Critter Panic! vs Count How Many
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Critter Panic!
Engage in a fast-paced matching game that challenges your reflexes and cognitive speed. Test your ability to quickly tap left or right based on on-screen cues. Experience addictive gameplay that gets progressively more challenging.
- Left/right matching
- Fast-paced gameplay
- Brain-teasing challenges
- Addictive mechanics
- Simple tap controls
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Pit your brain against your thumbs with the original left/right matchy tapper! "It might at first seem easy but just wait until this iOS gem feeds your arrogance back to you, piece by delicious piece." - Edge Magazine "Your brain is screaming "Left! No, RIGHT!" and your poor, confused digits don't know what to do." - Eurogamer "This game makes my brain twist into pretzels." - Mashable "It's so addictive! Super easy to play." - Boing Boing "The more you play, the more you'll want to play." - AppAdvice
Count How Many
Test your counting speed and focus in this arcade game. Drag to rotate and count 3D shapes, with increasing difficulty as you progress. Compete globally or with friends on leaderboards and unlock achievements.
- Rotate and count 3D shapes
- Increasing difficulty
- Global leaderboards
- GameCenter friend challenges
- 12 unique achievements
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Flex your counting speed and your focus in Count How Many. Drag across the screen to rotate and count the 3D shapes you see on the screen as fast as you can. Get rewarded for your speed, but make one mistake, and it's Game Over. Can you Count How Many? The more rounds you beat, the more objects you'll have to count. Soon enough, shapes will be moving or fading in and out of the screen, making it even more difficult to count the right number. Test your counting ability against the world in the global leaderboards. Or, get personal and challenge your GameCenter friends. Compete to find out if they can beat your score or match your achievements. See if you can get all 12 unique GameCenter achievements!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Count How Many at Free against Critter Panic!'s $1.99. Count How Many also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (13 vs 3). Critter Panic!'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 9 months). On review sentiment, in-app purchases, 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
Count How Many is free to download; Critter Panic! costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Count How Many holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Critter Panic!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Count How Many's.
Critter Panic! ships an update every 3 months, Count How Many every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Critter Panic! | Count How Many |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 94.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chaotic Box | Gianluca Capraro |
Customer experience
Critter Panic!
Count How Many
Bugs and requests
Critter Panic!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Achievements not triggering correctly
- Crashes on certain device models
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
Requested features
4 requests- More character/object variety
- Ability to select/skip levels
- Leaderboards and achievements
- Difficulty settings or customization
Count How Many
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Critter Panic!
No in-app purchases
Count How Many
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Critter Panic! free?
Is Count How Many free?
Which has better reviews, Critter Panic! or Count How Many?
Do Critter Panic! or Count How Many have ads?
Which is updated more often, Critter Panic! or Count How Many?
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