Tilterpillar vs Haptic Hustle
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?
Haptic Hustle
Guide a ball through levels using rhythmic hand motions and device tilting. Experience satisfying tactile feedback and accelerometer-based controls for a stress-relieving gameplay experience. Compete with others on the Game Center Leaderboard.
- Rhythmic circular hand motion control
- Accelerometer-based tilting and shaking
- Satisfying tactile feedback
- Stress relief gameplay
- Apple Game Center Leaderboard integration
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Rhythmic circular hand motion guides the ball. Feel the ball bounce off the sides of your iPhone as you tilt and shake your phone to complete each level of Haptic Hustle. This fast paced game features satisfying tactile feedback and elegant use of the Accelerometer chip to control the game action via intuitive tilting and shaking. Great for stress relief. Compete with others on the Apple Game Center Leaderboard
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Tilterpillar at Free against Haptic Hustle's $0.99. Tilterpillar also leads on ratings volume (43 vs 6). Haptic Hustle's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Tilterpillar is free to download; Haptic Hustle costs $0.99 up front. Tilterpillar sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Haptic Hustle asks for nothing beyond the download.
Haptic Hustle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tilterpillar has 43 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Tilterpillar's written reviews are positive against 100% of Haptic Hustle's.
Tilterpillar ships an update every 3 weeks, Haptic Hustle weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tilterpillar | Haptic Hustle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.1 (43 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.5 | 13.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hawken King | William Hause |
Customer experience
Tilterpillar
Haptic Hustle
In-app purchases
Tilterpillar
- 5 Tokens$0.99
- Remove ads$1.99
Haptic Hustle
No in-app purchases
Questions
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