Comparison

Kick Bot DX vs BackCheckers

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

Head to head
About

Kick Bot DX

Experience infinite wall jumping action with a procedurally generated terrain of obstacles. Customize your bot with earned parts and upgrades, compete on online leaderboards, and enjoy minigames. Includes the original game for classic gameplay.

Highlights
  • Infinite wall jumping gameplay
  • Procedurally generated terrain
  • Character customization
  • Online leaderboards
  • Minigames
  • Original game included
Features
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Hop into DELUXE Infinite wall jumping action now! The classic Kick Bot is back with all new visuals, new hazards and terrain to jump through, character customization, online leaderboard, minigames, and more! An overhaul of the Kick Bot with all new graphics and new features! Maneuver through a procedurally-generated terrain of obstacles like spikes and laser beams. One wrong move and you're a heap of metal. This time with character customization - earn parts and upgrades to make your bot truly unique and compete with friends via the leaderboard. (Also contains the original game for some old school rage!) 50% of the proceeds from this game will go to Gilda's Club of Kentuckiana, the amazing cancer support group that benefited my best friend Eric Lathrop immensely in his final years with us. Eric made this game with me and wrote the majority of the code. Eric was an amazingly funny, kind, unique, opinionated, and talented person and my mentor in programming and I will miss him until the end of time - Alex (AKA fufroom)

About

BackCheckers

A fast-paced, turn-based hockey strategy board game for two players. It combines dice rolling and strategic movement with real hockey-inspired gameplay for quick, intense matches. Play solo against the CPU or locally with a friend.

Highlights
  • Turn-based hockey gameplay
  • Dice rolling with strategic movement
  • 2-player local pass-and-play
  • CPU opponent mode
  • Built-in stat tracking
  • Matches 5-20 minutes
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BackCheckers is a fast-paced dice strategy game for hockey lovers and board game fans. Built for two players, it combines dice rolling, strategic movement, and real hockey-inspired play in quick, intense matches. Play a friend across the table, take on the CPU, or use it as a live scoreboard for the physical BackCheckers board game. Every move matters. TWO GAMES IN ONE BackCheckers — turn-based hockey on the rink. Roll, move, shoot and backcheck. Shots, saves, takeaways, breakaways and penalty shots all play out on the board. Odd Man Rush — a hockey-themed checkers variant. Jump your opponent, promote defenders into forwards, and break away one-on-one against the goalie. FOR THE PHYSICAL BOARD GAME A full digital scoreboard for playing BackCheckers on a real table. Game clock, periods, shots, saves, takeaways, breakaways, faceoffs and possession, all tracked live while you play. Log the final score when you're done and it goes straight into your career stats. SHARE YOUR GAMES Send a finished game to whoever you played and it lands in their stats too, once they confirm it. Send it by AirDrop, Messages, or any app you like — and it works whether or not they have BackCheckers yet. STATS THAT LAST Career records across every mode League standings for everyone you play Full box scores, goal by goal Wins, shooting percentage, save records and more PLAY YOUR WAY Pass-and-play locally with a friend Solo against the CPU Digital scoreboard for the physical board game Adjustable rink size, period length, and first-to-five or three-period matches No internet required Matches average 3-15 minutes. Easy to learn, but every decision counts. PRIVACY FIRST No accounts. No ads. No tracking. No data collected. BackCheckers works entirely offline and your stats live on your device. When you share a game, it travels inside the link itself — there's no server holding your record of it. Bring the intensity of hockey to your fingertips. Download BackCheckers and start competing today.

Screenshots

Kick Bot DX4 screens
BackCheckers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BackCheckers at Free against Kick Bot DX's $2.99. BackCheckers also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

BackCheckers is free to download; Kick Bot DX costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Kick Bot DX against 5.0 for BackCheckers. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Kick Bot DX versus BackCheckers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKick Bot DXBackCheckers
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB126 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlex BezuskaReal Weird World LLC

Customer experience

Kick Bot DX

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

BackCheckers

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Kick Bot DX

No in-app purchases

None

BackCheckers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kick Bot DX free?
Kick Bot DX costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BackCheckers free?
BackCheckers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Kick Bot DX or BackCheckers?
Kick Bot DX and BackCheckers are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Kick Bot DX or BackCheckers have ads?
Neither Kick Bot DX nor BackCheckers shows ads.

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