Ollie’s Arcade vs Cat Tapper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ollie’s Arcade
Experience classic arcade and handheld gaming on your phone with a collection of retro-styled mini-games. Enjoy challenging yet simple gameplay with no ads, coins, or subscriptions required. Accessible for all, including those with color-blindness, and supports game controllers and keyboards.
- Retro-styled mini-games
- Ad-free experience
- No in-app purchases or subscriptions
- Accessible design for color-blindness
- Game controller and keyboard support
- Handheld electronic game simulation
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Relive fond memories of your favorite classic arcade or electronic handheld games! A fun collection of retro-styled mini games that are both challenging and simple to play. ⁕ Handheld Retro Gaming Put the sights and sounds of electronic gaming in the palm of your hand. Turns your phone into a perfectly pixelated way to pass the time and have some fun. ⁕ No Ads, No Coins, No Subs There are no ads to watch, no coins to buy, and no subscriptions to renew. Crash that lunar lander all you want, we'll build more! ⁕ Fun AND Accessible Ollie's mini games are easy to learn and designed to be accessible for all customers, even those with color-blindness. ⁕ Game Controller and Keyboard Support Sometimes you just gotta go old school! Each of Ollie's mini games offer full support for playing with your favorite game controller or keyboard. IGRS Rating: 3+
Cat Tapper
Tap your screen to collect "meows" from a virtual cat. Spend your earnings in the in-game store to boost your collection rate, protect your meows from a rival cat, and level up for new gameplay options.
- Tap to collect meows
- Increase meow gain
- Level up gameplay
- Protect meows from theft
- In-game store for upgrades
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A silly cat tapping game where you collect as much "meows" as possible by tapping Washington the cat on your screen. Open the "Catnip" in-game store to spend your collected Meows to increase Meows gain, protect from Meows being stolen by George or level up! All items have different effect on meows gain. When you level up you can choose a multiplayer for your next level and so on! - Tap for meows - Increase speed & level - Protect from George the cat stealing - Meow, meow! Increase meows by buying items for Washington, level up and protect your meows from being stolen by George the cat! - NO in-app purchases - NO advertisements - One-time 99 cents!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ollie’s Arcade at 4.8 against Cat Tapper's 4.0. Ollie’s Arcade also leads on ratings volume (134 vs 1). Cat Tapper's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (100% vs 82%). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Ollie’s Arcade sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Cat Tapper asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ollie’s Arcade holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ollie’s Arcade has 134 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of Ollie’s Arcade's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cat Tapper's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | Ollie’s Arcade | Cat Tapper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (134 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 134 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 169 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Iconfactory | Stuxhost |
Customer experience
Ollie’s Arcade
Cat Tapper
In-app purchases
Ollie’s Arcade
- Tranquility Touchdown$1.99
- Snake$1.99
Cat Tapper
No in-app purchases
