Joel vs MouseHaul
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Joel
Experience a technical preview of advanced vector rendering technology by battling hundreds of zombies. This game showcases unprecedented vector rendering, ensuring crisp graphics that scale flawlessly across any resolution or device.
- Zombie battles
- Advanced vector rendering
- Scalable graphics
- High-quality animation
- Technical preview
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Battle hundreds of zombies in this technical preview of Rive’s new vector rendering technology. The Rive Renderer draws an unprecedented amount of vectors on screen. Everything animates and deforms without losing quality. Graphics remain crisp and clear regardless of scale, resolution, or device.
MouseHaul
Engage in a strategic tower defense experience with unique cat characters, each possessing special abilities. Improve your cats to create a truly personalized army and conquer endless challenges on a dynamic playing field.
- Endless playing field options
- Balanced difficulty levels
- Unique cat specialties
- Cat improvement system
- Strategic gameplay
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A strategy game with endless playing field options and a perfect balance for each difficulty level. Each cat has its own specialty. You can improve cats in your own way, getting characters that are unique in their characteristics
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Joel at none against MouseHaul's 3. Joel also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. MouseHaul sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Joel asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Joel against 5.0 for MouseHaul. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Joel has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Joel ships an update every 2 weeks, MouseHaul every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Joel | MouseHaul |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rive, Inc | Vitaly Kulagin |
Customer experience
Joel
MouseHaul
In-app purchases
Joel
No in-app purchases
MouseHaul
- 300 coins$0.99
- 1000 coins$1.99
- 5000 coins$2.99
