Tilterpillar vs air
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?
air
Defend against incoming luggage as a frog in this tower defense game. Purchase upgrades for towers and health to progress further. Customize your character with unlockable outfits and hats.
- 70+ unique upgrades
- Ultimate Upgrades for endgame
- 7 unlockable levels
- Character customization (hats, skins)
- Unique achievements
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Play as a Frog, and don't let any luggage through! Buy upgrades in the shop, such as towers and health, to make it as far as you can! Discover secret interactions and interesting synergies, and earn Star Coins to get outfits and hats! Features 70+ unique upgrades, all with interesting synergies! Ultimate Upgrades that add a twist to the endgame 7 unlock-able levels spanning a range of difficulties Tons of hats, skins, and planes to customize your character with A couple of unique achievements for the insane!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Tilterpillar at Free against air's $4.99. Tilterpillar also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 9 months). air's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.5). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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; air costs $4.99 up front. Tilterpillar sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and air sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
air holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 43 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Tilterpillar's written reviews are positive against 89% of air's.
Tilterpillar ships an update every 3 weeks, air every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tilterpillar | air |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.1 (43 ratings) | 4.5 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.5 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hawken King | Brendan Roarty |
Customer experience
Tilterpillar
air
In-app purchases
Tilterpillar
- 5 Tokens$0.99
- Remove ads$1.99
air
- Retry Tokens$0.99
- Star Stack$0.99
- Star Bundle$1.99
