Doodle Nuke vs Grumpy Bears
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Doodle Nuke
Destroy hordes of doodles by strategically tapping and swiping them. Unleash powerful nukes to create massive chain reactions and achieve high scores. Compete with players worldwide on leaderboards and unlock achievements.
- Destroy hundreds of doodles
- Utilize thousands of nukes
- Create nuclear chain reactions
- Unlock achievements and leaderboards
- Daily news updates
- 30 different doodle types
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Praise for Doodle Nuke- "The combination of those dreaded skulls and nifty nukes boosts Doodle Nuke from a “Good” game to a “Great” game. Doodle Nuke is easily one of our favorite casual tap reflex games to date. The Bottom Line: 9.0."- Appstore Arcade. Version 2.0! Full upscale for newer devices, Game Center achievements and leaderboards. Want to see your doodle in an update? Check the in-game news feed for details! It's not enough to have doodles in a game, sometimes you have to have nukes too. Get revenge on all doodles in Doodle Nuke. Destroy the doodles with nukes! Tap or swipe as many doodles as you can, set off chains of explosions to cause carnage. Each nuke power up sets off another nuke if one's nearby, so create nuclear chain reactions to hike up your score and create a Doodlear Nuclear Meltdown. See if you can chain 10 nukes to trigger Doodle Doomsday. Once the screen gets filled with 100 doodles it's Game Over, so be fast! Features - Hundreds of doodles to squish- popping them is as satisfying as Bubble Paper. -Nukes, thousands of them. - Daily news updates in the in-game news feed. - Tweet your score, post it on Facebook. - Achievements and online high score leaderboards, Nuke the Doodles and compare your score with others worldwide. -30 different types of Doodles in the first free version of Doodle Nuke, more powerups and doodles to come. - Strategize or Swipe!
Grumpy Bears
Defend your honey truck from an onslaught of hungry, grumpy teddy bears. Utilize a variety of explosive weapons and defensive tools to keep the bears at bay in this action-packed, family-friendly game.
- Variety of weapons and defense systems
- Unlockable teddy bear characters
- Explosive combat
- Family-friendly fun
- Humorous taunts from bears
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***The Bear Tombs have been opened! Grumpy Mummies, Pharaohs, and Gods have been unleashed upon the world and after such a long sleep... they are very hungry for honey! Protect your truck from a Bear-rage of forces with new weapons!*** There be some grumpy teddy bears in the woods, and they be wantin' your honey! Now you must defend your barrels of honey at all cost. Luckily you have a wide variety of weapons and defense systems to do just that. Being a honey delivery truck has never been so dangerous and SO FUN! Fight off the teddy bears and put up your best defenses to keep those grumpy teddies at bay. Huge, family fun with tons of fur and explosions. Things you can throw at them grumpy teddy bears include: Sticks o' Dynamite Skully McGee's UberBombs Bear Seeking Grenades Dad's Pile o' Wrenches Trusty Hay Bales Molotov Cocktails Your Pet Rock (not recommended) Also be sure to check out these crazy tools of destruction: The Electric Fence The Nuke The Hammer of Thunder The Flaming Hay Bale Teddy Bears you can unlock include: Ninja Lumberjack Panda ...and many, many more! Good luck and have fun! “Just played and cant stop laughing! Freaked out the cat cause I could not stop cracking up. Great game.” “Definitely a giggle fest. And the way the bears taunt you makes it even sweeter when you nail a bunch of them!” “My kids are going to love this game once I finally let them play after me. Great job on the graphics!” Play Grumpy Bears today! “Like” Grumpy Bears on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/GrumpyBears ___________________________ Grumpy Bears is brought to you by Fluik Entertainment, makers of wicked-fun mobile games such as Office Jerk, Office Zombie and Plumber Crack. Search the App Store for “Fluik” to browse all our games. Follow @FluikGames on Twitter for awesome game announcements and other updates. NOTE: To help keep Grumpy Bears awesome, please send any bug reports or complaints directly to us, instead of posting them in your app reviews. We can't respond directly to app reviews, so it's hard for us to help you with your problem or issue. You can post all your bugs or suggestions on our Facebook fan page, http://www.facebook.com/FluikEntertainment, or email them to us at support@fluik.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Grumpy Bears at 4.5 against Doodle Nuke's 3.4. Grumpy Bears also leads on ratings volume (350 vs 5). Doodle Nuke's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 12) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Grumpy Bears sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Doodle Nuke asks for nothing beyond the download.
Grumpy Bears holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Grumpy Bears has 350 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 90% of Doodle Nuke's written reviews are positive against 83% of Grumpy Bears's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Doodle Nuke ships an update every 10 days, Grumpy Bears weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Doodle Nuke | Grumpy Bears |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (5 ratings) | 4.5 (350 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better | 83.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 350 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 122 MB | 707 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Iain Maguire | Fluik |
Customer experience
Doodle Nuke
Grumpy Bears
Bugs and requests
Doodle Nuke
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Grumpy Bears
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game crashes on launch
- Weapons not functioning properly
- Progression resets or gets stuck
- Incompatibility with latest iOS versions
Requested features
4 requests- New bear types and environments
- Ability to pause and check weapon status
- More varied and powerful weapons
- Cloud save/sync support
In-app purchases
Doodle Nuke
No in-app purchases
Grumpy Bears
- Small Coin Pack$0.99
- Small Ruby Pack$0.99
- Blueprint Pack$2.99
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- Medium Coin Pack$4.99
- Earn 2x Coins$4.99
- Medium Ruby Pack$4.99
- Starter Bundle2 variants$4.99
- Honey Bank$5.99
- Big Coin Pack$9.99
- Large Ruby Pack$9.99
- Giant Ruby Pack$19.99









