Scritchy Scratchy vs Pixel Patch
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.
Pixel Patch
Cultivate a charming pixel-art farm where crops grow even when you're offline. Discover rare mutations, build relationships with villagers, and complete quests. Enjoy a complete, ad-free, and purchase-free experience with a one-time payment.
- Crops grow while away
- Discover rare crop mutations
- Build relationships with villagers
- Complete quests and challenges
- Customize farmer appearance
- Seasonal in-game events
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Your garden keeps growing while you're away. Pixel Patch is a cozy pixel-art farming game with no ads, no in-app purchases, and no data collection. Pay once, play at your own pace. GROW A REAL FARM - 22 crops across 7 rarity tiers, from everyday vegetables to legendary finds - Crops keep growing while you're away, so your farm never stands still - Water your plants to speed up their growth, or place sprinklers to boost the crops around them CHASE THE RARE STUFF - Every harvest has a chance to mutate into something special: Golden, Rainbow, Diamond, Ancient, or the vanishingly rare Celestial - Track every discovery in the Collection Book MEET THE VILLAGE - Three shopkeepers, each with their own personality, dialogue, and friendship level - Take on NPC requests, daily quests, a weekly challenge, and full story questlines for each character ALWAYS SOMETHING TO DO - Customize your farmer's overalls, shirt, and hat colors - 81 achievements to unlock - Daily login rewards and Mystery Crates - Treasure digging with hidden relics and curiosities - Seasonal events throughout the year: Halloween, Christmas, Cherry Blossoms, and the Lantern Festival MADE ENTIRELY BY HAND Every sprite is hand-drawn pixel art. Every sound is synthesized in code. There are no stock assets anywhere in this game, just one person's farm, built one feature at a time. NO ADS. NO IN-APP PURCHASES. NO DATA COLLECTION. Pixel Patch is a one-time purchase. That's the whole business model. No ads interrupting your farm, no pressure to spend more, and nothing about you is ever sent to us or to any third party. Your save can optionally back up to your own iCloud account so you never lose progress, but it's yours alone, we can't see it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pixel Patch at none against Scritchy Scratchy's 1. Pixel Patch also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 74%) and price ($2.99 vs $6.99). Scritchy Scratchy's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days) and chart position (#2 vs unranked). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Scritchy Scratchy costs $6.99 and Pixel Patch $2.99 up front. Scritchy Scratchy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pixel Patch asks for nothing beyond the download.
Scritchy Scratchy ships an update every 3 days, Pixel Patch every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scritchy Scratchy | Pixel Patch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (2.7K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 73.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.7K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #2 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 443 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Funday Games ApS | Crian Padayachee |
Customer experience
Scritchy Scratchy
Pixel Patch
In-app purchases
Scritchy Scratchy
- Supporter Edition: Golden Gear$2.99
Pixel Patch
No in-app purchases
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