Tilterpillar vs Barely Visible
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tilterpillar
Control a growing caterpillar by tilting your device. Eat leaves to increase its length and unlock different butterfly breeds. Compete for the top spot in this unique take on the classic snake game.
- Tilt-to-control gameplay
- Caterpillar growth mechanic
- Collect different colored leaves
- Unlock butterfly breeds
- Level up points system
- Leaderboard competition
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Play this classic game of "snake" by tilting your device as a controller. Using this novel control technique, tilt in a direction to make a caterpillar eat leaves. Eating leaves makes the caterpillar grow in length, providing more of a challenge. Sometimes different coloured leaves will appear, causing different things to happen! "It's a good little game and well worth a look." - Kotaku.com Learn about butterfly breeds in this unique "snake" game. Each play awards level up points. Collect enough points to unlock different butterflies! Can you tilt your way to no.1?
Barely Visible
Navigate a dark world by bouncing to collect coins and unlock custom skins. Aim for high scores and long playtimes in this challenging arcade game.
- Bounce mechanics
- Coin collection
- Customizable skins
- High score chasing
- Dark world navigation
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Bounce in darkness to try and obtain coins to buy custom skins and bounce for a long time to achieve high scores.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Barely Visible at 4.8 against Tilterpillar's 4.1. Barely Visible also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.5). Tilterpillar's advantage is review sentiment (86% vs 50%) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). 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
Both are free to download. Tilterpillar sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Barely Visible sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Barely Visible holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 43 and 13 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of Tilterpillar's written reviews are positive against 50% of Barely Visible's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Tilterpillar ships an update every 3 weeks, Barely Visible every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tilterpillar | Barely Visible |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (43 ratings) | 4.8 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.5 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hawken King | Blalock Consulting Group LLC |
Customer experience
Tilterpillar
Barely Visible
In-app purchases
Tilterpillar
- 5 Tokens$0.99
- Remove ads$1.99
Barely Visible
- Add 300 Coins$0.99
Questions
Is Tilterpillar free?
Is Barely Visible free?
Which has better reviews, Tilterpillar or Barely Visible?
Do Tilterpillar or Barely Visible have ads?
Which is updated more often, Tilterpillar or Barely Visible?
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