Comparison

Tentacles vs Apple Knight 3

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

Head to head
About

Tentacles

Navigate a bizarre internal world using tentacle controls, consuming eyeballs to overcome obstacles and boss fights. This action-packed platformer features challenging levels and intuitive gameplay.

Highlights
  • Tentacle navigation with tap controls
  • Eat squishy eyeballs
  • Avoid tricky obstacles
  • Face tense Boss Fights
  • Challenging 3D animated levels
  • Complete 56 levels
  • 168 level-challenges
Features
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Eat squishy eyeballs! This is the prequel to Tentacles - Enter the Mind. The game is a premium purchase with no IAP or ads - it includes the free expansion ‘Dog Eat Dog’. After a freak accident, Lemmy ended up inside the mad scientist Dr. Phluff’s body. Navigate Lemmy’s tentacles with simple tap controls, avoid tricky obstacles and face the odd eyeball creatures. Eat eyeballs to recover from the merciless challenges and tense Boss Fights. Dive into an action packed, top-down platformer with fascinatingly gross 3D-animated Vein, Intestine and Brain levels. Features: - Enjoy this blast from the past named App Store’s Best “New Ways to Play” of 2012 - Challenging 3D animated levels with tons of dangerous hazards - Addictive game play with amazingly intuitive tap controls - Complete 56 awesome levels with tons of challenging bosses - Epic replay value with 168 level-challenges and tons of achievements    If you enjoy Tentacles, please leave a rating, check out our other titles, or simply follow @FlashbulbGames on Twitter and Facebook.

About

Apple Knight 3

Embark on an action-packed adventure across interconnected worlds, featuring fast-paced combat, mount collection, and a relaxing farm life simulation. Discover secrets, upgrade equipment, and customize your character in this engaging platformer.

Highlights
  • Interconnected worlds exploration
  • Hack-and-slash combat
  • Mount collection and leveling
  • Farm life simulation
  • Weapon upgrades and charms
  • Fluid platforming mechanics
  • Controller support
Features
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Apple Knight is back! Discover interconnected worlds, wield swords that double as charms, collect mounts, and build a life on your farm - with so much more to discover! No ads or in-app purchases. Run, jump, and slash your way through a fast-paced action platformer full of secrets, mounts, and farm life. Switch between side-scrolling adventure and a top-down farm. EXPLORE & DISCOVER • Explore interconnected worlds filled with secrets, mounts, and dungeons • Track your journey on the world map • Find secret areas, hidden treasures, and hidden mounts • Brave multiple dungeons in each world and earn unique swords as rewards COMBAT & EQUIPMENT • Battle hordes of enemies with hack-and-slash combat and powerful special abilities • Buy weapons at Torren's weapon shop or earn them as dungeon rewards • Upgrade your weapons to make them more powerful • Equip swords as charms for passive bonuses • Collect items and manage your inventory MOVEMENT & ABILITIES • Run and jump through fast, fluid action-platforming • Learn new moves in the training cave • Unlock movement abilities • Choose your jump style: classic Apple Knight or the new variable jump height MOUNTS & FARMING • Collect 10 mounts, each with its own stats • Grow crops on your farm and feed them to your mounts to level them up, or sell them for coins • Hire a farm helper to lend a hand on your farm • Clear weeds from your farm • Adopt a pet dog that gives you +1 heart • Feed the chickens on your farm or Tobin's to get a special bonus for 3 days LIFE & NEIGHBORS • Sleep in your own house • Take on quests from Garraldin • Visit the bakery for fresh bread and helpful buffs • Visit your friendly neighbor, Tobin, and his animals to buy or sell seeds and wheat, or just to chat • Experience a day/night cycle. Even the chickens go to bed at night! PLAY YOUR WAY • Unlock character skins to change your look • Play with a game controller A cozy world full of adventure is waiting for you.

Screenshots

Tentacles4 screens
Apple Knight 34 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tentacles at 87% against Apple Knight 3's 42%. Tentacles also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.2) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 18.0). Apple Knight 3's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months) and chart position (#16 vs unranked). On price, ratings volume, 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

Tentacles costs $2.99 and Apple Knight 3 $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tentacles holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 35 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Tentacles's written reviews are positive against 42% of Apple Knight 3's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tentacles ships an update every 3 months, Apple Knight 3 every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Tentacles versus Apple Knight 3: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTentaclesApple Knight 3
Price$2.99$2.99
Rating4.5 (35 ratings) — better4.2 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews86.9% of reviews — better41.7% of reviews
Number of ratings35 — better14
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#16 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS6.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size554 MB289 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperFlashbulb ApSLimitless LLC

Customer experience

Tentacles

All ratings35 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews398 reviews
Positive86.9%
Neutral5.8%
Negative7.3%

Apple Knight 3

All ratings14 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral21.4%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive41.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative41.7%

In-app purchases

None

Tentacles

No in-app purchases

None

Apple Knight 3

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tentacles free?
Tentacles costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Apple Knight 3 free?
Apple Knight 3 costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tentacles or Apple Knight 3?
Tentacles is rated higher. Tentacles averages 4.5 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while Apple Knight 3 averages 4.2 from 14 ratings.
Do Tentacles or Apple Knight 3 have ads?
Neither Tentacles nor Apple Knight 3 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tentacles or Apple Knight 3?
Tentacles ships an update every 3 months, and Apple Knight 3 every 2 days. Most recently, Tentacles was updated on November 6, 2026 and Apple Knight 3 on November 7, 2026.

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