • The Award Room, where you recall your adventures • The elusive "B-mode"
Bit Journey
Embark on an open-world adventure where time travel vortexes unleash enemies. Survive, collect items, and defeat foes to improve your character. Train pets to assist you in battle and explore diverse roles from ninja to warrior.
- Limitless open-world exploration
- Time travel vortexes and enemies
- Character skill improvement
- Pet sidekicks with training
- Diverse character roles
- Leaderboard competition
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Explore a gigantic, limitless and rich world. It's a brand new open-world experience. The world has gone mad, time travel vortexes are appearing everywhere and spawning incredible enemies that are trying to dominate the whole world while our seven heroes are trying to survive! Destroy everything in the world, collect items and defeat amazing enemies. Score by doing anything in the world, improve your character skills and prepare to survive. You can even conquer secret bases, defeat super bosses and compete with your friends in the leaderboards! You can also use your Watch to take care of pets and use them as sidekicks in the game! You can feed them, play with them, train them and it will impact in their performances during gameplay! To fight side-by-side with Chip, Catty and Fairy, just raise your wrist while playing or access them through the Base and have fun! Be a mysterious ninja, an army soldier, a baseball player, a famous artist, or even a medieval warrior. Survive the journey and reach the higher glory. There's a little bit of everything in Bit Journey. ** Through the years, we were featured on the App Store's: ** Best New Games Best Pixel Art Games Games with Great Protagonists Apps Made in Brazil Games made in Latin America Celebrating National Talents Brazilian Games Great Brazilian Games Best Retro-Modern Games Cute Heroes Cult Classics 20 under 20 Our Favorites for Apple Watch ** We trended on: ** #1 in 2 Countries on the Games Category, Action and Adventure Subcategories #5 in 30 Countries on the Games Category, Action and Adventure Subcategories #25 in 15 Countries on the Games Category, Action and Adventure Subcategories Top 100 in 100+ Countries on the Games Category, Action and Adventure Subcategories
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Bit Journey at free against The Incident's paid. Bit Journey also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). The Incident's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
The Incident holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 52 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of The Incident's written reviews are positive against 65% of Bit Journey's.
The Incident ships an update every 4 months, Bit Journey every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.
| Parameter | The Incident | Bit Journey |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (31 ratings) — better | 4.0 (52 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.5% of reviews — better | 65.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 31 | 52 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Matt Comi | Marcos Morais |
Customer experience
The Incident
Bit Journey
Bugs and requests
The Incident
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on startup
- Game freezing and progress loss
Requested features
3 requests- Controller support
- More levels and gameplay modes
- Ability to save progress
Bit Journey
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The Incident
No in-app purchases
Bit Journey
No in-app purchases









