Audio Showdown vs Crumbcade
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Audio Showdown
Experience a unique blend of air hockey and ping pong using only sound. Listen to the puck's location and speed through stereo audio, then drag your paddle to hit it back. Enjoy customizable game modes and sound effects for an immersive audio-first gaming experience.
- Stereo audio puck tracking
- Touch-and-drag paddle control
- Adjustable opponent skill
- Traditional and Air Hockey modes
- Customizable sound effects
- Haptic feedback
- Accessible color themes
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Hear the puck. Guard your goal. Try not to get bonked! Audio Showdown brings the fast, chaotic fun of Showdown, an accessible blend of air hockey and ping pong, to your iPhone. Put on headphones, listen for the puck moving across the table, and drag your paddle into position before sending it flying back at your opponent. Stereo audio tells you where the puck is, volume changes reveal how close it is, and danger cues warn you when trouble is heading toward your goal. Touch and haptics complete the experience, creating a game designed from the ground up for audio-first play. Play traditional Showdown rules, where goals are worth two points and victory takes a two-point lead, or turn on Air Hockey Mode for quicker one-point rounds. Features include: * Fast touch-and-drag paddle control * Detailed stereo puck tracking * VoiceOver Direct Touch support * Adjustable opponent skill and game speed * Traditional Showdown and Air Hockey rules * Custom puck, paddle, strike, and room sounds * Optional haptic feedback * Multiple accessible color themes Whether you use VoiceOver or simply enjoy games built around sound, Audio Showdown turns your headphones into a wooden table, a speeding puck, and one very determined opponent. No protective gear required! Protect your goal. Trust your ears. Smack that puck.
Crumbcade
A match-3 puzzle game with a unique eight-directional swap mechanic. Discover new combos and unleash special treats to clear the board. Enjoy thousands of levels, daily challenges, and social features with friends.
- Eight-directional swapping
- Special treat power-ups
- Thousands of levels
- Daily challenges
- Head-to-head duels with friends
- Bakery club and gifting
- Playable by ear with VoiceOver
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Welcome to Crumbcade, the match-3 bakery adventure where you can swap in all eight directions! Up, down, left, right, and now diagonally too. Every treat has eight neighbours instead of four, so the board bursts open with matches you'd never find in any other game. Get ready for a sweet new twist on match-3! MATCH IN EIGHT DIRECTIONS Swap doughnuts, gingerbread, macaroons, wafers and choc chip biscuits in any direction, diagonals included. Spot combos no other game lets you make, and chain them into delicious cascades! BLAST WITH SWEET SPECIALS - Match four to make a rolling pin that clears a whole row! - Make an L or a T shape for an explosive jam bomb! - Match five for a golden doughnut that sweeps every treat of one kind off the board! THOUSANDS OF LEVELS Every level is play-tested to make sure it's fair, and there's always something new to bake. A NEW CHALLENGE EVERY DAY Take on the daily challenge in Easy, Medium or Hard, the same board for everyone in the world. Then try Clear the Board, a brand-new puzzle where nothing new falls in and every move counts. Top the daily leaderboard! PLAY WITH FRIENDS - Duel friends head to head on one shared board! - Play Beat my board in your own time and win sprinkles! - Join a bakery club and bake together toward weekly goals! - Send gifts to your friends! SPECIAL EVENTS ALL YEAR ROUND Join the weekly Community Bake, where every player helps fill the whole bakery, and celebrate seasonal events with festive treats and sounds. MAKE IT YOUR BAKERY Unlock new bakery looks and sounds as you play, and collect rewards along the way. PLAY YOUR WAY Play by sight, or play by ear with VoiceOver. Blind and sighted friends play the same levels and can even duel on one shared board. Play offline anywhere, anytime. Crumbcade is free to play, with optional in-app purchases. Download Crumbcade now and start your sweetest match-3 adventure!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Audio Showdown at none against Crumbcade's 10. Crumbcade's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 days) and ratings volume (12 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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
Both are free to download. Crumbcade sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Audio Showdown asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Audio Showdown against 5.0 for Crumbcade. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crumbcade has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Audio Showdown ships an update every 6 days, Crumbcade every 2 days. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.
| Parameter | Audio Showdown | Crumbcade |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marco Salsiccia | tori bemold |
Customer experience
Audio Showdown
Crumbcade
In-app purchases
Audio Showdown
No in-app purchases
Crumbcade
- Five more moves$0.49
- Starter pack$0.99
- Cookie jar$1.99
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- Weekend treat$1.99
- Medium tip$2.99
- Twenty-five hints$3.99
- Golden Pass$4.99
- Twenty-five of each item$9.99
- One hundred hints$9.99
- One hundred berry pies$24.99








