Shovel Pirate vs Faces+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shovel Pirate
Embark on a pirate adventure to find hidden treasures. This cute platformer features fun puzzles, charming characters, and clever traps across 15 action-packed levels. Discover secret collectibles and enjoy delightful music as you progress.
- 15 action-packed levels
- Clever puzzles
- Secret collectibles
- Intuitive controls
- Charming music
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Follow the map, search for hints, and collect all the treasures! Play as a pirate on a quest to gather all the wackiest treasures. Shovel Pirate is a cute platformer game with fun puzzles, adorable characters, and clever traps to avoid. Game features: • 15 levels packed with action • Intuitive and easy controls • Clever puzzles • Secret collectibles • Charming music tracks Important information: • This game comes with no ads and features a paywall to unlock the full game.
Faces+
Embark on a visually immersive adventure through an ambient level that progressively increases in difficulty. Experience dynamic color changes and moving shadows that enhance the challenging gameplay.
- Ambient level progression
- Dynamic color changes
- Moving shadow effects
- Immersive gameplay
- Increasing difficulty
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Faces+ is both simple and challenging, offering a satisfying experience as you adventure through an ambient level. The main stage becomes progressively more challenging as the colors change, and with the lights creating moving shadows, the players will feel immersed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Shovel Pirate at none against Faces+'s shown. Shovel Pirate also leads on ratings volume (37 vs 9). Faces+'s advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.1) and monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs paid). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and device support 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. Shovel Pirate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Faces+ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Faces+ holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 37 and 9 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 72% of Shovel Pirate's written reviews are positive against 67% of Faces+'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | Shovel Pirate | Faces+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (37 ratings) | 4.6 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.1% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 37 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 209 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gionathan Pesaresi | Westin Yates |
Customer experience
Shovel Pirate
Faces+
Bugs and requests
Shovel Pirate
Reported bugs
2 issues- Game freezes after purchase
- Cannot play past a certain level without paying
Requested features
6 requests- Separate buttons for ladder and shoveling controls
- More levels or a sequel
- Longer games
- Make more levels free in the future
- Updates to design
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- Dark mode option
Faces+
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shovel Pirate
- Premium$1.99
Faces+
- No Advertisments$0.99
