Knife Challenge vs WICK
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Knife Challenge
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"Knife Challenge" is a flying knife shooting game, a game that can make you click crazy! In addition to the fun of hitting with a knife, those who love knives can also enjoy the wonderful fun of throwing knives! The gameplay is simple and exciting. In the game, we need to insert the flying knife into the rotating log quickly and quickly. When it is inserted into the specified number, the log can be broken and the next goal is reached. It is time to show the real technology. Start now, come and challenge together to see who is the strongest hand speed! Game features: The operation is simple and interesting, just click to get started Test reaction ability and quick thinking Perfection is 3D visual effects Magical addictive arcade challenge How to play: Aim at the target, click on the screen, hit and destroy the boss one by one, the more you hit, the more knives you can get; Avoid hitting the knife that has been inserted into the log. Don't hesitate, now come to "Knife Challenge" to start your journey as a master thrower!
WICK
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The last sun has gone out. What is left of the light is a single burning thread, and it is held between your two fingers. You do not control a character. You control the rope. Both ends of the thread are your fingertips, and its total length never changes ā so the distance between your fingers is the only input the game has. Bring them together and the thread sags into a basket: cold, dim, and able to cradle a falling ember and carry it across the room. Spread them apart and it snaps taut: hot enough to light a lantern, hot enough to burn through the gloom, and expensive enough to kill you. Because fuel is both your health and your light. Every second you burn bright is a second closer to the dark, so the room you can see is the room that is killing you. Lift one finger and that end pins itself in place, leaving the other free to sweep ā one of several tactics the game never tells you about. WHAT YOU DO Ā· Light the lanterns before the gloom snuffs them out Ā· Cradle embers in the slack and ferry them to the brazier Ā· Pull taut and sear the gloom before it eats your fuel Ā· Find the oil pods, because nothing else will refill you NOTHING ELSE PLAYS LIKE THIS The taut blade and the slack basket are not two modes with a button between them. They are the same rope, and the only difference is how far apart your hands are. Nothing snaps to anything either: embers are loose particles that roll and settle wherever the rope happens to sag, so every catch is a placement problem rather than a timing test. Nothing in here is trying to sell you light. There is no advertising to sit through and nothing to buy ā the thread you are handed at the start is the whole game, and no purchase will lengthen it by an inch. WICK asks for no account and no sign-in; your longest run is written down on your device and nowhere else, because the game simply carries no code with which to reach a network, so there is nothing to track you and nothing to report you. Every texture is drawn from scratch each time you launch and every sound is synthesised in the instant it is heard, which leaves the whole thing a couple of megabytes wide and perfectly content in a place with no signal at all. Two fingers. One thread. However far you get before the dark takes it back.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: WICK at none against Knife Challenge's shown. WICK also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 8 months). Knife Challenge's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Knife Challenge ships an update every 8 months, WICK monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Knife Challenge | WICK |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Monthly ā better |
| Ads | Yes | No ā better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod ā better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 ā better | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 161 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | å京快åē§ęÆäæ”ęÆęęÆęéå ¬åø | WON SEOK OH |
In-app purchases
Knife Challenge
No in-app purchases
WICK
No in-app purchases









