Prison Tower vs HoppingCat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Prison Tower
Build a towering stack of heroes by strategically dropping them. Guide the princess to safety by climbing the tower. Experience a fresh take on classic block-stacking gameplay with engaging modes.
- Stack heroes vertically
- Rescue trapped princess
- Strategic tap-to-drop gameplay
- Prison Tower rescue mode
- Challenge Mode for high scores
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Stack ‘em up and clamber on up! Build a stack of heroes and help the princess climb to safety! An exciting new twist on block stacking games! === How to play === (1) Rules - Fairy spirits will carry in new heroes. - Tap the screen to drop a hero down. - Drop the heroes to form a stack – make sure it doesn’t topple! (2) Game Modes - Prison Tower: Rescue the trapped princess from the depths of the prison tower. - Challenge Mode: See how many heroes you can stack up. How high can you go?
HoppingCat
Guide a cat on an endless jumping adventure. Navigate through obstacles and collect items to achieve a high score. Enjoy a simple yet engaging arcade experience.
- Endless jumping gameplay
- Obstacle avoidance
- Item collection
- High score tracking
- Simple controls
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Hopping the NyanJiro !
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: HoppingCat at none against Prison Tower's shown. HoppingCat also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (85% vs 72%). Prison Tower's advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 4). On price, update cadence, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HoppingCat holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Prison Tower's written reviews are positive against 85% of HoppingCat's.
Prison Tower ships an update every 4 months, HoppingCat every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.
| Parameter | Prison Tower | HoppingCat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (14 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.4% of reviews | 84.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 172 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masakazu Yonehara | cocolo-bit Inc. |
Customer experience
Prison Tower
HoppingCat
Bugs and requests
Prison Tower
Reported bugs
5 issues- Game over at level 92 in challenge mode
- Start screen unresponsive
- Crashes frequently
- Fairies carrying people instead of princess
- People not stacking properly
Requested features
5 requests- New OS compatibility
- Improved start screen responsiveness
- More variety in gameplay
- Fix fairies carrying people instead of princess
- Fix fairies carrying people instead of princess
HoppingCat
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Prison Tower
No in-app purchases
HoppingCat
No in-app purchases
