About Love and Hate vs slyme.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
About Love and Hate
Guide two charming characters through a series of clever puzzles to reunite them with their beloved. Explore diverse worlds and overcome unique challenges in this acclaimed puzzler.
- 70+ handcrafted levels
- Unique graphics
- Outstanding music and sounds
- 6 'other ones' with unique abilities
- 4 different worlds to explore
- Easy-to-learn touch controls
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* no.1 puzzler in 45 countries * * winner of the german computergames award 2012! * "A surprisingly sophisticated, charming game." Jury German Computergames Award "In conclusion, About Love, Hate and the Other Ones is one of the best puzzle games in the market for portable devices of Apple." GameOver.gr "...it provides a clever and fairly unique series of special-relation riddles that make time melt away." 148Apps "Lovingly crafted pencil crayon-like visuals. Surprisingly expressive characterizations for a game about blobs." Gamezebo Slip into the role of Love and Hate in this fun and challenging puzzle game. Help the cute main characters to get back to their beloved hill. Master all of the 70 levels, encounter diverse other ones and find out how they respond to Love and Hate. The game features easy to learn touch controls, specifically designed for the iPhone and iPad. Plus, lovely music and sounds, all tailor-made for the game. Features: • unique graphics • outstanding music and sounds • 80 handcrafted levels • 6 "other ones" with unique abilities • 4 different worlds to explore
slyme.
Navigate a growing snake, consuming apples to increase its length. Avoid colliding with your own body to survive and achieve a high score in this classic arcade challenge.
- Chase and eat apples
- Grow your snake
- Avoid self-collision
- Classic arcade gameplay
- High score challenge
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slyme is the ultimate classic mobile game: chase the apple(s), eat the apple(s), and grow the key is to eat as many as you can yet manage a snake that's growing & you can't eat yourself obviously!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: slyme. at Free against About Love and Hate's $2.99. slyme. also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 85%). About Love and Hate's advantage is ratings volume (34 vs 7) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.5). On rating, update cadence, 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
slyme. is free to download; About Love and Hate costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
slyme. holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 34 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of About Love and Hate's written reviews are positive against 100% of slyme.'s.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | About Love and Hate | slyme. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (34 ratings) | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 34 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Black Pants Studio GmbH | Myles Cutchember |
Customer experience
About Love and Hate
slyme.
Bugs and requests
About Love and Hate
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezes on certain levels
- Levels not loading properly
- Inconsistent save functionality
Requested features
4 requests- More levels
- Ability to reset progress
- Game Center integration
- Difficulty options
slyme.
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
About Love and Hate
No in-app purchases
slyme.
No in-app purchases
