Eyelord vs Vault!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Eyelord
Experience an intense, visually striking marble shooter with a heavy rock opera soundtrack. Unleash powerful upgrades and compete on leaderboards to prove your ultimate destruction skills. This universal app offers triple-A quality production for iOS devices.
- Heavy rock opera soundtrack
- Megalithic power-ups
- Leaderboards
- Boost gear
- Power-up upgrades
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"Eyelord is simply the best marble shooter you can get on iOS right now" - AppAdvice.com "delight and disgust in equal measure" - Pocket Gamer, Silver Award "triple-A quality production" - TUAW.com The overloading, eye-popping, heavy rocking pop 'em up! It's ear-splitting loud, retina-burning bright, and finger-breaking frantic. The soundtrack is outrageous heavy rock opera recorded just for this game, and the power-ups are some of the most megalithic ever! Our lightning strikes THREE TIMES! (Take that, you wimpy, wussy, regular lightning bolts!) There are also leaderboards so you can show others how well you wield ultimate power, boost gear that makes you rock even harder, and power-up upgrades to take destruction up to eleven. Finally, there are no spitting frogs in this game. None. Eyelord is a universal app that supports all iOS devices from iPhone 3GS and up, running iOS 5 or newer.
Vault!
Experience thrilling pole vaulting with intuitive tap-and-hold controls. Navigate challenging environments, collect coins to unlock characters, and compete for the highest score. Enjoy endless arcade fun with physics-based challenges.
- Intuitive single-touch pole vaulting
- Physics-based arcade action
- Unlockable unique characters
- Game Center support for competition
- Coin collection for upgrades
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Pole vaulting has never been so fun! Cascading cliffs, huge bouncy springs and those infuriating red balls! How far can you go? How long will you last? Can you get the highest score? Classic intuitive physics arcade action with easy to use, hard to master tap and hold controls, mean that things aren't as simple as they seem. Features: - Intuitive single touch pole vaulting gameplay. - Simple concept that anyone can grasp! - Collect coins to unlock unique characters - Full game centre support to compete with friends and foes Important information This game contains third party advertising which can be removed via a one time IAP. This game contains coins which can be collected within the game for free, bought with real money or via earned via promotions. This game contains cross promotion for other Nitrome games and this is not removed with the IAP for removal of ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Eyelord at none against Vault!'s shown. Eyelord also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Eyelord sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Vault! sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Eyelord holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 52 and 77 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 72% and 71% positive.
Eyelord ships an update every 2 months, Vault! every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Eyelord | Vault! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (52 ratings) — better | 4.5 (77 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.3% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 52 | 77 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 121 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Secret Exit Ltd. | Nitrome |
Customer experience
Eyelord
Vault!
User reviews
Eyelord
From 52 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎵 Excellent heavy metal soundtrack and audio design
- 🎮 Addictive and engaging gameplay mechanics
- 🎨 High-quality graphics and visual polish
- 💰 Free-to-play with optional cosmetic purchases
- ⚡ Fast-paced and challenging gameplay
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes on loading screen
- 📱 Incompatible with older iOS devices and iPad 1st generation
- 🔋 High battery consumption during extended play
- 💸 Steep upgrade costs requiring excessive grinding
- ⚠️ Game becomes very fast-paced and stressful at higher levels
Vault!
From 77 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 🎨 Retro graphics and animations
- 💡 Innovative pole vaulting mechanic
- 🎉 Great time-waster game
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional glitches and bugs
- 💰 Intrusive ads and in-app purchases
- 🔁 Lack of content variety after unlocking all characters
Bugs and requests
Eyelord
Reported bugs
9 issues- Game crashes on loading screen
- Crashes on iOS 6 and newer versions
- Incompatible with iPad 1st generation (memory issues)
- Music not playing despite settings showing it enabled
- Game fails to load on older iPhone models
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- Crashes after iOS updates
- App won't open or repeatedly crashes on launch
- Advertisement blocking gameplay view
- Performance issues on older devices
Requested features
10 requests- Update for iOS 10 and newer versions
- Multiple music tracks or ability to unlock different songs
- Game Center achievements and leaderboards
- Colorblind mode for accessibility
- Relaxation or casual difficulty mode
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- Additional power-ups and special items
- HD or remastered version
- Different avatar animations and interactions
- Support for older iOS versions
- Localization to multiple languages
Vault!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Pole glitching out after continuing from an ad
- Respawning in unwinnable positions after continuing
- Invisible walls causing unexpected deaths
Requested features
4 requests- More playable characters with unique abilities
- Different game modes (e.g., time trial, challenges)
- Varied environments and level designs
- Customization options for the vaulting pole
In-app purchases
Eyelord
- A Bundle of Coins$0.99
- Coin Doubler$1.99
- A Pile of Coins$2.99
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- A Sack of Coins$4.99
- A Chest of Coins$9.99
- A Vault of Coins$14.99
Vault!
- Buy Coins 1$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Buy Coins 2$2.99
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- Buy Coins 3$3.99
