Spooktober vs Snowball in Hell
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spooktober
Guide a plague doctor through a spooky world filled with creatures and secrets. Use magical spells to defend yourself and survive the season. Beware, taking damage can affect gravity!
- Arcade style gameplay
- Plague doctor character
- Jiggle physics
- Spooky dancing pumpkins
- GameCenter leaderboards
- Hidden secrets
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THE GAME WITH MAJOR UPDATES EVERY YEAR FOR THE SPOOKY SEASON The temperatures begin to drop. The leaves start to fall. The full moon rises. It's time to be spooky! The witches and ghosts have come to get you! Help a little plague doctor survive the season! Fly around a world full of secrets and survive against the countless spooky creatures within. Use your absurd magical spells to protect yourself and keep the frightful creatures at bay. But be careful! Taking damage may cause gravity to set back in... Features: - Spooky map full of secrets - Fancy magic spells - Jiggly plague doctors - Unlockable characters to play - Secret map regions and bosses - GameCenter leaderboards and achievements - Terrifying musical options - Terrible loading screen facts Upcoming Updates: - More secret areas and map expansions - More playable characters - More spells - More musical options Note: No AI was used in the creation of this app. This is somewhat obvious by looking at the graphics and loading facts...
Snowball in Hell
Navigate a charming side-scrolling platformer as a small snowball. Master one-thumb controls to guide the character through perilous environments. Enjoy an ad-free and privacy-focused gaming experience.
- Side-scrolling platformer gameplay
- Simple one-thumb controls
- Escape dangerous terrain
- Ad-free experience
- No data collection
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help the little snowball escape through dangerous terrain. A side-scrolling platformer game. One thumb control. NO ADS. NO DATA COLLECTION.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Snowball in Hell at none against Spooktober's shown. Snowball in Hell also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). Spooktober's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Spooktober against 5.0 for Snowball in Hell. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spooktober has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | Spooktober | Snowball in Hell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 142 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Brandon Dalla Rosa | Jesse Spiro |
Customer experience
Spooktober
Snowball in Hell
In-app purchases
Spooktober
No in-app purchases
Snowball in Hell
No in-app purchases
