Comparison

Cupidon vs Backhoe!

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

Head to head
About

Cupidon

Guide Cupid to create couples by targeting hearts. Manage your 'Love Power' and avoid broken hearts. Compete globally by uploading your score to the world ranking.

Highlights
  • Act as Cupid
  • Touch and slide controls
  • Create couples
  • Manage Love Power
  • Avoid broken hearts
  • Global score ranking
Features
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The Day of Love! Try to create many Couples in Love! You are "Cupidon" and you must create many Couples in Love! Use the Touch and Slide to target the Hearts. Be careful! Don't target the broken hearts! Remember to check your "Love Power". Your score is recorded. Share your score online and try to stay in the world ranking! If you agree, your location is automatically detected to display the flag of your country in the international scores table. So you can compete with players around the World! You can see the rankings at any time by clicking on the logo "Display". ••• Game Features ••• • You are "Cupidon" • Use the Touch and Slide • Create many Couples in Love • Great Game for the St-Valentine Day • Upload your Score and enter in the World Ranking

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

Cupidon4 screens
Backhoe!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Cupidon at Free against Backhoe!'s $1.99. Cupidon also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 7 months vs every 53 months). Backhoe!'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Cupidon is free to download; Backhoe! costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cupidon holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cupidon ships an update every 7 months, Backhoe! every 53 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 3 level
Cupidon versus Backhoe!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCupidonBackhoe!
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 7 months — betterEvery 53 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDream-UpAustin Ivansmith

Customer experience

Cupidon

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

Backhoe!

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

In-app purchases

None

Cupidon

No in-app purchases

None

Backhoe!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cupidon free?
Cupidon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Backhoe! free?
Backhoe! costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cupidon or Backhoe!?
Cupidon is rated higher. Cupidon averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Backhoe! averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Cupidon or Backhoe! have ads?
Cupidon shows ads; Backhoe! does not.
Which is updated more often, Cupidon or Backhoe!?
Cupidon ships an update every 7 months, and Backhoe! every 53 months. Most recently, Cupidon was updated on October 13, 2026 and Backhoe! on October 9, 2026.

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