Comparison

rRootage Online HD vs Cat Tapper

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

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About

rRootage Online HD

Experience a legendary shooter ported and optimized for mobile devices. Engage in 160 stages across four distinct modes, featuring online leaderboards and achievements. Master unique gameplay mechanics in this classic arcade-style experience.

Highlights
  • Four distinct game modes
  • 160 challenging stages
  • Online hi-scores and achievements
  • Game Center integration
  • Intuitive touch controls
  • Multiple gameplay mechanics (Normal, PSY, IKA, GW)
Features
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Kenta Cho's legendary shooter rRootage ported and optimized for iOS! 4 different modes, 160 stages total. Including music, SFX, online hi-scores and achievements. rRootage Online is Game Center enabled. ◆ Reviews for rRootage Online ◆ EUROGAMER (Rating 9/10): "rRootage Online is why Kenta Cho releases his games in the way he does; it's now got a chance to hit a new audience, and be enjoyed by many more people, in what feels like the definitive version." APP SPY (Rating 4/5): "...for those who consider themselves fans of the shmup genre, this is without a doubt a must buy." TOUCHARCADE: "Anyone who enjoys a nice 2D shooter should grab this one instantly." WHATSONIPHONE (Rating 4.5/5): "rRootage is a classic game faithfully rendered on the iphone" FINGERGAMING: "rRootage offers much more variety than the typical App Store shoot-’em-up [...]. Shooter fans should definitely check this one out." POCKETGAMER: "The fact that this gem is available on the App Store is great news." THEPORTABLEGAMER: "If R-Type was too simple for you, or DoDonPachi Resurrection was something you completed with one eye closed while doing one handed pushups, then this is worthy of your time and money." Controls: * Touch and hold to move ship * Second touch to trigger special * Double tap to pause game Menu: * Touch the squares to select mode/stage Game: Control your ship and avoid the barrage. Use the laser to destroy the battleship of the enemy. You can cause more damage if you fire the laser close to the enemy. When all ships are destroyed, the game is over. The ship extends at 200,000 and every 500,000 points. . Normal Mode This is the standard game mode. - Special -> Bomb The bomb wipes enemies bullets. The number of bombs are displayed at the left-down corner. . PSY Mode As your ship grazes a bullet, the graze meter (displayed at the right-down corner) increases. When the graze meter becomes full, the ship becomes invincible for a while. - Special -> Rolling This movement widens the range the ship can graze. . IKA Mode Your ship has two attributes, white and black. All bullets also have these attributes, and your ship can absorb bullets that have the same attribute. Absorbed bullets are changed into lasers automatically. - Special -> Attribution change Change your ship’s attribute. . GW Mode Your ship can use the reflector. The reflector reflects bullets around your ship. - Special -> Reflector To use the reflector, you have to activate special until the reflector meter (displayed at the left-down corner) becomes empty. You can use the reflector only if the reflector meter displays 'OK'.

About

Cat Tapper

Tap your screen to collect "meows" from a virtual cat. Spend your earnings in the in-game store to boost your collection rate, protect your meows from a rival cat, and level up for new gameplay options.

Highlights
  • Tap to collect meows
  • Increase meow gain
  • Level up gameplay
  • Protect meows from theft
  • In-game store for upgrades
Features
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A silly cat tapping game where you collect as much "meows" as possible by tapping Washington the cat on your screen. Open the "Catnip" in-game store to spend your collected Meows to increase Meows gain, protect from Meows being stolen by George or level up! All items have different effect on meows gain. When you level up you can choose a multiplayer for your next level and so on! - Tap for meows - Increase speed & level - Protect from George the cat stealing - Meow, meow! Increase meows by buying items for Washington, level up and protect your meows from being stolen by George the cat! - NO in-app purchases - NO advertisements - One-time 99 cents!

Screenshots

rRootage Online HD4 screens
Cat Tapper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: rRootage Online HD at 4.7 against Cat Tapper's 4.0. rRootage Online HD also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and ratings volume (33 vs 1). Cat Tapper's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 78%). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

rRootage Online HD holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: rRootage Online HD has 33 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of rRootage Online HD's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cat Tapper's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
rRootage Online HD versus Cat Tapper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterrRootage Online HDCat Tapper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (33 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews78.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings33 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB169 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerfraglab.atStuxhost

Customer experience

rRootage Online HD

All ratings33 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral3.0%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive78.3%
Neutral13.0%
Negative8.7%

Cat Tapper

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

rRootage Online HD

No in-app purchases

None

Cat Tapper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is rRootage Online HD free?
rRootage Online HD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cat Tapper free?
Cat Tapper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, rRootage Online HD or Cat Tapper?
rRootage Online HD is rated higher. rRootage Online HD averages 4.7 out of 5 from 33 ratings, while Cat Tapper averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do rRootage Online HD or Cat Tapper have ads?
Neither rRootage Online HD nor Cat Tapper shows ads.

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