Comparison

Cellular Beast vs Butter Side Up

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

Head to head
About

Cellular Beast

Engage in a unique tower defense experience set within the human body. Battle viruses with beneficial cells to heal patients and restore health from a microscopic viewpoint.

Highlights
  • Microscopic combat gameplay
  • Treating various illnesses
  • Cell vs. virus battles
  • Restoring patient health
  • Casual tower defense mechanics
Features
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Cellular Beast is a casual game packaged around beneficial cells and viruses in the human body. It advances the game by treating patients with different illnesses, observing the confrontation between cells and viruses from a microscopic perspective, and ultimately healing and restoring the patient.

About

Butter Side Up

Features
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Butter Side Up: Don’t Drop the Butter! Gravity is calling, but can you stick the landing? In Butter Side Up, you guide a brave little pancake free-falling through a chaotic kitchen filled with perilous hazards. Your mission is simple: Survival. Your one rule: Keep the Butter Side Up!

Screenshots

Cellular Beast4 screens
Butter Side Up4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Butter Side Up at none against Cellular Beast's 6. Cellular Beast's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Cellular Beast sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Butter Side Up asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cellular Beast ships an update every 9 days, Butter Side Up every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Cellular Beast versus Butter Side Up: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCellular BeastButter Side Up
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLITTLELIGHTS HONG KONG LIMITEDEfrain Romero

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Cellular Beast

One-time6
  • 60 antibiotics$0.99
  • 330 antibiotics$4.99
  • 720 antibiotics$9.99
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  • 1480 antibiotics$19.99
  • 3780 antibiotics$49.99
  • 7580 antibiotics$99.99
None

Butter Side Up

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cellular Beast free?
Cellular Beast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Butter Side Up free?
Butter Side Up is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cellular Beast or Butter Side Up have ads?
Both Cellular Beast and Butter Side Up show ads.
Which is updated more often, Cellular Beast or Butter Side Up?
Cellular Beast ships an update every 9 days, and Butter Side Up every 6 days. Most recently, Cellular Beast was updated on November 4, 2026 and Butter Side Up on October 31, 2026.

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