Comparison

ContraBee vs Peanut Pest Picnic Panic

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

Head to head
About

ContraBee

This app offers a daily word puzzle using the same letter hive as the New York Times Spelling Bee. It challenges players to find words without using the required center letter, encouraging a different approach to word discovery.

Highlights
  • Daily word puzzles
  • Uses NYT Spelling Bee letter hive
  • Excludes center letter
  • Encourages alternative word finding
  • Unique puzzle twist
Features
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ContraBee is a complement to each day’s official New York Times Spelling Bee. It uses the same hive as each day’s Spelling Bee, but with a twist: Instead of requiring the center letter, Contra Bee excludes it. You’ll be surprised at how many words you can find if you turn your mind upside down.

About

Peanut Pest Picnic Panic

Defend your picnic from invading bugs by swatting them with a swatter. Your goal is to squash as many pests as possible before they steal all your peanuts and achieve a high score.

Highlights
  • Bug swatting gameplay
  • Peanut protection objective
  • High score chasing
  • Simple controls
Features
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Protect your peanuts! Bugs are coming from all over to invade your picnic and take your delicious snacks for themselves! You must use your mighty swatter to destroy them. Squash as many as you can before all your peanuts are gone, and go for a high score!

Screenshots

ContraBee3 screens
Peanut Pest Picnic Panic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Peanut Pest Picnic Panic at 5.0 against ContraBee's 4.1. ContraBee's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Peanut Pest Picnic Panic holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ContraBee has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ContraBee versus Peanut Pest Picnic Panic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContraBeePeanut Pest Picnic Panic
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (8 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB68 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperLexi Games LLCAndrew Viesta

Customer experience

ContraBee

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive23.8%
Neutral14.3%
Negative61.9%

Peanut Pest Picnic Panic

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ContraBee

No in-app purchases

None

Peanut Pest Picnic Panic

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ContraBee free?
ContraBee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Peanut Pest Picnic Panic free?
Peanut Pest Picnic Panic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ContraBee or Peanut Pest Picnic Panic?
Peanut Pest Picnic Panic is rated higher. ContraBee averages 4.1 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Peanut Pest Picnic Panic averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do ContraBee or Peanut Pest Picnic Panic have ads?
Neither ContraBee nor Peanut Pest Picnic Panic shows ads.

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