Comparison

Winston Squirrelchill Explores vs Vault Pole Bar

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

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About

Winston Squirrelchill Explores

Navigate a character through changing backgrounds by swiping up and down to avoid obstacles. Discover new animals and enjoy a casual gameplay experience. This game is designed for relaxed exploration and learning.

Highlights
  • Swipe controls for navigation
  • Changing backgrounds
  • Obstacle avoidance
  • Animal discovery
  • Casual gameplay
  • Educational elements
Features
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Make sure to turn the sound on! Great fun on iPad and iPhone! Later versions will have new backgrounds and added features! How to Play... Swipe up and down to avoid obstacles. This game is intentionally not difficult. Navigate casually through the obstacles and enjoy the background changes. The object is to discover new things as the backgrounds change. You must travel over 1000 meters to discover the animals. New backgrounds and discoveries will be added in later releases. The character is based on a squirrel from the stories I made up for my kids at bedtime. This app was created to teach and learn. All code used in creating the app is available on GitHub. It was developed by a former mathematics teacher who in now teaching computer science. Music by BenSound.com

About

Vault Pole Bar

Features
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Most arcade sports games fake the skill. Vault makes you time all three phases of a real pole vault — and the bar keeps rising until you miss. Every attempt is one skill loop, three taps: RUN-UP. Tap to start the sprint. A power meter sweeps up and down — lock it high, but not maxed. Too little and your plant is weak; a full overrun is a foul and a wasted attempt. PLANT. A marker sweeps across the planting box. Tap it inside the window for a clean plant that carries your speed into the pole. SWING & RELEASE. The pole bends. Watch the flex gauge and release at PEAK FLEX — the moment the bowed pole is about to fling you upward. Nail it and your speed becomes height. Clear the crossbar and it rises. Miss three times at one height and the run is over. Your delivered height is a pure function of run-up power, plant timing, release flex and your pole — no random luck, just how well you read the gauges. The whole vault is drawn side-on under stadium floodlights: the runway, the box, the bowing pole, the athlete arcing over, and the bar at its called height. Unlock stiffer poles as you clear higher bars: a higher ceiling, but a tighter release window. Chase your personal record and climb the pole rack. • A three-phase timing skill loop: run-up power, plant window, peak-flex release • A real clearance calculation — no RNG, pure skill • A rising crossbar and a three-miss run: push your personal best • Stiffer poles to unlock: higher ceilings for tighter timing • Side-on stadium art: runway, box, a flexing pole and the athlete over the bar • Fully offline, no account, nothing collected Sprint. Plant. Fly.

Screenshots

Winston Squirrelchill Explores3 screens
Vault Pole Bar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Winston Squirrelchill Explores at 3 against Vault Pole Bar's 1. Winston Squirrelchill Explores also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Winston Squirrelchill Explores versus Vault Pole Bar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWinston Squirrelchill ExploresVault Pole Bar
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRichard GroeneveldJordan Wegner

In-app purchases

None

Winston Squirrelchill Explores

No in-app purchases

None

Vault Pole Bar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Winston Squirrelchill Explores free?
Winston Squirrelchill Explores is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vault Pole Bar free?
Vault Pole Bar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Winston Squirrelchill Explores or Vault Pole Bar have ads?
Neither Winston Squirrelchill Explores nor Vault Pole Bar shows ads.

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