Comparison

Scritchy Scratchy vs Pixel Patch

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Variety of scratch cards
  • Unlockable Scratch Bot
  • Luck-boosting upgrades
  • Permanent Prestige upgrades
  • Risk vs. reward mechanics
  • Incremental gameplay
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

Screenshots

Scritchy Scratchy4 screens
Pixel Patch4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Scritchy Scratchy versus Pixel Patch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScritchy ScratchyPixel Patch
Price$6.99$2.99 — better
Rating4.9 (2.7K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews73.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.7K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#2 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size443 MB2 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperFunday Games ApSCrian Padayachee

Customer experience

Scritchy Scratchy

All ratings2,664 ratings
Positive97.3%
Neutral1.2%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews350 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral10.9%
Negative15.4%

Pixel Patch

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Scritchy Scratchy

One-time1
  • Supporter Edition: Golden Gear$2.99
None

Pixel Patch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scritchy Scratchy free?
Scritchy Scratchy costs $6.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Pixel Patch free?
Pixel Patch costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Scritchy Scratchy or Pixel Patch have ads?
Neither Scritchy Scratchy nor Pixel Patch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scritchy Scratchy or Pixel Patch?
Scritchy Scratchy ships an update every 3 days, and Pixel Patch every 10 days. Most recently, Scritchy Scratchy was updated on October 16, 2026 and Pixel Patch on October 12, 2026.

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