Battle Slugs vs Yarn! A Jumping Physics Game
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Battle Slugs
Command an army of slugs in a strategic territory conquest game. Utilize unique slug abilities and battlefield tactics to outmaneuver opponents on hexagonal maps. Enjoy colorful graphics, custom music, and compete for high scores.
- Command slug armies
- Territory conquest gameplay
- Hexagonal playing fields
- Strategic combat
- Colorful cartoony graphics
- Game Center high scores
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Playing Battle Slugs, you take command of a well-trained army of the finest slugs, either green angelic slugs or red devilish slugs (you can decide which, based on what you did last night). Slug it out across a variety of hexagon-celled playing fields, each with its own sweet spots and bottlenecks, using strategy to claim the most territory and conquer the field. The game includes colorful cartoony graphics, plus changing backgrounds and custom soundtrack music. Your progress is saved and sent to the Game Center high scores list. Take on a friend or go up against the cold logic of the CPU on one of three levels of difficulty.
Yarn! A Jumping Physics Game
Guide a brave ball of yarn through a city overrun by zombie cats. Jump over obstacles, collect stars, and defeat the menacing feline foes in this atmospheric 2D platformer.
- Physics-based jumping
- Obstacle avoidance
- Star collection
- Zombie cat battles
- 2D platformer gameplay
- Atmospheric world exploration
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After a can of toxic waste is dumped into a river, fish used to make cat food turns normally cute and cuddly cats into menacing decaying creatures! Cat Zombies! Now they are terrorizing the city and it’s up to our hero - Doodle, a brave little ball of yarn - to save the day. Each level is being terrorized by a Cat Zombie that you have to knock out, along with a number of obstacles that you have to help Doodle avoid. Jump over spikes and saws, and pivot off the walls in order to scale up them. Collect all the stars and destroy the Cat Zombie as fast as you can. Best of luck, and remember keep on the look out for Cat Zombies. Yarn is a beautiful indie 2d atmospheric platformer with a cute little character super hero - Doodle! Jump through this diverse, gorgeous galaxy world and explore Meow Town or the Scratchy Dungeons but watch out for the monster zombie cats! This corky jumper is a furry of fun!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Yarn! A Jumping Physics Game at 4.4 against Battle Slugs's 3.3. Yarn! A Jumping Physics Game also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 55%). Battle Slugs's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Yarn! A Jumping Physics Game sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Battle Slugs asks for nothing beyond the download.
Yarn! A Jumping Physics Game holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Battle Slugs has 231 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Battle Slugs's written reviews are positive against 88% of Yarn! A Jumping Physics Game's.
Battle Slugs ships an update every 3 weeks, Yarn! A Jumping Physics Game monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Battle Slugs | Yarn! A Jumping Physics Game |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (231 ratings) | 4.4 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.9% of reviews | 88.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 231 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 3.1.3 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 302 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BrainVault Games, LLC | Apps by Erik |
Customer experience
Battle Slugs
Yarn! A Jumping Physics Game
Bugs and requests
Battle Slugs
Reported bugs
6 issues- Crashes when choosing a team
- Crashes when loading a scenario
- Crashes on iPad
- Crashes on iPod Touch
- Crashes when trying to play
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- Doesn't load at all
Requested features
12 requests- Better difficulty levels
- Tall-screen version for iPhone 5
- Bluetooth multiplayer
- Restart option
- Achievements
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- Online multiplayer with leaderboards
- Ability to custom make boards
- Option to turn off UI graphics
- Pause and Replay buttons
- Easier to go to next level
- Swipe left/right to change levels
- Clearer game flow and UI
Yarn! A Jumping Physics Game
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Battle Slugs
No in-app purchases
Yarn! A Jumping Physics Game
- Dark Knit$0.99
- Sargent Tangle$0.99
- Sir Doodle$0.99
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- Spoooky Mummy Doodle$0.99
Questions
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