Ice Cream Jump vs Build N Explode
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ice Cream Jump
Guide a cheerful ice cream scoop on an airborne adventure. Tilt your device to bounce between platforms, avoid obstacles, and collect items to achieve a high score. Unlock new characters and customizations to personalize your journey through the clouds.
- Tilt-based platform bouncing
- Obstacle avoidance
- Coin collection for unlocks
- Character and customization collection
- Game Center leaderboard integration
- Ad-free gameplay
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Meet a happy Ice Cream Scoop who dreams of soaring through the skies. Help our friendly dessert reach new heights in this action packed game! Tilt to bounce from platform to platform, dodge the mean flies, and grab everything you can to get the highest score. Collect coins along the way to unlock a colorful collection of characters, hats, trails, and themes. Give your scoop a new look, then take another leap into the clouds! Great fun to play with friends—who can go the highest in Ice Cream Jump? Compare scores on the Game Center leaderboard and keep reaching for the sky. Ad free, with plenty of sweet surprises to discover!
Build N Explode
Design and construct imaginative structures using a vast array of items. Then, unleash destruction through various forces like explosions, stomping, or water. Share your unique creations and destructive scenarios with friends.
- Build fantastical structures
- Hundreds of build items
- Destroy creations with explosions
- Destroy creations with stomping
- Destroy creations with water
- Share creations with friends
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By popular demand, create fantastical structures and watch them explode, get stomped, blown and washed away! Choose from over hundreds items to build from in your fantasy land. From neon candy canes to angry bombs, allow your creativity to Build N' Explode. Share your creations with your friends and create masterpieces over and over again!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Build N Explode at 5.0 against Ice Cream Jump's 4.4. Build N Explode also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 90%) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.6). Ice Cream Jump's advantage is ratings volume (812 vs 6) and device support. On price, in-app purchases 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. Ice Cream Jump sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Build N Explode sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Build N Explode holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ice Cream Jump has 812 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Ice Cream Jump's written reviews are positive against 100% of Build N Explode's.
| Parameter | Ice Cream Jump | Build N Explode |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (812 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 812 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Retro Dreamer | IMRepublic Inc. |
Customer experience
Ice Cream Jump
Build N Explode
Bugs and requests
Ice Cream Jump
Reported bugs
2 issues- Coins disappearing after purchases
- Difficulty controlling the ice cream
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to play with friends
- More flavor and accessory options
- Seasonal or themed updates
Build N Explode
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ice Cream Jump
- Remove Ads$0.99
- A Cup of Gold$0.99
- Starter Pack$1.99
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- A Bowl of Gold$4.99
- Premium Pack$4.99
- A Pint of Gold$9.99
Build N Explode
- Animal Pack$0.99
- Gnome Pack$0.99
- Monster Party Pack$0.99
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- Crazy Avatar Pack$0.99
- Extreme Sci Fi Pack$0.99
- Farm Pack$0.99
- All Packs$4.99
