Comparison

Hover Biker vs Help! The Serious Game

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

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About

Hover Biker

Experience an immersive hover simulation game with a vast open city to explore. Perform fantastic maneuvers with touch or tilt controls, engage in diverse challenges, and enjoy advanced graphics. Unlock premium levels through a single in-app purchase.

Highlights
  • First-class hover simulation
  • Open-world city environment
  • Touch or tilt controls
  • Acrobatics and maneuvers
  • Adjustable hover height
  • Lasers, missiles, and explosions
  • Six free levels
Features
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The ultimate hover simulation game for iOS. Hover Biker employs a state of the art hover simulation to immerse the player in engaging game play. The game is set in a rich city environment that is completely open for the player to explore. You are free to roam wherever the bike can take you. The game will come with a diverse set of challenges. You can use either touch controls or tilt controls to pull off some fantastic manoeuvres. ✔ First class hover simulation. ✔ A rich free-to-roam and go-anywhere city environment. ✔ User selectable tilt-contol or touch-control (Tilt N/A on iPad1/3GS) ✔ Acrobatics. ✔ Adjustable hover height. ✔ Differential steering with thrusters. ✔ Freely adjustable camera. ✔ Lasers, Missiles, Explosions, Smoke. ✔ Advanced custom OpenGL-ES2 shaders. ✔ Game Center support. ✔ Retina Display support. ✔ iPad2 / iPhone4 optimized. ✔ Tutorial ✔ Six free levels with diverse challenges and objectives. ✔ Seven premium levels, all seven unlocked with single in-app-purchase. → Slalom → Range Anxiety → Seven Bridges → Roof Parking → Jump → Easter Egg Hunt → Limit → Air Time → Ball Control → Target Practice → T.Defense → CO2 Scrubbing → Twinkle Twinkle NOTE: You can get the premium levels now for a low introductory price. NOTE: To change the game options, you need to leave the game and use the Settings app at the home screen of your device. NOTE: There is a FAQ list at http://stolk.org/HoverBiker/faq.html

About

Help! The Serious Game

This 3D game simulates emergency scenarios, challenging players to assist disabled individuals during evacuations. It covers physical, visual, and hearing disabilities, with training levels guided by a firefighter. Learn crucial safety concepts based on official guidelines.

Highlights
  • 3D emergency simulations
  • Assisting disabled individuals
  • Earthquake and fire scenarios
  • Physical, visual, hearing disabilities
  • Training levels with firefighter guidance
  • Based on official safety guidelines
Features
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"Help!" Is a 3D serious game designed and developed by the Human-Computer Interaction Lab at the University of Udine, Italy, in collaboration with the Regional Council of the Associations of Disabled Persons FVG. The game allows you to test your ability to help in emergency situations. In the game, you are faced with scenarios such as an earthquake or a fire, with the goal of helping a disabled person in the evacuation of a building. The different game levels deal with physical, visual, and hearing disabilities. For each disability, the initial level is a training gym that allows you to learn the concepts necessary to achieve the goal, under the guidance of a firefighter. The guidelines taught by the game are taken from this document of the Italian National Fire Corps: http://www.vigilfuoco.it/allegati/biblioteca/legge_disabili.pdf

Screenshots

Hover Biker4 screens
Help! The Serious Game4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Help! The Serious Game at none against Hover Biker's 1. Help! The Serious Game also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (79% vs 63%). Hover Biker's advantage is ratings volume (929 vs 25) and iOS requirement (4.3 vs 9.1). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hover Biker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Help! The Serious Game asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Help! The Serious Game holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hover Biker has 929 ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Hover Biker's written reviews are positive against 79% of Help! The Serious Game's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Hover Biker versus Help! The Serious Game: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHover BikerHelp! The Serious Game
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (929 ratings)4.5 (25 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.7% of reviews78.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings929 — better25
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS4.3 — better9.1
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB164 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbraham StolkDipartimento di Matematica e Informatica - Universita' degli Studi di Udine

Customer experience

Hover Biker

All ratings929 ratings
Positive73.2%
Neutral11.7%
Negative15.1%
Written reviews142 reviews
Positive62.7%
Neutral11.3%
Negative26.1%

Help! The Serious Game

All ratings25 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative21.4%

Bugs and requests

Hover Biker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezes/crashes
  • Controls are too sensitive
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Free roam mode
  • More vehicles/bikes
  • Customizable controls
  • Online/multiplayer mode

Help! The Serious Game

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Hover Biker

One-time1
  • Premium Levels$1.99
None

Help! The Serious Game

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hover Biker free?
Hover Biker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Help! The Serious Game free?
Help! The Serious Game is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hover Biker or Help! The Serious Game?
Help! The Serious Game is rated higher. Hover Biker averages 4.1 out of 5 from 929 ratings, while Help! The Serious Game averages 4.5 from 25 ratings.
Do Hover Biker or Help! The Serious Game have ads?
Neither Hover Biker nor Help! The Serious Game shows ads.

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