Comparison

Scritchy Scratchy vs My Aviary Forest

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

My Aviary Forest

Identify birds by their song and bring them to your personal forest. Discover thousands of species, build unique habitats, and track your sightings. Engage with daily challenges and learn to recognize birds by ear.

Highlights
  • Real bird identification by sound
  • On-device processing for privacy
  • Build and decorate a personal forest
  • Birdex with real songs and looks
  • Daily bird identification challenges
  • View global sightings on a living globe
Features
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Somewhere outside your window, a bird is singing. Wouldn't you like to know who? Tap the big button, and The Aviary listens with you. In moments, the singer is identified — right on your phone — and then something amazing happens: that very bird flies into your own little forest to stay. EVERY BIRD YOU HEAR BECOMES A FRIEND • Real bird identification by sound, for thousands of species worldwide — powered by BirdNET, from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology • Works entirely on your device: your recordings never leave your phone • Each bird you discover moves into the habitat it really lives in — meadow, wetland, sandy shore, and more A FOREST THAT GROWS WITH YOU • Decorate your world, expand your backyard, and watch your birds sing, hop, and go about their little lives • Keep a Birdex of everyone you've met, with their real songs and true-to-life looks • Take on the Daily Challenge and learn to recognize birds by ear • See your sightings — and the world's — on a living globe • Rare visitor? The app knows which birds are unusual for your area and celebrates the special ones. Your neighborhood is full of songs you've been walking past your whole life. Come meet the neighbors.

Screenshots

Scritchy Scratchy4 screens
My Aviary Forest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: My Aviary Forest at Free against Scritchy Scratchy's $6.99. My Aviary Forest also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 74%). Scritchy Scratchy's advantage is ratings volume (2.8K vs 5) and chart position (#4 vs unranked). On rating, update cadence, 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

My Aviary Forest is free to download; Scritchy Scratchy costs $6.99 up front. Scritchy Scratchy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and My Aviary Forest sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. 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 Scritchy Scratchy against 5.0 for My Aviary Forest. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scritchy Scratchy has 2.8K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Scritchy Scratchy's written reviews are positive against 100% of My Aviary Forest's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scritchy Scratchy ships an update every 3 days, My Aviary Forest every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Scritchy Scratchy versus My Aviary Forest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScritchy ScratchyMy Aviary Forest
Price$6.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (2.8K ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.8K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#4 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size443 MB119 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperFunday Games ApSHans Gonzembach

Customer experience

Scritchy Scratchy

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

My Aviary Forest

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Scritchy Scratchy

One-time1
  • Supporter Edition: Golden Gear$2.99
4 purchases

My Aviary Forest

One-time4
  • Pouch of Rocks$0.99
  • Bag of Rocks$4.99
  • Crate of Rocks$9.99
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  • Boulder of Rocks$19.99

Questions

Is Scritchy Scratchy free?
Scritchy Scratchy costs $6.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is My Aviary Forest free?
My Aviary Forest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Scritchy Scratchy or My Aviary Forest?
My Aviary Forest is rated higher. Scritchy Scratchy averages 4.9 out of 5 from 2.8K ratings, while My Aviary Forest averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Scritchy Scratchy or My Aviary Forest have ads?
Neither Scritchy Scratchy nor My Aviary Forest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scritchy Scratchy or My Aviary Forest?
Scritchy Scratchy ships an update every 3 days, and My Aviary Forest every 2 days. Most recently, Scritchy Scratchy was updated on October 28, 2026 and My Aviary Forest on October 21, 2026.

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