Comparison

Astronauticle vs Teach the Thief

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

Head to head
About

Astronauticle

Features
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Astronauticle is a pixel-art portal-gun platformer built around momentum, gravity, and creative problem solving. Journey across six distinct worlds, each with its own atmosphere, hazards, and platforming challenges. Place linked portals, redirect your movement, avoid traps, and find a path through handcrafted story missions. CREATE YOUR OWN WORLDS Use the built-in World Builder to design custom missions with platforms, hazards, portals, objectives, and world settings. Save your creations locally, revisit them at any time, or publish them through Online Worlds. DISCOVER PLAYER CREATIONS Browse and play worlds shared by other players. Community tools let you report a world, block its creator, and remove your own published content. PLAY YOUR WAY • Six themed campaign worlds • Portal-based movement and puzzles • Custom World Builder • Online Worlds powered by iCloud • Optional Game Center integration • Adjustable controls, audio, and motion settings • No ads and no third-party tracking Online publishing requires iCloud. Game Center is optional.

About

Teach the Thief

Engage in a series of clever heists by matching treasures based on color or shape. Plan your moves carefully to collect valuable items while avoiding protected pieces. Customize your character with various outfits as you progress through challenging puzzles.

Highlights
  • Match treasures by color or shape
  • Plan heists to avoid protected items
  • 50 bite-sized puzzle levels
  • Character customization with outfits
  • No timers or account required
  • Undo, restart, and hint options
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Meet Pip: small paws, big plans, and a weakness for shiny things. In Teach the Thief, every heist starts with two choices. Pick two treasures that share a color, a shape, or both, then watch Pip scoop up everything that matches. The trick? Make every grab count—and leave the protected treasure alone. A LITTLE CHOICE. A BIG HAUL. Match different shapes of the same color to collect that color. Match the same shape in different colors to collect that shape. Match both to narrow the haul. Preview exactly what Pip will steal before you commit. 50 HEISTS TO OUTSMART Explore a playful museum map full of bite-sized puzzles. Plan around protected pieces, preserve useful pairs, and clear each board within your grabs. LEARN WITH PIP A hands-on Level Zero tutorial walks you through the basics. Experiment with free undo, restart, and hints as you find your way to the perfect heist. DRESS FOR THE JOB Earn Rose after Heist 4 and Midnight after Heist 15. Or give Pip a new look with optional King, Wizard, Pirate, Astronaut, Detective, and Chef outfits. Your equipped outfit follows Pip throughout the game, from peeking over the board to taking a well-earned nap. PLAY AT YOUR PACE No timers. No account required. Just you, Pip, and one more clever little heist. Teach the Thief is free to play with ads after Heist 3 and later heists. A one-time No Ads purchase removes ads. Additional outfits are optional one-time purchases.

Screenshots

Astronauticle4 screens
Teach the Thief4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Astronauticle at none against Teach the Thief's 7. Astronauticle also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Teach the Thief sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Astronauticle asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Astronauticle versus Teach the Thief: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAstronauticleTeach the Thief
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFelix FanVinicios Cunha

In-app purchases

None

Astronauticle

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Teach the Thief

One-time7
  • King Pip$0.99
  • Wizard Pip$0.99
  • Pirate Pip$0.99
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  • Astronaut Pip$0.99
  • Detective Pip$0.99
  • Chef Pip$0.99
  • No Ads$4.99

Questions

Is Astronauticle free?
Astronauticle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Teach the Thief free?
Teach the Thief is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Astronauticle or Teach the Thief have ads?
Teach the Thief shows ads; Astronauticle does not.

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