Smash Hit vs Mendel's Quest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smash Hit
Embark on a surreal journey, smashing glass objects in a futuristic dimension. Experience musically synchronized gameplay with realistic destruction physics. Test your focus and timing to travel as far as possible.
- Surreal futuristic dimension
- Musically synchronized gameplay
- Realistic glass-breaking mechanics
- Over 50 unique rooms
- Destruction physics
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Take a surreal journey through an otherworldly dimension, move in harmony with sound and music and smash everything in your path! This experience requires focus, concentration, and timing to not only travel as far as you can, but also break the beautiful glass objects that stand in your way. * Smash your way through a beautiful futuristic dimension, smashing obstacles and targets in your path and experiencing the best destruction physics on mobile devices. * Musically synchronized gameplay: music and audio effects change to suit each stage, obstacles move to each new tune * Over 50 different rooms with 11 different graphic styles, and realistic glass-breaking mechanics in every stage Smash Hit is playable at no cost and free from ads. An optional premium upgrade is available through a one-time in-app purchase that will enable iCloud synchronization across multiple devices, detailed statistics, alternative game modes and the ability to continue from checkpoints.
Mendel's Quest
Embark on a unique running, jumping, and punching adventure with Jewish motifs. Travel through time as Mendel, an Orthodox Jew, to collect holy books and complete your mission. This game offers a fun experience with a distinct cultural theme.
- Running, jumping, and punching gameplay
- Distinct Jewish cultural motifs
- Time machine mechanic
- Collect holy books
- Engaging narrative
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Mendel's Quest is the only running-jumping-punching game that has distinct Jewish motifs. Set in 19th century Russia, you play as Mendel: an Orthodox Jew with a time machine and a mission to restore as many 'holy books' as possible. Help little Mendel complete his mission. Help him. Mendel's Quest was created by four handsome jews, of whom tried their best to make this game as fun as possible. They would love to hear about any bugs or other bad experiences -- send them an email at mendelsquestgame@gmail.com, preferably before rating the game, and they'll try to make it right :) Gevalt!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Mendel's Quest at none against Smash Hit's shown. Mendel's Quest also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 87%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). Smash Hit's advantage is ratings volume (109K vs 30) and chart position (#122 vs unranked). On price, rating, 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. Smash Hit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Mendel's Quest sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Smash Hit against 4.6 for Mendel's Quest. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smash Hit has 109K ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of Smash Hit's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mendel's Quest's.
Smash Hit ships an update every 2 months, Mendel's Quest monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smash Hit | Mendel's Quest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (109K ratings) | 4.6 (30 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 109K — better | 30 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #122 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 337 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Mediocre AB | Rafael Hecht |
Customer experience
Smash Hit
Mendel's Quest
Bugs and requests
Smash Hit
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezes or crashes unexpectedly
- Progress not saving properly
- Inconsistent hit detection
Requested features
3 requests- More levels and game modes
- Ability to continue from checkpoints without premium
- Customizable controls and settings
Mendel's Quest
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Smash Hit
- Premium2 variants$1.99
Mendel's Quest
- 500 Books$0.99
- 2000 Books$1.99
- 10000 books$3.99









