Comparison

BADLAND vs Stick

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

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About

BADLAND

Navigate a mysterious forest filled with traps and obstacles in this award-winning action-adventure. Control a forest dweller to uncover the forest's secrets and survive its dangers. Features innovative physics-based gameplay and an immersive audiovisual experience.

Highlights
  • Atmospheric side-scrolling action-adventure
  • Innovative physics-based gameplay
  • 100+ unique single-player levels
  • Local multiplayer for up to 4 players
  • Level editor for creating and sharing levels
  • Intuitive one-touch controls
Features
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Fly and survive through the Game of the Year -winning action adventure BADLAND. Over 100 MILLION players and counting! App Store iPad GAME OF THE YEAR! WINNER of the Apple Design Award! Apple Editors' Choice worldwide! 5/5 - AppSmile - "A standout game" 4/4 - Slide to Play - "A must-download" 5/5 - AppSpy - "An absolute treat to play" 5/5 - Apple’N'Apps - "One of the best games" 9/10 - Destructoid - "A hallmark of excellence" 4.5/5 - TouchArcade - "Easy to recommend" “BADLAND is a standout game that we can’t stop playing.” -- AppSmile “BADLAND’s unique gameplay and atmosphere make it a must-download.” -- Slide to Play “BADLAND doesn’t simply look pretty, it’s an absolute treat to play.” -- AppSpy “One of the best experiences on iOS.” -- Apple’N'Apps “A hallmark of excellence.” -- Destructoid App Store iPad GAME OF THE YEAR WINNER of the Apple Design Award WINNER of the Nordic Indie Sensation Award at Nordic Game WINNER of the Best Project at Game Connection Europe WINNER of the SCEE Award at Game Connection Europe WINNER of the Best Game - Arcade & Action at the Tabby Awards Selected Indie Game at PAX 10 Editors' Choice in Macworld BADLAND is an award-winning atmospheric side-scrolling action adventure platformer set in a gorgeous forest full of various inhabitants, trees and flowers. Although the forest appears to be right out of a beautiful fairy tale, there’s something terribly wrong. The player controls one of the forest dwellers to find out what’s going on, and discovers an astonishing number of imaginative traps and obstacles on the way. BADLAND takes side-scrollers to the next level with its innovative physics-based gameplay combined with stunning, atmospheric graphics and audio. BADLAND also features a highly original local multiplayer mode for up to four players on the same device, where the name of the game is survival of the fittest with no rules. It’s totally OK to push your rivals in front of spinning circular saws to survive. Or, if that's too rough for you, you can also cooperate with your friends and play the modified single player campaign with up to four players. - SINGLE PLAYER campaign with 100+ truly unique levels - VERSUS mode for up to four players on the same device in 30+ levels - COOPERATIVE mode for up to four players -- Survive the modified single player campaign with your friends - LEVEL EDITOR: Create levels, share & play! -- Start from scratch or modify the official levels - LEVEL WORLD: New levels to play all the time -- Discuss with the other level makers, share tips and watch level making tutorials at http://forum.badlandgame.com - Intuitive one-touch controls combined with innovative level design - Supports 3D Touch -- Super precise flying using touch -- Quick actions added to home screen icon to quickly access single player and editor - Highly immersive audiovisual gaming experience - iCloud support (player's game progress is synced with all linked iOS devices) - Game Controller support Follow us: Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/badlandgame Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/badlandgame Blog - http://www.badlandgame.com

About

Stick

An arcade game for iPhone and iPod touch. Experience classic gameplay with simple controls and engaging challenges. Perfect for quick gaming sessions.

Highlights
  • Arcade gameplay
  • Simple controls
  • Engaging challenges
  • Mobile gaming
Features
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It is an arcade game.

Screenshots

BADLAND4 screens
Stick3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Stick at Free against BADLAND's $0.99. Stick also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%). BADLAND's advantage is ratings volume (1.9K vs 2) and chart position (#34 vs unranked). On rating, ads and in-app purchases 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

Stick is free to download; BADLAND costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BADLAND holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BADLAND has 1.9K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of BADLAND's written reviews are positive against 100% of Stick's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
BADLAND versus Stick: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBADLANDStick
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (1.9K ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews79.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.9K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#34 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better14.5
Further details — not scored
Size224 MB1 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperHypeHype OyStvya Sharma

Customer experience

BADLAND

All ratings1,893 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral1.8%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews475 reviews
Positive79.8%
Neutral4.2%
Negative16.0%

Stick

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

BADLAND

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
  • Level editor freezes and crashes
  • Inconsistent save/load functionality

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and content updates
  • Improved level search and discovery
  • Ability to customize character and visuals
  • Online leaderboards and multiplayer

Stick

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

BADLAND

No in-app purchases

None

Stick

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BADLAND free?
BADLAND costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stick free?
Stick is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BADLAND or Stick?
BADLAND is rated higher. BADLAND averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.9K ratings, while Stick averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do BADLAND or Stick have ads?
Neither BADLAND nor Stick shows ads.

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