Hellfrost vs Searchin'
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hellfrost
Engage in strategic sliding-block battles against lava demons. Swipe to move your units, outmaneuver enemies, and conquer increasingly challenging levels. Enjoy bite-sized combat sessions perfect for quick play.
- Intuitive one-swipe controls
- Bite-sized, replayable levels
- Diverse unit types and tile mechanics
- Gradually increasing difficulty
- Unlockable levels
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Join the Snow Army and dive into Hell to fight the lava demons! Swipe to slide everything across the icy floor and position yourself to wipe out the enemy. Unlock more levels as the Snow Army journeys deeper into Hell. ======== SWIPE TO SLIDE Simple, intuitive controls. Move all units with just one swipe! Comfortably play with just one finger. BITE-SIZED COMBAT Short levels allow you to play in small bursts. Replay levels to increase your score and unlock more levels. VARIETY OF PUZZLES A wide assortment of unit types on both teams. The many different tile types will make each level feel unique FOR ALL SKILL LEVELS Starts out easy and gradually increases in difficulty. Later levels will test your strategic skills.
Searchin'
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Searchin' reinvents the classic word search, turning it into an entirely new game! When you find a word, the letters disappear and new letters are added. - Searchin' Classic make words to collect letters, find all the letters and you win! - Seachin' Social competing against your friends, score points for letters found, first player to 1000 points wins! - Seachin' Endless* - find words, that's it! It never ends! There's power-ups, abilities, and over 160,000 words! Hours of gameplay finding words from "ABANDONMENTS" to "ZYGOMORPHIES"! Every four to twelve letter word in this description can be found in Searchin'! *Searchin' Endless requires in-app purchase
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hellfrost at none against Searchin''s 2. Hellfrost also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). On price 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. Searchin' sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Hellfrost asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hellfrost ships an update every 2 weeks, Searchin' every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hellfrost | Searchin' |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Evan Kwan | Wesley Hahn |
In-app purchases
Hellfrost
No in-app purchases
Searchin'
- Unlock Endless Mode$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
