Spinner Up vs Bucket Battalion
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spinner Up
Engage in thrilling spinner battles to level up your collection. Collect gems to upgrade gear and face challenging opponents and mini bosses. Unlock a variety of unique spinners to build the ultimate collection and showcase your power.
- Spinner battles
- Level up spinners
- Gem collection
- Gear upgrades
- Mini boss fights
- Unlock unique spinners
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Get ready to level up your spinners in thrilling battles against rival spinners. Collect gems along the way to upgrade your gear and boost your performance. Face off against challenging mini bosses and fierce opponents as you climb the ranks. Unlock a wide variety of unique spinners and build the ultimate collection to show off your progress and power.
Bucket Battalion
Control a firefighter to catch falling flames and rescue people from burning buildings. Progress through increasingly difficult waves, customize your character and equipment, and utilize special consumables for assistance. Optional rewarded ads offer in-game benefits.
- Catch falling flames
- Rescue people from buildings
- Multiple difficulty modes
- Character and equipment customization
- Optional consumable supplies
- Rewarded ads for in-game bonuses
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Catch the chaos. Save the block. Take your place beneath a mischievous rooftop thrower and keep the city safe in Bucket Battalion. Drag your firefighter to catch falling flames, tap windows to rescue people, and keep your buckets intact as each wave gets tougher. CHOOSE YOUR CHALLENGE Play Normal, Hard, or Extreme mode. Smaller buckets and faster falling items put your timing to the test. Build a catching streak to repair damage and keep your shift going. MAKE THE FIRE STATION YOUR OWN Choose your firefighter, change outfits and bucket finishes, and equip permanent upgrades. Earn Brigade Badges through play or use optional in-app purchases for available unlocks and supplies. CALL FOR BACKUP Activate Bronze or Silver Robot consumables during a manual shift. Each use provides temporary assistance that can end early when the robot misses. Unlock Retired Fire Chief mode for a different kind of challenge, with fallible robots, Chief Medals, and Chief supplies. OPTIONAL REWARDS, YOUR CHOICE Choose a rewarded ad for a spare starting bucket or a timed badge-bonus challenge. There are no automatic ads between waves. The permanent Brigade Pass provides its covered rewards without watching ads. Ordinary gameplay works offline and needs no separate game account. Buying, recovering, and activating consumable supplies requires an internet connection and an iCloud account. Unused supplies saved to iCloud can be recovered with the same account; spent supplies remain spent. Scores, earned currency, and earned permanent upgrades are stored locally. Restore Purchases restores eligible permanent Apple purchases. Privacy: https://apexigames.com/games/bucket-battalion/privacy/ Support: https://apexigames.com/support/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bucket Battalion at daily against Spinner Up's every 9 days. Bucket Battalion also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Spinner Up's advantage is ratings volume (1.7K vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, 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. Spinner Up sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Bucket Battalion sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bucket Battalion holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spinner Up has 1.7K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Spinner Up ships an update every 9 days, Bucket Battalion daily. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spinner Up | Bucket Battalion |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.7K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.7K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 434 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Any Games | GREGORY DEAN EVANS |
In-app purchases
Spinner Up
- Gem 1$2.99
- No-Ads$3.99
- Gem 2$4.99
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- No-Ads Bundle$6.99
- Gem 3$12.99
Bucket Battalion
- Safety Net$0.99
- Bucket Delivery$1.99
- Maintenance Kit$2.99
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- Safety Net - 5 Uses$4.39
- Safety Net - 10 Uses$7.89
- Bucket Delivery - 5 Uses$8.89
- Maintenance Kit - 5 Uses$12.99
- Bucket Delivery - 10 Uses$15.90
- Maintenance Kit - 10 Uses$23.90
- Double Robot - 5 Uses$44.90
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