Comparison

El Paso, Elsewhere vs Notebook Artillery

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

Head to head
About

El Paso, Elsewhere

Engage in a supernatural neo-noir shooter featuring slow-motion gunfights against vampires, werewolves, and other creatures. Explore a reality-shifting motel beneath El Paso and uncover an emotional story of heartbreak and revenge.

Highlights
  • Cinematic bullet-time action
  • Battle supernatural horrors
  • Immersive neo-noir story
  • Explosive combat with unique weapons
  • Dynamic and destructible environments
  • Original hip-hop soundtrack
Features
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El Paso, Elsewhere. A supernatural neo-noir shooter filled with monsters, mystery, and slow-motion action. Fight your way through a haunted, reality-shifting motel, now mysteriously 46 floors deep beneath El Paso, Texas. Hunt vampires, werewolves, fallen angels, and other terrifying creatures in cinematic slow-motion gunfights inspired by action classics. Uncover an emotional neo-noir story of heartbreak and revenge as you face Draculae—the vampire lord you once loved. WHY YOU’LL LOVE EL PASO, ELSEWHERE: • Cinematic bullet-time action: Slow-motion dives, dodges, and gunplay. • Face supernatural horrors: Battle vampires, werewolves, and fallen angels. • Immersive neo-noir story: Fully-voiced campaign filled with drama and mystery. • Explosive combat: Use holy-fire Molotov cocktails and dual pistols. • Dynamic environments: Destroy objects and enemies with realistic physics. • Original hip-hop soundtrack: Featuring RJ Lake & Xalavier Nelson Jr. From the acclaimed creators at Strange Scaffold, makers of Life Eater and I Am Your Beast. Download now and dive into neo-noir chaos.

About

Notebook Artillery

Engage in strategic cannon combat with this arcade-simulation-action game. Adjust firing angle and powder to hit targets or opponents, accounting for wind and random stage layouts. Features hand-drawn art and multiple game modes.

Highlights
  • Adjust firing angle and powder
  • Account for wind and stage layouts
  • Solo target practice mode
  • CPU opponent
  • Local multiplayer vs mode
  • Hand-drawn game art
  • Unlockable stickers
Features
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Apple called it "sketchy — in a good way." Multiple-time Game of the Day in 80+ countries. Nintendo Force gave it 8.5/10. And it started as a doodle. Once upon a time in a middle school computer lab, a student ignored every assignment for an entire semester to fire cannons at a friend. That student grew up, spent 20 years making games professionally, and eventually decided the world needed a proper love letter to that wasted time. This is it. Notebook Artillery is a hand-drawn artillery game inspired by the classic Mac game that got confiscated off school computers everywhere. Set your angle. Load your powder. Fire. Account for the wind. Try not to hit your own tower. Play your way: Solo target practice — break floating targets across randomly generated stages VS CPU — take on a computer opponent Local multiplayer — challenge someone in the same room What makes it feel different: Every frame hand-drawn in Procreate — ruled lines, coil binding, pencil textures, the whole notebook aesthetic Trees splinter. Towers explode. Cannonballs collide mid-air. Wind changes everything. Read the flag. Use your shot trails. Unlock stickers by pulling off feats — first-shot eliminations, mid-air collisions, and yes, accidentally destroying your own tower Randomly generated stages mean no two games play the same Made by one person, with audio by Kevin Samuels and Switch/console ports by PolyCrunch Games. No AI tools were used in making this game. All art hand-drawn. Developed in GameMaker Studio.

Screenshots

El Paso, Elsewhere4 screens
Notebook Artillery4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: El Paso, Elsewhere at Free against Notebook Artillery's $0.99. El Paso, Elsewhere also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). Notebook Artillery's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#61 vs unranked). On review sentiment, monetization model, 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

El Paso, Elsewhere is free to download; Notebook Artillery costs $0.99 up front. El Paso, Elsewhere sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Notebook Artillery asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

El Paso, Elsewhere holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: El Paso, Elsewhere has 744 ratings behind it against 148, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 82% and 81% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

El Paso, Elsewhere ships an update every 3 days, Notebook Artillery every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on September 23, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
El Paso, Elsewhere versus Notebook Artillery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEl Paso, ElsewhereNotebook Artillery
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.7 (744 ratings) — better4.5 (148 ratings)
Positive reviews81.5% of reviews — better81.4% of reviews
Number of ratings744 — better148
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#61 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size2.7 GB115 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperFrosty PopAustin Ivansmith

Customer experience

El Paso, Elsewhere

All ratings744 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral2.4%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews222 reviews
Positive81.5%
Neutral7.2%
Negative11.3%

Notebook Artillery

All ratings148 ratings
Positive87.2%
Neutral6.8%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews86 reviews
Positive81.4%
Neutral10.5%
Negative8.1%

User reviews

El Paso, Elsewhere

From 744 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent gameplay
  • 👍 Great story and characters
  • 🎨 Fantastic art style and visuals
  • 🎵 Awesome soundtrack
  • 🕹️ Smooth controls and mechanics

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches (e.g. softlocks, invisible barriers)
  • 🎮 Suboptimal touch controls, need for customization
  • 💰 Paid full version after demo
  • 🇨🇳 Lack of Chinese language support

Notebook Artillery

From 148 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Engaging gameplay
  • 👍 Charming hand-drawn visuals
  • 🎨 Creative twist on artillery games
  • 💡 Simple yet effective mechanics
  • 🕹️ Satisfying challenge of mastering angles and power

Room to improve

  • 🔁 Repetitive gameplay
  • 🤖 Erratic AI behavior
  • 🕹️ Controls could be improved for one-handed play
  • 🎨 Pixelated terrain graphics
  • 🕹️ Lacking difficulty settings or progression

Bugs and requests

El Paso, Elsewhere

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Elevator not working in level 28
  • Frankenstein enemy health gets stuck in level 27
  • Character movement issues during chapter name display
  • Crashes on iPhone 6 Plus

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add controller support
  • Implement cloud save functionality
  • Increase frame rate cap
  • Introduce a free-to-play zombies mode

Notebook Artillery

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes on iOS 12 and 13 on iPad Pro
  • Inconsistent animation speeds

Requested features

7 requests
  • Online multiplayer
  • Campaign mode with objectives
  • Weapon/tower upgrades
  • Customization options
  • Special game modes (speed run, boss battles, etc.)
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  • Ability to save and continue games
  • Detailed badge/achievement system

In-app purchases

1 purchases

El Paso, Elsewhere

One-time1
  • El Paso, Elsewhere$4.99
None

Notebook Artillery

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is El Paso, Elsewhere free?
El Paso, Elsewhere is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Notebook Artillery free?
Notebook Artillery costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, El Paso, Elsewhere or Notebook Artillery?
El Paso, Elsewhere is rated higher. El Paso, Elsewhere averages 4.7 out of 5 from 744 ratings, while Notebook Artillery averages 4.5 from 148 ratings.
Do El Paso, Elsewhere or Notebook Artillery have ads?
Notebook Artillery shows ads; El Paso, Elsewhere does not.
Which is updated more often, El Paso, Elsewhere or Notebook Artillery?
El Paso, Elsewhere ships an update every 3 days, and Notebook Artillery every 2 weeks. Most recently, El Paso, Elsewhere was updated on September 23, 2026 and Notebook Artillery on September 23, 2026.

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