The Tiny Bang Story vs One Way
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Tiny Bang Story
Restore a shattered planet by fixing machines and solving puzzles. This hand-drawn adventure game offers five chapters filled with brain teasers and an immersive atmosphere. It's suitable for all ages and requires no reading.
- Fix machines and mechanisms
- Solve puzzles
- Five chapters
- Over 30 brain teasers
- Hand-drawn world
- Simple navigation
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Life on Tiny Planet was calm and carefree until a great disaster occurred - Tiny Planet was hit by a meteor! The world fell apart and now its future depends only on you! Use your imagination and creativity: in order to restore Tiny Planet and help its inhabitants you will have to fix a variety of machines and mechanisms as well as solve puzzles in each of the five chapters of this game. Navigation is simple and intuitive. It doesn't distract you from the witty brain teasers, and you will be able to fully immerse yourself in the unique atmosphere of the game. *There is no text in this game. It is fun for all ages and suitable for the whole family! *Five vastly different chapters and over 30 exciting brain teasers (minigames) *A bright, gorgeous world drawn entirely by hand *Absorbing game play and simple navigation *10 enchanting musical themes - #1 Top Paid Apps for iOS in UK, Japan, German, Russia - Top 10 Best Games and Top 5 Best Adventure Games of 2011 by Gamezebo - Best Games of 2011 by GameHouse - Top 100 Best Indie Games of 2011 by Indie DB. - Top 10 on Mac App Store in more countries, TOP 1 - in Japan, Russia, Taiwan, China.
One Way
Engage in a creative point-and-click puzzle adventure where you must find a blue orb on each floor to power an elevator and ascend. Carefully observe your surroundings and make strategic decisions to overcome unique challenges in diverse, hand-drawn worlds.
- Point-and-click puzzle gameplay
- Find blue orbs to power elevator
- Observe surroundings to solve puzzles
- Diverse, unique floor environments
- Hand-drawn art style
- Discover secrets and challenges
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One Way: The Elevator a creative point-and-click puzzle game.The player needs to find a blue orb in each scene to power the elevator and keep going up. To solve the puzzles, one has to carefully observe the surroundings and make decisions accordingly. Every floor is a world entirely different from others. The characters are made alive by the unique hand-drawing style. And everything you see is only the tip of an iceberg. More secrets and challenges are waiting for your arrival.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: One Way at every 2 months against The Tiny Bang Story's every 8 months. One Way also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 63%) and price ($1.99 vs $4.99). The Tiny Bang Story's advantage is chart position (#166 vs unranked) and ratings volume (897 vs 101). On rating, 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
The Tiny Bang Story costs $4.99 and One Way $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for The Tiny Bang Story against 4.4 for One Way. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Tiny Bang Story has 897 ratings behind it against 101, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of The Tiny Bang Story's written reviews are positive against 84% of One Way's.
The Tiny Bang Story ships an update every 8 months, One Way every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.
| Parameter | The Tiny Bang Story | One Way |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (897 ratings) — better | 4.4 (101 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.4% of reviews | 84.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 897 — better | 101 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #166 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 120 MB | 495 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ellada Games LLC | COTTONGAME Network Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
The Tiny Bang Story
One Way
Bugs and requests
The Tiny Bang Story
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game crashes at certain points
- Puzzle pieces not registering properly
- Elevator button not working
- Last puzzle piece impossible to find
Requested features
5 requests- More levels and content
- Ability to skip puzzles
- Better tutorial and hints
- Zoom and magnification options
- Cloud save/sync across devices
One Way
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The Tiny Bang Story
No in-app purchases
One Way
No in-app purchases
Questions
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