Snake vs Slither (Snake)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Snake
A classic arcade game where players control a growing snake. The objective is to eat food blocks while avoiding collisions with walls and the snake's own body. Multiple game sizes and speeds are available for varied challenges.
- Eat food blocks
- Avoid walls
- Avoid own tail
- Three sizes
- Three speeds
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Very simple snake game. Eat food blocks. Avoid hitting walls and snake's tail. - three sizes (26x26, 26x15, 16x16) - three speeds
Slither (Snake)
Guide a cute snake through a minimalist world, eating gems to grow longer. Avoid colliding with your own body to stay alive. Features hand-drawn graphics and intuitive swipe controls, with controller support also available.
- Eat gems to grow longer
- Avoid self-collision
- Cute hand-drawn graphics
- Minimalist aesthetic
- Swipe controls
- Controller support
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Eat gems. Get long. Avoid yourself. The classic Snake reborn with cute graphics. Sylvan the snake moves faster every 5 gems. Stay alive! Don't eat yourself. Features hand-drawn, scanned-in graphics and a minimal aesthetic. Swipe to change direction. Using a controller works, too.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Slither (Snake) at 5.0 against Snake's 4.1. Slither (Snake) also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). Snake's advantage is ratings volume (121 vs 2). On price, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Slither (Snake) holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Snake has 121 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Snake ships an update every 2 months, Slither (Snake) every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Snake | Slither (Snake) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (121 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 121 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FujiCubeSoft | Brett Chalupa |
Customer experience
Snake
Slither (Snake)
Bugs and requests
Snake
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game sometimes freezes or crashes
- Revive feature doesn't work as expected
- Controls become unresponsive at higher scores
Requested features
4 requests- Add different speed/difficulty options
- Implement swipe controls
- Include a dark mode option
- Introduce new game modes and levels
Slither (Snake)
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Snake
No in-app purchases
Slither (Snake)
No in-app purchases
