Can't Work Today vs Hello, Mario!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Can't Work Today
Escape the daily grind by relaxing in a virtual hammock during your commute. Avoid alarm clocks and stay asleep as long as possible while controlling your hammock's movement. Collect various skins and progress through numerous stages in this simple yet engaging game.
- Hammock control gameplay
- Avoid alarm clocks
- Collect character skins
- Collect hammock skins
- Progress through stages
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Forget work! Wouldn't it be great if you could just relax in a hammock while commuting? Now you can! Control your hammock in order to avoid the nasty alarm clocks and stay asleep! How many stations can you pass in blissful slumber? Don't worry about getting off the train to go to your boring job. It's just a game, so you can enjoy your hammock as long as you want. Simple gameplay! - Easy to learn, hard to master! - Just move left or right, the hammock does the rest! Tons to collect! - 30+ character skins - 50+ hammock skins So many stages to "sleep" through! Can you get all the way to the end of the line?? Presented by PONOS
Hello, Mario!
Engage with Mario's face by pulling, stretching, and poking him to create various expressions. Add iconic items and characters from the Mushroom Kingdom to the scene. Enjoy interactive play with a built-in feature that encourages screen time breaks.
- Manipulate Mario's face
- Add game items and characters
- Play peekaboo with Mario
- Built-in screen time breaks
- Offline play
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"Hello, Mario!" Are you ready to play? With this free application from the little-kid-friendly My Mario brand, you and your kiddo can play with Mario's face and delight in all his various expressions. ■Make Silly Faces Team up with your kiddo to see how silly Mario can get when you pull and stretch his face or take turns poking and spinning him around. Tap on the ? Block in the top-left corner of the screen and select an icon to make items—like a Super Mushroom, a Super Star, or pipes—and even enemies appear alongside Mario. ■Peekaboo! Invite Mario to play peekaboo by tapping on the leftmost icon in the ? Block menu. Boo may even make a guest appearance! ■Built-In Breaks Good night, Mario! Mario gets tuckered out after playing for a while and will fall fast asleep. At that point no amount of poking can wake him up! This is a great opportunity to take a break and help parents limit their child's screen time. If you want to keep the fun going, you can turn off this feature by tapping the gear icon in the top-right corner of the screen when the application starts. ■Play Offline There's no need to be connected to the internet to play this application. After you download it, you're good to go! Operation is not guaranteed for all devices that meet the operating conditions. It may not work properly depending on the device's performance and specifications, device-specific application usage conditions, etc. Please be sure to read the Health and Safety information provided in the application settings before you start playing. Settings can be accessed by tapping the gear icon in the top-right corner of the screen when the application starts to access the menu. ©Nintendo
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hello, Mario! at none against Can't Work Today's 1. Hello, Mario! also leads on ads (none vs shown). Can't Work Today's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. Can't Work Today sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hello, Mario! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Can't Work Today holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 146 and 279 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Can't Work Today's written reviews are positive against 90% of Hello, Mario!'s.
Can't Work Today ships an update every 5 weeks, Hello, Mario! every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Can't Work Today | Hello, Mario! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (146 ratings) — better | 4.6 (279 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.6% of reviews — better | 89.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 146 | 279 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 137 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ponos corporation | Nintendo Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Can't Work Today
Hello, Mario!
Bugs and requests
Can't Work Today
Reported bugs
1 issue- None mentioned
Requested features
2 requests- More free content
- Legend cat rewards for playing
Hello, Mario!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Can't Work Today
- Gold Car VIP$4.99
Hello, Mario!
No in-app purchases
Questions
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