Comparison

The Scruffs vs Expulsar

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

Head to head
About

The Scruffs

Embark on a family-friendly seek-and-find adventure to save a home from being sold. Explore beautiful locations, discover hidden artifacts, and uncover a shocking family secret through witty banter and animated characters.

Highlights
  • Seek-and-find gameplay
  • Humorous banter
  • Animated characters
  • Scavenger hunt for artifacts
  • Uncover family secrets
  • 20 beautiful locations
  • Hundreds of items to find
Features
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The Scruffs: Voted best hidden object game of 2007 by Avault.com 2nd Runner-Up for best hidden object game of 2007 at BigFishGames.com "If you would like to share a fun seek-and-find game with your child, be sure to check out The Scruffs!" - theiphonemom.com A family friendly seek-and-find game comes to life with humorous banter and animated characters. Join an exciting scavenger hunt to retrieve hidden artifacts that will save The Scruffs’ home and uncover Grandpa Scruff’s shocking secret! The Scruffs have enlisted your help to save their beloved family home from being sold. Grandpa Scruff has come up with a solution - an elaborate scavenger hunt to recover valuable artifacts, he’s hidden around the house. But in a surprising twist, Grandpa Scruff also reveals that he’s been hiding something else - a shocking family secret. Help the Scruffs stave off this looming family crisis and uncover the secret that will change their lies forever… - 20 beautiful locations to explore - Hundreds of items to find - 15 historical artifacts to discover - Charming characters and witty banter TRY THIS GAME FOR FREE AND THEN UNLOCK THE COMPLETE ADVENTURE WITH AN EASY IN-APP PURCHASE! Also by BigWig: Hot Dog Bush https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hot-dog-bush/id547508614?mt=8 Questions? Comments? Drop us a line! http://www.bigwigmedia.com/contact/ Follow us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/thescruffsapp

About

Expulsar

This game teaches life values through an engaging experience. Players battle demons representing the seven deadly sins, collecting positive objects and avoiding negative ones. It's designed to help children learn virtues and biblical concepts in a fun, interactive way.

Highlights
  • Battle seven deadly sins
  • Collect positive objects
  • Learn virtues and biblical verses
  • Interactive tutorial
  • Choose playable characters and assistants
  • Prayers for First Communion prep
Features
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Expulsar includes all seven scenes (Demons of Anger, Gluttony, Impurity, Greed, Sloth, Envy, and Pride) to be played with no limits. Each scene offers a battle with a different demon. Under the guiding light of characters of virtue, eradicate the demons Parents: With so many eye soaring events happening around the world, our client came up with a bright idea where knowledge and wisdom meet with a gaming experience. This game aims at inculcating life values through a fun means. Expulsar means to ‘eradicate’ or 'cast out' in Spanish. While avoiding the luring negative objects like Gold coins, Mirrors, Loaves of leavened bread; the player has to collect the positive objects and increase the energy. In the end, the player with the help from an assisting character must battle and defeat the seven demons of Anger, Gluttony, Impurity, Greed, Sloth, Envy, and Pride. A different demon is in each of the seven scenes. Players: Designed for kids ages 5-11 and fun for everyone. You pick to play the game as George or his twin sister, Sarah. You pick one of the 18 virtuous characters to assist in the battle to eradicate the seven deadly sins which have taken control of your favorite places to play. You choose one of three Godly weapons and one prayer from the list of seven, and you’re ready to enter one of the seven colorful scenes. You’ll jump platform to platform attacking negative objects for points while collecting energy from the positive objects on your way to cast out the demon in a face to face battle. Warning! If you fail four times on your way, the demon will possess you. Fear not, you are now in control of your virtuous assistant whose faith is steadfast in God. You proceed to the demon and the battle begins as you fire away and the demon fires back. You hear the sound of bells, you feel peace and harmony as the demons have been eradicated and all characters are free and come together in prayer. Five key elements of emphasis for everyone: 1. The game has a written and verbal tutorial that guides the player. 2. The Game Concept tab in the tutorial has the biblical verses that support the Expulsar concept. 3. Kids learn the seven virtues of Fortitude, Prudence, Justice, Temperance, Faith, Hope, and Charity as well as the 11 fruits of the Holy Spirit. As well as the meaning of the seven deadly sins of Anger, Gluttony, Lust, Greed, Sloth, Envy, and Pride. 4. The seven prayers can be listened to or read anytime and for First Communion prep. 5. Players learn to say ‘Go’ (in the name of Jesus) to the demons they face in daily life.

Screenshots

The Scruffs4 screens
Expulsar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Expulsar at free against The Scruffs's free with in-app purchases. The Scruffs's advantage is ratings volume (106 vs 2) and rating (4.3 vs 4.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. The Scruffs sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Expulsar sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Scruffs holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Scruffs has 106 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Scruffs ships an update every 2 months, Expulsar every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
The Scruffs versus Expulsar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe ScruffsExpulsar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (106 ratings) — better4.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews76.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings106 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS5.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size263 MB117 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBigwig MediaPX Kids Interactive, Inc.

Customer experience

The Scruffs

All ratings106 ratings
Positive84.0%
Neutral3.8%
Negative12.3%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive76.3%
Neutral1.7%
Negative22.0%

Expulsar

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

The Scruffs

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Cannot download on new devices
  • App not compatible with current iOS
  • Upgrade is terrible, requires re-unlocking
  • Aztec jigsaw puzzle piece won't fit

Requested features

6 requests
  • Update the app for newer iOS versions
  • Make the game available for download again
  • Add more levels
  • Translate the game to Portuguese
  • Translate the game to German
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  • Fix the Aztec jigsaw puzzle

Expulsar

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

The Scruffs

One-time1
  • Full Version$2.99
7 purchases

Expulsar

One-time7
  • Level 2$0.99
  • Level 3$0.99
  • Level 4$0.99
Show 4 more
  • Level 5$0.99
  • Level 6$0.99
  • Level 7$0.99
  • removeads$2.99

Questions

Is The Scruffs free?
The Scruffs is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Expulsar free?
Expulsar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, The Scruffs or Expulsar?
The Scruffs is rated higher. The Scruffs averages 4.3 out of 5 from 106 ratings, while Expulsar averages 4.0 from 2 ratings.
Do The Scruffs or Expulsar have ads?
Neither The Scruffs nor Expulsar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Scruffs or Expulsar?
The Scruffs ships an update every 2 months, and Expulsar every 3 weeks. Most recently, The Scruffs was updated on October 22, 2026 and Expulsar on October 6, 2026.

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