Comparison

Street Sweeper vs Backhoe!

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Street Sweeper

Explore a vibrant neighborhood by riding along with a street sweeper. Interact with the environment, characters, and objects to discover sounds and actions. This app offers a delightful, interactive experience for young children, akin to a moving storybook.

Highlights
  • Interactive street sweeper ride
  • Clean the streets
  • Wash the street sweeper
  • Honking horn
  • Smiling clouds
  • Interactive neighborhood elements
Features
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A fun and cute interactive app for Kids! Ride along on a Street Sweeper as it drives through a neighborhood. Help the Street Sweeper clean the streets. When the Street Sweeper gets dirty its time for a wash to make it clean again!. A real treat for those little Street Sweeper enthusiasts and a great way to encourage curiosity and interaction for all. Touch the driver and he honks the horn. Touch a cloud as it passes by and it smiles and hums. The neighborhood is interactive. When your child touches people, animals, or objects they make sounds and perform actions. Its like a moving story book! A great way to explore the sights and sounds of a Street Sweeper! ● Compatible with: iPod Touch 3 & 4 generation, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 5, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus & all iPads. ----------------------------------------------- ● NOT Compatible with: First generation iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPod Touch 1st & 2nd generation. ----------------------------------------------- Please check out our other fun vehicle apps for kids: ● Cement Truck ● Crane Truck ● Drill Truck ● Dump Truck ● Fire Boat ● Fire Truck ● Fuel Tanker Truck ● Garbage Truck ● Garbage Truck: Brushy Pick Up ● Garbage Truck: Dumpster Pick Up ● Garbage Truck: Phoenix, AZ ● Garbage Truck: Snow Time ● Garbage Boat ● Ice Cream Truck! ● Junk Truck ● Log Truck ● Mail Truck ● Milk Tanker Truck ● Package Delivery Truck! ● Police Truck ● Race Car! ● Recycling Truck ● Railroad Boom Truck ● Road Roller ● Snow Plow Truck ● Street Sweeper ● Tow Truck ● Wood Chipper Truck Also check out our fun matching series: ● Good Match: Trucks! ● Good Match: Bugs! And our other fun apps: ● Ta Da Girls! ● Little Big Pop ABC! ● Monster Music Visit our website for more info: www.goodglue.com

About

Backhoe!

An interactive illustration game designed for young children, featuring a backhoe with simple touch controls. Kids can explore, dig, and drive without any pressure or complex mechanics.

Highlights
  • Interactive backhoe controls
  • Simple touch-to-play mechanics
  • Watercolor illustration style
  • No ads or in-app purchases
  • Score tracking
  • Kid-friendly design
Features
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Backhoe! is a game built specifically for the youngest gamers in our lives. I built this game for my son and daughter who are 4 and 3, respectively. They have a lot of fun playing it and helped shape the game with their extensive playtesting and feedback, and I hope that a young truck lover in your life gets as much enjoyment out of it as they do. The game is fashioned as a sort of "interactive illustration", emulating a look of detailed watercolor truck illustrations in books of the 80s. The idea is to let kids play, touch anywhere on the screen, and not be accidentally booted out away from the fun. It's as easy and fun to use as a playground digger toy (you know, the ones with the two levers kids are always arguing over.) How to play: Touch anywhere on the screen to affect the game; touch the body of the backhoe to change the color of it, or tap the wheels to start and stop driving. Tap the back arm of the backhoe to work the digger scoop; press and hold anywhere on the screen and the bucket will follow your finger. Tap the front of the backhoe to work the loader bucket; press and hold anywhere on the screen and the bucket will follow your finger. Raise it high enough and dump out dirt, and collect more dirt by driving and scooping up dirt piles. Dig and make piles to their maximum size to score points. There is no wrong way to play the game, no way to fail, or convoluted steps too hard for the youngest players to understand. Scores are saved automatically and frequently, so you'll always have a running tally of all the fires you've extinguished. And best of all there are not, and will never be, any ads, in-app purchases, links to other apps, data collected by me, or links to take the player outside of the game. Have fun playing Backhoe! and feel free to contact me with feedback!

Screenshots

Street Sweeper4 screens
Backhoe!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Street Sweeper at 4.7 against Backhoe!'s 4.5. Street Sweeper also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 2) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Street Sweeper costs $0.99 and Backhoe! $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Street Sweeper holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Street Sweeper ships an update every 36 months, Backhoe! every 53 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Street Sweeper versus Backhoe!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStreet SweeperBackhoe!
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating4.7 (7 ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 36 months — betterEvery 53 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better10.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGood GlueAustin Ivansmith

Customer experience

Street Sweeper

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Backhoe!

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Street Sweeper

No in-app purchases

None

Backhoe!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Street Sweeper free?
Street Sweeper costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Backhoe! free?
Backhoe! costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Street Sweeper or Backhoe!?
Street Sweeper is rated higher. Street Sweeper averages 4.7 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Backhoe! averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Street Sweeper or Backhoe! have ads?
Neither Street Sweeper nor Backhoe! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Street Sweeper or Backhoe!?
Street Sweeper ships an update every 36 months, and Backhoe! every 53 months. Most recently, Street Sweeper was updated on September 28, 2026 and Backhoe! on September 17, 2026.

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