Comparison

Bug & Seek vs Highway Trivia

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

Head to head
About

Bug & Seek

Become a bug collector in a peaceful simulation game. Catch over 200 real insects, customize your insectarium, and explore a charming town with a light mystery. Enjoy simple, stress-free gameplay and learn interesting facts about bugs.

Highlights
  • Catch 200+ real insects
  • Customize and expand insectarium
  • Explore the world
  • Meet locals and solve mystery
  • Simple, stress-free gameplay
  • Bug-based economy
  • Learn real bug facts
Features
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Catch 200+ real life bugs in this peaceful creature collector. You’ve bought the local insectarium (bug zoo) in the cozy town of Buggburg, so start swinging your net to build your dream bug collection and create the best insectarium Buggburg has ever seen. Developed by a tiny, two-person dev team, Bug & Seek is a relaxing bug-catching game with a mystery twist and pixel art bugs. You've just bought an abandoned Insectarium (bug zoo)—congratulations! Now, go catch real-life bugs, build your collection, and level up your skills. Bug & Seek features a very simple and peaceful gameplay loop, no stress, and no wrong choices. So relax and enjoy all those bugs (and learn about them too)! * Discover 200+ adorable and real insects * Customize and Expand Your Insectarium * Explore The World * Meet the Locals * Solve the Mystery What to Expect: * Simple Game Mechanics — Explore, shake objects to reveal hiding bugs, and swing your net. Bug & Seek was meant to be easy, peaceful, and stress-free. A leveling system increases the rarity of bugs you can catch, and some special items boost your chances too. * A Bug-Based Economy — To earn money, you will have to sell bugs at the stores and for jobs and quests. But don't worry, you will be able to catch more! * Cozy, Humorous Vibes — The cute little town of Buggburg to explore, lots of goofy and bug-obsessed NPC's, bugs with personalities and jokes, and a fun mystery about someone stealing a bunch of bugs. * Light Customization — There are a handful of adorable new decoration sets, and even a few new clothing items you can acquire. * Real Facts and Information — Every bug in the game is a real bug, and you'll learn things like why bugs are so important to biodiversity and environmental health. What Bug & Seek DOES NOT have: * Challenging gameplay; the gameplay loop in Bug & Seek is very simple. * Mini games; if you swing your net at a bug, you will catch it. * Energy meters or sleep requirements; after all, you can only catch certain bugs at night. * Multiplayer options; * Combat; while bugs in real life do attack and eat other bugs, they don't in Bug & Seek, and you won't fight NPC's with your bugs. The bugs also do not carry swords or wear medieval armor, as fun as that might sound. * Romance; while you can talk to NPC's, and do jobs for them involving catching bugs, you cannot romance them, nor can you romance the bugs, regardless of the superpowers that might give to your offspring.

About

Highway Trivia

A simple trivia game designed to entertain during road trips. It features a variety of questions across multiple categories and avoids repeating questions, ensuring a fresh experience on each drive. The game is built for group play and works offline.

Highlights
  • 720 questions in 6 categories
  • Smart repeat-avoidance
  • Group play for everyone
  • Zero ads and tracking
  • Offline functionality
  • Clean, simple design
Features
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Highway Trivia is a straightforward, no-frills trivia game built for one purpose: making road trips more fun! One person reads the question out loud, and anyone in the car (driver included!) can shout out the answer. No turns, no setup, no waiting around. Pick from 720 questions across six categories: Geography, Movies & TV, Music, Science & Nature, History, and Road Trip Fun - or hit "All Categories" to try them all. Choose how many questions you want and go. The app remembers what you've already been asked, so replaying it on your next trip won't just repeat the same rounds. No accounts. No ads. No data collection. Everything runs right on your device. Why you'll like it: • 720 questions, six categories, real variety • Smart repeat-avoidance so questions stay fresh trip after trip • Built for group play: everyone answers, including the driver • Zero ads, zero tracking, zero accounts • Clean, simple design • Works completely offline once installed Whether it's a two-hour drive to the coast or a cross-country haul, Highway Trivia gets the whole car engaged and talking!

Screenshots

Bug & Seek4 screens
Highway Trivia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Highway Trivia at none against Bug & Seek's 1. Highway Trivia also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Bug & Seek's advantage is ratings volume (62 vs 8) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence 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. Bug & Seek sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Highway Trivia asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Highway Trivia holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bug & Seek has 62 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Bug & Seek's written reviews are positive against 100% of Highway Trivia's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bug & Seek ships an update weekly, Highway Trivia every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Bug & Seek versus Highway Trivia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBug & SeekHighway Trivia
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (62 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings62 — better8
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size487 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSo Peculiar, LLCTrent Burge

Customer experience

Bug & Seek

All ratings61 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral2.4%
Negative11.9%

Highway Trivia

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Bug & Seek

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • DLC not recognized as owned
  • Insectarium maxed, no room for bugs
  • Bugs disappeared after season change
  • Game restarts when closed
  • Expansion content not showing up
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  • Paying didn't unlock content
  • Furniture placement bug (aquarium opens storage)
  • Ads on iOS are over a minute long

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add controller accessibility
  • Include Latin names for bugs
  • Add scientific names for bugs
  • More expansions/DLC
  • Search/filter in field guide
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  • Apple Pencil support
  • Build a home or greenhouse
  • Add botany elements

Highway Trivia

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Bug & Seek

One-time1
  • English (U.S.)$6.99
None

Highway Trivia

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bug & Seek free?
Bug & Seek is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Highway Trivia free?
Highway Trivia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bug & Seek or Highway Trivia?
Highway Trivia is rated higher. Bug & Seek averages 4.8 out of 5 from 62 ratings, while Highway Trivia averages 5.0 from 8 ratings.
Do Bug & Seek or Highway Trivia have ads?
Bug & Seek shows ads; Highway Trivia does not.
Which is updated more often, Bug & Seek or Highway Trivia?
Bug & Seek ships an update weekly, and Highway Trivia every 2 weeks. Most recently, Bug & Seek was updated on October 30, 2026 and Highway Trivia on October 31, 2026.

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