Comparison

Protect The Swing vs Decoction

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Story Mode with 26 unique levels
  • Procedurally generated challenges
  • Unlockable weapons and skins
  • Endless hopper gameplay
  • Dodge themed enemies
  • Collect in-game coins
Features
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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.

About

Decoction

Features
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Practice Table lets you rehearse a fictional case, pin a baseline and compare another formula with the same base scoring rules used in a tour. Save your experiments in a local practice notebook. HOW TO USE THE UPGRADE 1. Open Practice Table from the main menu. Choose a fictional case, a diagnosis guess and two to four distinct ingredient cards. 2. Evaluate the trial and pin it as the baseline. Explore one-card alternatives from the starter-card pool. 3. Try a swap and read the difference in target distance and score. 4. Save a trial, revisit it later or share its text report. This practice spends and awards no tour resources. The seven-day deck-building tour, ingredient catalog, patient cases, reference material, achievements and Casebook tools remain available. WHAT TO KNOW This is historical-fiction gameplay, not real medical guidance or a usable recipe. Base scoring excludes tools, archetypes and Rigour. Alternatives search one-card substitutions from the starter pool, not every deck. The local notebook holds up to 100 trials and 4 MB; deleting a trial does not affect tour progress. iPhone and iPad. No account required.

Screenshots

Protect The Swing4 screens
Decoction3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Protect The Swing at Free against Decoction's $2.99. Decoction's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 21) and ads (none vs shown). On device support and iOS requirement 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

Protect The Swing is free to download; Decoction costs $2.99 up front. Protect The Swing sells 21 one-off in-app purchases. Decoction asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Protect The Swing ships an update fortnightly, Decoction every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Protect The Swing versus Decoction: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProtect The SwingDecoction
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating5.0 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size422 MB39 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperNinjazz EntertainmentRobert Corbin

In-app purchases

21 purchases

Protect The Swing

One-time21
  • Ornetto Sword$0.99
  • Soul Strike Sword$0.99
  • Stagger Star Sword$0.99
Show 18 more
  • 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
None

Decoction

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Protect The Swing free?
Protect The Swing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Decoction free?
Decoction costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Protect The Swing or Decoction have ads?
Protect The Swing shows ads; Decoction does not.
Which is updated more often, Protect The Swing or Decoction?
Protect The Swing ships an update fortnightly, and Decoction every 6 days. Most recently, Protect The Swing was updated on September 30, 2026 and Decoction on September 28, 2026.

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