Scritchy Scratchy vs Yarnboy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scritchy Scratchy
Experience the thrill of scratching cards in this incremental game where luck and strategy lead to glittering riches. Uncover rare symbols, boost your odds, and unlock a helpful bot to automate scratching. Choose your path to victory, from steady gains to explosive jackpots, or reset your progress for permanent advantages.
- Variety of scratch cards
- Unlockable Scratch Bot
- Luck-boosting upgrades
- Permanent Prestige upgrades
- Risk vs. reward mechanics
- Incremental gameplay
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Scritchy Scratchy is a super-satisfying scratch card incremental game where luck is your weapon, and glittering riches are just a scratch away. Dive into a growing collection of scratchers, each with its own quirks, surprises, and sometimes downsides. Rip through tickets, uncover rare symbols, tweak your own luck, and chase absurd payouts. Unlock Scratch Bot, your tireless mechanical friend who scratches and reveals the rewards for you. Turn your run into a full-blown jackpot engine as your balance shoots through the roof while you sit back and relax. As you prosper, you’ll unlock upgrades that twist luck in your favor: • Boosted odds and payouts • Faster and easier scratching • New scratch card variants with unique rules But power always comes with risk. Some cards tempt you with monstrous payouts at the cost of nasty penalties. Some offer steady income… others threaten your entire run. Will you play like a sensible adult or gamble like a degenerate in a neon casino? When you’re ready for even more madness, Prestige to reset your run, gather Jack Points, and spend them on permanent upgrades that reshape your strategy. Build your own luck engine: Slow and steady, wildly explosive, or pure chaos.
Yarnboy
Control a runaway ball of yarn, leaving a trail to navigate increasingly complex tangles. Master one-thumb controls for arcade-style gameplay focused on nerve and timing. Collect in-game currency to unlock shop items and compete on global leaderboards.
- One-thumb controls
- Arcade gameplay
- Collect yarn balls
- Global leaderboard
- Daily challenges
- Offline play
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You're a runaway ball of yarn, and the thread you leave behind is the one thing that can end your run. Hold to curl, release to roll straight, and thread your way through tighter and tighter tangles. Yarnboy is a one-thumb arcade game about nerve and timing. The longer you last, the more thread you lay down — and the less room you have to move. One clip of your own tail and it's over. How long can you keep the yarn rolling? FEATURES • One-thumb controls — hold to curl, release to roll straight, double-tap to pounce • Easy to learn, genuinely hard to master • Collect yarn balls and spend them in the shop • Optional rewarded videos for a second chance or bonus yarn — never forced • Global leaderboard — sign in with Apple or Google to compete • Daily Tangle: a fresh challenge every day • Play fully offline as a guest — no account required No pop-up ads. No paywalls. Just you, one thumb, and a very long thread.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Yarnboy at Free against Scritchy Scratchy's $6.99. Yarnboy also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Scritchy Scratchy's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (2.8K vs 2). On rating, update cadence, monetization model 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
Yarnboy is free to download; Scritchy Scratchy costs $6.99 up front. Scritchy Scratchy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Yarnboy asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Scritchy Scratchy against 5.0 for Yarnboy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scritchy Scratchy has 2.8K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Scritchy Scratchy ships an update every 3 days, Yarnboy every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scritchy Scratchy | Yarnboy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (2.8K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.8K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #4 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 443 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Funday Games ApS | Browning PC, LLC |
Customer experience
Scritchy Scratchy
Yarnboy
In-app purchases
Scritchy Scratchy
- Supporter Edition: Golden Gear$2.99
Yarnboy
No in-app purchases
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