Comparison

Rake! vs Backyard Basketball '01

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

Head to head
About

Rake!

Engage in a satisfying autumn experience by raking leaves and hitting baseballs. Collect rare blue leaves for the most cash and catch falling gems for bonuses. A baseball mini-game celebrates the current season.

Highlights
  • Rake leaves for cash
  • Hit baseballs in mini-game
  • Collect rare blue leaves
  • Catch falling gems for bonuses
  • Marketplace updates coming soon
Features
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Happy fall. Join Aoki as he rakes leaves from his driveway, rakes baseballs out of the yard, and earns his 401K. Fall leaves are common, but the rare blue leaves give you the most cash. Catch falling gems for bonus leaves. Play the baseball mini-game in honor of the 2024 season. Visit Rake! Market, as it will be updated soon.

About

Backyard Basketball '01

Relive a classic basketball arcade experience with customizable teams and players. Play single games or a full season, track stats, and enjoy fun power-ups and bloopers. Features iconic characters and lively commentary.

Highlights
  • Customize uniforms and players
  • Play single games or full seasons
  • Track player and team stats
  • Create custom players
  • Iconic kid athletes and legends
  • Comical power-ups and hilarious bloopers
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HOOP DREAMING Slip on those high tops and hit the courts with the first basketball game in the award-winning Backyard Sports Franchise, Backyard Basketball ‘01, now enhanced to run on iOS devices. The Backyard athletes are teaming up with kid versions of hoops legends in Backyard Basketball ‘01! Customize your uniform, pick your fab five, and get ready for four quarters of hoops! Play single games or a whole season. Track stats in Season play and create custom players to watch their skills improve over time! HOOPS FOR EVERYONE Ball like it’s 2001! 30 Iconic Kid Athletes 9 Unique Basketball Courts Comical Power-ups Hilarious Bloopers Lively commentary from Sunny Day and Barry Dejay THE GOAT Backyard Basketball featured arguably the most iconic video game athlete of the 90s or any era - Pablo Sanchez. Play with the legend himself or choose your favorites and relive what made Backyard Basketball 2001 an award-winning classic. Game Modes include: Pick-up Game: Instant play! The computer chooses a random team for you and itself and the game starts immediately. Season Play: Pick your team name, uniform colors, and players to compete in the Backyard Basketball League. Manage the team through a basketball season for your chance to win the Championship! We’re talking about practice! Hone those basketball skills while getting a feel for every court in practice mode! Then, it’s game time! Play a Pick-up Game or a Full Season with your favorite players. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION At our core, we are fans first – not just of video games, but of the Backyard Sports franchise. Fans have asked for accessible and legal ways to play their original Backyard titles for years, and we are excited to deliver. Without having access to the source code, there are hard limitations on the experience we can create. Backyard Basketball ‘01 runs well and looks better than ever for iOS devices and creates a new installation for digital preservation within the Backyard Sports catalog that allows the next generation of fans to fall in love with the game. Making a return to Backyard Basketball is Lisa Leslie!

Screenshots

Rake!4 screens
Backyard Basketball '014 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Rake! at 5.0 against Backyard Basketball '01's 3.9. Rake! also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Backyard Basketball '01's advantage is ratings volume (125 vs 2). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rake! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backyard Basketball '01 has 125 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Rake! versus Backyard Basketball '01: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRake!Backyard Basketball '01
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better3.9 (125 ratings)
Positive reviews—59.1% of reviews
Number of ratings2125 — better
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size121 MB362 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNikolas ReyesPlayground Productions LLC

Customer experience

Rake!

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Backyard Basketball '01

All ratings114 ratings
Positive68.4%
Neutral6.1%
Negative25.4%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive59.1%
Neutral6.8%
Negative34.1%

In-app purchases

None

Rake!

No in-app purchases

None

Backyard Basketball '01

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rake! free?
Rake! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Backyard Basketball '01 free?
Backyard Basketball '01 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Rake! or Backyard Basketball '01?
Rake! is rated higher. Rake! averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Backyard Basketball '01 averages 3.9 from 125 ratings.
Do Rake! or Backyard Basketball '01 have ads?
Neither Rake! nor Backyard Basketball '01 shows ads.

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