Snowboard Hero vs CutIt New
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Snowboard Hero
Experience an exhilarating snowboarding adventure with console-quality graphics and intuitive controls. Perform insane tricks, achieve massive air time, and race down challenging slopes. Customize your character and unlock new gear to become the ultimate snowboarding champion.
- Six playable characters with special tricks
- Eight diverse tracks
- Customizable boards and outfits
- Multiple game disciplines (time trial, freestyle, slalom, race)
- Online leaderboards
- Modifiable character characteristics
- AirPlay support for TV
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Snowboard Hero™, dual-winner of the prestigious IMGAwards in the categories “Best Sports Game” and “Operators' Choice”, brings an unrivalled snowboard experience with wicked tricks, insane air time and super fast downhill speed to your iPhone and iPad. Experience console-quality graphics, intuitive controls and top-notch sound in a stunning alpine setting and show the world that you are the undisputed Snowboard Hero. GAMEPLAY Snowboard Hero™ is an action-packed fun sports spectacle which brings high-speed racing action, sensational air manoeuvres and break-neck tricks to your Apple smartphone or tablet. In the game, you take over the role of one of six freaky characters with individual boards, clothes, skills and special moves and race down a total of eight windy slopes consisting not only of hillsides and open alpine areas, but also of half pipes, ski jumps and glacier tunnels. The game’s intuitive controls allow you to perform even the most dare-devil stunts at ease and make for an exciting high-speed ride down the sharpest curves and steepest scarps! Jump over kickers, pass through gates, race as fast as you can or grind whatever obstacle is on your way! Make sure you collect the power-ups to get an extra boost, trick bonus or cash. Unlock a huge number of stylish jackets and pants to customize your character and invest your earned cash to buy new boards and improve your character’s abilities. FEATURES • Six playable characters with six standard and four individual special tricks to unlock • Eight tracks with multiple runs in three different settings: Piste, halfpipe and open alpine area • Individual boards and outfits for each character • Five disciplines: time trial, freestyle, slalom, race, gate-time bonus • Eight combination disciplines, including speedrun-slalom and race-speedrun-freestyle • Record Chaser with online leaderboards in OpenFeint and Game Center • Modifiable characteristics such as agility, speed, boost and jumps • A total of 66 events • High resolution support for retina display, as well as native support of the iPad’s 768p resolution • Full support of AppleTV AirPlay: Race down the slope on your TV screen in 720p (Wi Fi) or Full HD (HDMI) • Synchronization of save games via iCloud SNOWBOARD HERO - IN THE PRESS "With more tricks than your average magician, Snowboard Hero offers frenetic fun on the slopes, held together by an intuitive career mode that keeps you on track from start to finish." PocketGamer.co.uk - 8/10 (Silver Award) "Snowboard Hero's fun, easy to grasp gameplay and lengthy Career Mode make it far and away the best handheld snowboarding game, full of snow-stuffed challenges and visual style." AppTudes.com - 4/5 EXTERNAL Official Snowboard Hero™ Trailer: http://bit.ly/sbh-ipad-tr Official Fishlabs Website: http://www.fishlabs.net IMGA 7th Annual Award Winners Announcement: http://goo.gl/sqD2z
CutIt New
Engage in satisfying cutting and breaking gameplay across various modes. Explore different tools and enjoy realistic sounds and graphics as you slice logs, watermelons, bottles, and ice.
- Four distinct game modes
- Variety of tools to use
- Engaging graphics
- Realistic sound effects
- Slice logs, watermelons, bottles, and ice
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Do you want to cut logs or slice watermelons? Thinking of breaking bottles or ice? Then ‘Cut it’ is the ideal game you are looking for. ‘Cut it’ is an addictive and fun game, where you can cut logs, slice watermelons, break bottles and ice, in different modes, using some amazing tools. Key features 1. Four different modes to play. 2. Plenty of tools to explore. 3. Amazing graphics and engaging gameplay. 4. Realistic cutting and breaking sound.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Snowboard Hero at none against CutIt New's shown. Snowboard Hero also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 36 months) and ratings volume (116 vs 3). CutIt New's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.9) and review sentiment (50% vs 40%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Snowboard Hero sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and CutIt New sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CutIt New holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Snowboard Hero has 116 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Snowboard Hero's written reviews are positive against 50% of CutIt New's.
Snowboard Hero ships an update every 4 months, CutIt New every 36 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Snowboard Hero | CutIt New |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (116 ratings) | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.6% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 116 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 36 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 4.3 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 155 MB | 134 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Plaion GmbH | out thinking limited |
Customer experience
Snowboard Hero
CutIt New
Bugs and requests
Snowboard Hero
Reported bugs
13 issues- Crashes when loading
- Crashes after a few seconds
- Collision detection issues
- Controls not differentiating actions
- Game closes immediately
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- Doesn't load
- Touch screen not registering
- Crashes on iPod 4 touch
- Laggy performance
- Unresponsive controls
- Slow frame rate
- Game struggles to run
- Crashes when attempting to turn music playlists off
Requested features
11 requests- Update for iOS 11
- More new tracks and characters
- Multiplayer functionality
- 180 degree spins
- Stunt park for practice
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- More characters (equal gender representation)
- Replays with cool camera angles and slo-mo
- Universal update for iPad HD
- More variety in outfits
- Support for iPod Touch 2nd Gen
- Finer tuning of controls for responsiveness
CutIt New
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Snowboard Hero
- 5000$0.99
- 12000$1.99
- 33000$4.99
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- 75000$9.99
- 200000$19.99
CutIt New
- stars pack$0.99
- stars pack$1.99
- stars pack$2.99
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- stars pack$3.99
- stars pack$4.99
Questions
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