Comparison

RoboVac Attack vs Mess About

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

Head to head
About

RoboVac Attack

Engage in a competitive vacuum cleaning game where you race against others to collect the most dust. Strategize your path, utilize powerups, and outmaneuver opponents in various rooms. Customize your robovac and climb the global leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Head-to-head player competition
  • Strategic path design
  • Powerup usage
  • Global leaderboard climbing
  • Robovac customization
  • Variety of unique rooms
Features
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Draw your path, choose your powerup, and go head-to-head against other players. - Grab the most dust, before your opponent gets it all. - Design your optimal path, with strategic use of a powerup. - Anticipate your opponent's path and powerup usage. - Compete with players from around the world, and rise to the top of the leaderboard. - Customize your robovac. - Collect gold to access more powerups and customization. - Compete in a variety of rooms, with unique layouts. - Strategize your use of batery power in multi-stage rooms. - Rooms rotate daily. - Watch out for hazards, moving obstacles, and pets!

About

Mess About

Features
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Every room is a mess. You are the vacuum. Get cleaning! Mess About is a satisfying cleaning game where you drive a robot vacuum cleaner around messy rooms, hoovering up every speck of dirt before the battery runs out. Drag to steer, watch the floor sparkle behind you, and chase that perfect 100% clean. EASY TO PLAY, TRICKY TO MASTER One-finger controls: drag to move, release to stop. Clean 70% of the floor to pass. All three stars means every last corner, and the battery is sized so a sloppy route won't make it. Plan your path and don't waste charge. WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING Furniture blocks your path. Debris piles bog down your brushes and drain the battery faster. Vases shatter into even more mess if you bump them, so drive carefully. Hardwood, carpet, and tile all feel different under your wheels. GRAB POWER-UPS Turbo Suction doubles your cleaning radius. The battery pickup puts charge back in the tank. Both can turn a doomed run into a spotless one. RESTORE THE HOUSE Stars are not just a score, they are what you spend. Clean a room and its furniture turns up in cardboard boxes: unbox it a piece at a time to bring the place back to life, then save up for the keys to the next house. Start in The Shack and work your way up. TWO SIDE GOALS IN EVERY ROOM Each room carries two extra challenges worth bonus stars, like clearing every debris pile, finishing without breaking a vase, or going spotless with charge to spare. None of them are timed, so you can take as long as you like. A NEW CHALLENGE EVERY DAY The Daily Challenge is one shared room with a countdown clock instead of a battery. Clean 100% before time runs out to grow your streak. Miss a day and you are covered; miss two and it resets, though a lapsed streak can be rescued. Bonus stars land at 3, 7, 14, 30 days and beyond. RELAXING AND OH SO SATISFYING If you love tidying up, decluttering, and watching dirt disappear, this is the cleaning game for you. Perfect for a quick tidy on the bus or a deep-clean session on the couch. MORE GOOD STUFF - Free to play, with ads and no in-app purchases - Family friendly, fun for all ages - No account and no sign-up - Plays offline, no wifi needed - Hand-built rooms to clean and whole houses to restore, with more on the way Clean up. Chaos. Repeat!

Screenshots

RoboVac Attack4 screens
Mess About4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: RoboVac Attack at 13.0 against Mess About's 15.0. On price, update cadence, 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RoboVac Attack ships an update every 5 days, Mess About every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
RoboVac Attack versus Mess About: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoboVac AttackMess About
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size193 MB144 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPartyOnGamesTarakan Limited

In-app purchases

None

RoboVac Attack

No in-app purchases

None

Mess About

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RoboVac Attack free?
RoboVac Attack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mess About free?
Mess About is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RoboVac Attack or Mess About have ads?
Both RoboVac Attack and Mess About show ads.
Which is updated more often, RoboVac Attack or Mess About?
RoboVac Attack ships an update every 5 days, and Mess About every 4 days. Most recently, RoboVac Attack was updated on October 24, 2026 and Mess About on October 24, 2026.

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