Comparison

playus vs Tetherfall

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

Head to head
About

playus

Compete daily in fun, one-minute mini-games with your friends. Climb leaderboards, earn points, and win seasonal crowns. New games are added daily, offering fresh challenges and replayability.

Highlights
  • Daily 1-minute mini-games
  • Group leaderboards
  • Seasonal competitions
  • Invite friends to groups
  • Limited tries per game
  • New game daily
Features
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The daily 1-minute mini-game challenge where everyone in your group competes for the top spot. Each day brings a new game – play it, score points, and climb your group's leaderboard. At the end of the season: one player takes the crown. • New game every day – fast, fun, different each time. • Compete with your friends – invite your crew, join or create a group. • Show your skills – limited tries per game, make them count. • Leaderboard & seasons – collect points across multiple days, climb the ranking, win the season. Are you ready to prove you've got the skills? Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Tetherfall

Swing through a burning world as a tetherball cut loose. Master the art of letting go and reeling in to build momentum and fly farther. Avoid fiery pitfalls and crumbling pegs to achieve new distances and unlock achievements.

Highlights
  • Tap and hold to control momentum
  • Automatic peg latching
  • Three failure mechanics
  • Crumbling pegs and widening gaps
  • Seventeen unlockable awards
  • Day and night visual modes
  • No accounts or subscriptions required
Features
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You are a tetherball cut loose from its pole, with a world burning behind you. Being untethered is what you want, but being tethered is the only thing that keeps you going. Go as far as that will take you. Tap to let go and fly. Hold to reel in first and build momentum, then let go to fly farther. Latching onto the next peg is automatic — getting close enough is not. • THREE WAYS TO FAIL — miss a peg and drop into the fire below, release at the wrong angle and fly back into the fire behind you, or hang on to one peg too long and the rope gives out. • NOTHING WAITS — each peg holds twice, then crumbles, and the gaps widen the farther you go. • SEVENTEEN AWARDS — for how far you got, how you got there, and a few you'll only find by accident. • DAY OR NIGHT — two hand-tuned looks. Match your device or pick your favorite. • NO ACCOUNTS, NO SUBSCRIPTION — nothing to sign in to. Your progress stays on your device and in your own iCloud. • ADS ONLY BETWEEN RUNS — when you fail, you can watch one to keep going, up to three times a run. One purchase removes the between-run ads; revives still cost an ad for everyone, buyers included, so no distance is ever bought. Landscape. Two minutes or twenty.

Screenshots

playus4 screens
Tetherfall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: playus at 1.7K against Tetherfall's 1. Tetherfall's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. playus sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Tetherfall sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for playus against 5.0 for Tetherfall. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: playus has 1.7K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

playus ships an update weekly, Tetherfall every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
playus versus Tetherfall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterplayusTetherfall
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (1.7K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.7K — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size174 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDapps Pte. Ltd.Mars Studios LLC

In-app purchases

7 purchases

playus

Subscriptions2
  • Ad-Free$1.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time5
  • One for all!$0.99
  • Small Coins Pack$1.99
  • Medium Coins Pack$3.99
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  • Large Coins Pack$8.99
  • Huge Coins Pack$22.99
1 purchases

Tetherfall

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is playus free?
playus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tetherfall free?
Tetherfall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, playus or Tetherfall?
Tetherfall is rated higher. playus averages 4.9 out of 5 from 1.7K ratings, while Tetherfall averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do playus or Tetherfall have ads?
Both playus and Tetherfall show ads.
Which is updated more often, playus or Tetherfall?
playus ships an update weekly, and Tetherfall every 2 days. Most recently, playus was updated on November 13, 2026 and Tetherfall on October 31, 2026.

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