Carrion vs Protect The Swing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Carrion
Experience a unique reverse horror game where you play as a monstrous creature. Hunt down your captors, consume them to grow stronger, and evolve devastating new abilities to escape your prison. The full game and DLC are unlocked with a single in-app purchase.
- Play as an amorphous monster
- Hunt and consume enemies
- Grow and evolve abilities
- Reverse horror gameplay
- Unlock full game and DLC
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Try Carrion for FREE - with NO ADS! Then unlock the full game + DLC with a single in app purchase. No gems, hearts or virtual currency required! CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origin. Stalk and consume those that imprisoned you to spread fear and panic throughout the facility. Grow and evolve as you tear down this prison and acquire more and more devastating abilities on the path to retribution.
Protect The Swing
Embark on a thrilling mission to save Earth by infiltrating a cultist stronghold or escaping pursuers in an endless hopper. Explore unique levels, battle enemies, unlock upgrades, and discover new weapons and skins in this action-packed adventure.
- Story Mode with 26 unique levels
- Procedurally generated challenges
- Unlockable weapons and skins
- Endless hopper gameplay
- Dodge themed enemies
- Collect in-game coins
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Protect the Swing Dive into a high-stakes mission where Earth’s last hope depends on your courage and skill. Protect the Swing offers two dynamic modes: Story Mode Take on the role of GK7, the Galactic Knight, as he infiltrates a secret cultist stronghold connected to the mysterious Door Point Volcano. Traverse 26 unique, hand-crafted levels, each procedurally selected to make every run a fresh challenge. Face fierce cultists and lieutenants, unlock powerful transformations, and discover weapons and skins to empower GK7 on his quest to dismantle the Anti-Swing Generator. Every battle, upgrade, and transformation brings you closer to saving Earth from impending destruction. PIVIT’s Quest Step into PIVIT’s Quest, an endless hopper that whisks you through beautifully crafted environments. Guide PIVIT, an ET-like piano droid who has escaped the anti-swing cult, as he hops endlessly away from his relentless pursuers. Dodge Halloween-themed foes like Baron Samedi across dynamic sections, from the eerie Voodoo Chunk to the lively Parade and the challenging Water Chunk with moving platforms. Collect coins, avoid enemies, and enjoy an endless, thrilling escape that adds depth and excitement to the Protect the Swing universe. Together, these modes offer an unforgettable adventure that combines immersive storytelling with captivating gameplay.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Protect The Swing at 5.0 against Carrion's 4.4. Protect The Swing also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 70%). Carrion's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1.9K vs 13). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Carrion sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Protect The Swing sells 21 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Protect The Swing holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Carrion has 1.9K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Carrion's written reviews are positive against 100% of Protect The Swing's.
Carrion ships an update every 5 days, Protect The Swing fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Carrion | Protect The Swing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (1.9K ratings) | 5.0 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.2 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 180 MB | 422 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Devolver | Ninjazz Entertainment |
Customer experience
Carrion
Protect The Swing
Bugs and requests
Carrion
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes when using controllers
- Audio cuts out when connecting AirPods
Requested features
5 requests- Add difficulty options
- Implement a map or mini-map
- Expand the game with more content
- Improve audio and sound design
- Optimize performance and stability
Protect The Swing
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Carrion
- Buy the full game +DLC!$6.99
Protect The Swing
- Ornetto Sword$0.99
- Soul Strike Sword$0.99
- Stagger Star Sword$0.99
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- 3 Lives$0.99
- Gloemus Skin$1.99
- Bipp Skin$1.99
- Bazel Pivit Skin$1.99
- Skweeber Skin$1.99
- Bunsky Skin$1.99
- Peekel Skin$1.99
- Christmas Pivit$1.99
- Veeber Skin$1.99
- Meta Blues Armour$2.99
- Ultra Blues Armour$2.99
- Triumph Blues Armour$2.99
- Western Sky Armour$2.99
- Dynasty Blues Armour$2.99
- Regal Blues Armour$2.99
- Three armour charges$2.99
- 30 Lives$8.99
- 10 Weapons Pack$9.99
