Tilterpillar vs hex_teroids
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?
hex_teroids
Pilot a spaceship to defend Earth from incoming asteroids in this retro-inspired rhythm-based action game. Experience authentic LCD graphics and engage in simple, yet challenging, gameplay. Enjoy the classic arcade feel with automatic shooting and screen-based rotation controls.
- Retro LCD graphics
- Rhythm-based action
- Space ship pilot gameplay
- Automatic shooting
- Screen button rotation
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This project is a tribute to great portable LCD games of 80s The graphics are made absolutely honestly - as separate sectors of the display You are the space ship pilot and your mission is to defend Earth from a flow of asteroids Your ship shoots automatically when reloaded You can rotate ship with screen buttons Don't forget to enable sound & Enjoy! --- You can test a gameplay absolutely free with this link: https://play.unity.com/mg/other/hex_web_build
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: hex_teroids at 5.0 against Tilterpillar's 4.1. hex_teroids also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). Tilterpillar's advantage is ratings volume (43 vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, 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. Tilterpillar sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. hex_teroids asks for nothing beyond the download.
hex_teroids 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 2, 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 hex_teroids's.
Tilterpillar ships an update every 3 weeks, hex_teroids every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tilterpillar | hex_teroids |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (43 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.5 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 168 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dadako | Ivan Uspenskiy |
Customer experience
Tilterpillar
hex_teroids
In-app purchases
Tilterpillar
- 5 Tokens$0.99
- Remove ads$1.99
hex_teroids
No in-app purchases
