Comparison

Grumpiness Panda vs Grumpy Gaffer

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

Head to head
About

Grumpiness Panda

Send bunnies to gather resources and upgrade your village to build an impressive statue before the grumpy panda awakens. A simple click-and-drag interface makes it easy to manage your workers and progress.

Highlights
  • Send bunnies to work
  • Gather resources
  • Upgrade buildings
  • Build statues
  • Click and drag controls
Features
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Every 10 years, Panda gets really angry... Send your bunnies to work, gather resources, upgrade everything and build an impressive statue before Panda shakes the world again! How to operate: Click on the screen Drag and drop rabbits and resources. Click Upgrade to buy them.

About

Grumpy Gaffer

Defend your home from annoying neighbors in this strategy game. Clone, mutate, and scare them away using unique characters and power-ups across numerous levels. Enjoy a built-in Sudoku game and competitive modes.

Highlights
  • Drag, drop, and tap gameplay
  • 20 characters with unique abilities
  • 20 different power-ups
  • 90 levels across 3 stages
  • Endless and Nightmare modes
  • Integrated Sudoku game
  • Weekly Coliseum competitions
Features
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After a long and hardworking life, Mr Gaffer just wants to spend his days playing sudoku, away from everything that annoys him. But his peace is constantly interrupted by his annoying neighbors, so he'll have to face one last battle. It's time to clone, mutate, and scare them all away! Help Mr. Gaffer defend the peace of his home in this strategy game where your knowledge and agility will be necessary to face frantic waves of annoying invaders. Features: - Gameplay: Very simple mechanics of drag, drop, and tap. - Characters: 20 characters with unique abilities. - Power-ups: Around 20 different power-ups to help you progress through the levels. - Stages: 3 completely different stages with unique features, for a total of 90 levels! - Endless Mode: In this mode, you can play dynamically generated levels. How far will you go? - Nightmare Mode: Ultra-challenging levels where your skills will be tested to the max. - Smash Storm: A dynamic and fun minigame where you can directly smash the invaders. - Sudoku: To keep Mr. Gaffer happy, we’ve included a fully functional sudoku game where you can customize the difficulty and earn extra rewards. - Coliseum: Want to prove you're the best? Compete weekly to reach the highest score and get rewards. - Gallery: A complete catalog where you can get to know each of the characters and power-ups in-depth, which will assist you in battle. And this is just the beginning. Stay tuned for future updates where you’ll be able to meet more characters, explore new scenarios, and enjoy new game modes.

Screenshots

Grumpiness Panda4 screens
Grumpy Gaffer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Grumpy Gaffer at 100% against Grumpiness Panda's 50%. Grumpy Gaffer also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 15 months). Grumpiness Panda's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ratings volume (17 vs 2). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Grumpy Gaffer sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Grumpiness Panda asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Grumpy Gaffer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Grumpiness Panda has 17 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Grumpiness Panda's written reviews are positive against 100% of Grumpy Gaffer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Grumpiness Panda ships an update every 15 months, Grumpy Gaffer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Grumpiness Panda versus Grumpy Gaffer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrumpiness PandaGrumpy Gaffer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (17 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size134 MB831 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer华 曾Grupo de Desarrolladores RC Games, S.R.L.

Customer experience

Grumpiness Panda

All ratings17 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral5.9%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative33.3%

Grumpy Gaffer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Grumpiness Panda

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Grumpy Gaffer

One-time5
  • Small Coin Package$0.99
  • Mid Coin Package$4.99
  • Premium$4.99
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  • Medium Coin Package$9.99
  • Big Coin Package$29.99

Questions

Is Grumpiness Panda free?
Grumpiness Panda is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Grumpy Gaffer free?
Grumpy Gaffer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Grumpiness Panda or Grumpy Gaffer?
Grumpy Gaffer is rated higher. Grumpiness Panda averages 4.6 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Grumpy Gaffer averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Grumpiness Panda or Grumpy Gaffer have ads?
Grumpiness Panda shows ads; Grumpy Gaffer does not.
Which is updated more often, Grumpiness Panda or Grumpy Gaffer?
Grumpiness Panda ships an update every 15 months, and Grumpy Gaffer every 2 weeks. Most recently, Grumpiness Panda was updated on October 5, 2026 and Grumpy Gaffer on September 20, 2026.

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