Comparison

Castle Builder 2 vs Chimney Peter

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

Head to head
About

Castle Builder 2

Design and construct intricate castles, keeps, and temples. Unleash destructive forces like catapults and magic to demolish your creations and achieve high scores. Features animated characters, detailed objects, and diverse block textures.

Highlights
  • Construct castles, keeps, and temples
  • Demolish with catapults and magic
  • Animated characters and detailed objects
  • Multiple block types with varied textures
  • Save and share castles online
  • Toy builder visual style
Features
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Castle Builder let you construct castles, keeps and temples. You can bring down your castles with catapult stones and destructive magics, you can even fire the cow'tapult and moo the castle down! See how high a score you can get when you let the destructive forces loose. Featuring: -6 animated humans and orcs. -12 detailed housing objects. -10 block types, each with twenty different textures made in a new, cool cartoon look. Castles can be saved locally on your device or be shared with others on the Internet. Your castles will have the special toy builder look you are used to getting from Ettin Entertainment line of builder games.

About

Chimney Peter

Help Chimney Peter deliver presents down the chimney to save the holidays. The faster he delivers, the faster he slides, creating an increasingly challenging experience. Compete for the top spot on the global leaderboard.

Highlights
  • Deliver presents down chimneys
  • Increasingly fast gameplay
  • Global leaderboard
  • Holiday theme
  • Simple controls
Features
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Christmas is in trouble: Santa’s gifts need to reach the children in time. Help Chimney Peter land safely in the chimneys, collect points, and keep going as the game becomes faster. Features: • Simple, family-friendly arcade gameplay • Increasing speed and new encouragement after every 50 successful chimney landings • A local high score with your chosen player name • An optional worldwide leaderboard through Apple Game Center • Cheerful music, sound effects, and spoken encouragement • Designed for both iPhone and iPad Can you set a new high score and help save the holidays? An internet connection and a Game Center account are required for the online leaderboard. Local scores remain available without Game Center.

Screenshots

Castle Builder 23 screens
Chimney Peter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Chimney Peter at 5.0 against Castle Builder 2's 2.8. Chimney Peter also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Castle Builder 2's advantage is ratings volume (60 vs 1) and iOS requirement (4.3 vs 15.0). On price, ads and device support 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

Both are free to download. Castle Builder 2 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Chimney Peter asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chimney Peter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Castle Builder 2 has 60 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Castle Builder 2 versus Chimney Peter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCastle Builder 2Chimney Peter
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (60 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings60 — better1
Update frequency—Every 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS4.3 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEttin Entertainment I/SJohnny Balassis

Customer experience

Castle Builder 2

All ratings60 ratings
Positive36.7%
Neutral13.3%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral6.3%
Negative68.8%

Chimney Peter

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Castle Builder 2

One-time1
  • Castle Builder 2 Upgrade$2.99
None

Chimney Peter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Castle Builder 2 free?
Castle Builder 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chimney Peter free?
Chimney Peter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Castle Builder 2 or Chimney Peter?
Chimney Peter is rated higher. Castle Builder 2 averages 2.8 out of 5 from 60 ratings, while Chimney Peter averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Castle Builder 2 or Chimney Peter have ads?
Neither Castle Builder 2 nor Chimney Peter shows ads.

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