Barkoff vs BirdBrainz
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Barkoff
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Five bosses. Ten seconds each. One microphone. Barkoff is a single-player boss ladder for your voice. Each fight lasts eight to ten seconds and is scored on two things: how FAST you bark and how LOUD. Speed counts for more — anyone can shout, but holding two barks a second while a dog barks back is another matter. WHAT MAKES IT HARD Volume alone will not carry you. The meter weighs your bark rate above your volume, so a fight is a rhythm test with a loudness floor. Each boss denies you one of the two axes and dares you to win the other. THE FIVE • Pipsi — small, fast, deeply annoying. Your warm-up. • Turbo Bublik — a loaf with a motor. Out-shout him; you won't out-pace him. • DJ Havkins — reads the room and adapts fastest. • Baron von Gavstein — old money, enormous lungs. Beat him on speed. • MEGAHAV — fast and loud. Good luck. Each stays locked until you beat the one before it. Medals record how convincingly you won. NO SPEECH RECOGNITION The app measures two numbers: how far a sound sits above the noise in your room, and how long it lasts. It cannot tell what you are saying and does not care what language you speak. SINGLE PLAYER, NO NETWORK No accounts, no leaderboards, no online opponents, and no network requests of any kind. Everything runs on your phone. PRIVACY The microphone is analysed live on device and discarded. Nothing is recorded, stored or transmitted. Ten seconds a fight. Your neighbours will still hear it.
BirdBrainz
A logic puzzle game where players deduce the correct placement of birds on a grid, following simple rules about rows, columns, and diagonals. Offers over 40,000 puzzles with unique solutions and beautiful bird artwork.
- Over 40,000 puzzles
- Unique solution for every puzzle
- Animated bird artwork
- Six difficulty tiers
- Helpful hints
- Simple tap or drag controls
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Train your brain with logic. Fall in love with the birds. BirdBrainz is a colorful puzzle where a flock of feathered friends absolutely refuse to share a row, a column, or so much as a diagonal glance. Your job: figure out exactly where each one belongs, using nothing but deduction. Every puzzle is generated to have exactly one solution. There's no guessing required—only logic. Place a bird where the others don't like, and the newcomer startles them away, feathers ruffling in a huff. Whether you have two minutes or twenty, BirdBrainz offers relaxing puzzles that reward careful thinking—and a cast of characters that make solving them fun. FEATURES • More than 40,000 puzzles • One unique solution for every puzzle • Beautiful animated bird artwork, with signature reactions for every species • Six difficulty tiers, from a gentle warm-up to seriously tricky, unlocking as you improve • Helpful hints when you're stuck • Simple controls—tap or drag birds into place EASY TO LEARN Each bird has its own home. Birds don't share rows. Birds don't share columns. Birds can't perch next to other birds, even diagonally. Those simple rules combine to form a huge range of puzzles, from simple to seriously tricky. HOWEVER YOU LIKE TO SOLVE You can mark off every impossible cell before placing a single bird — total certainty, one step at a time. Or you can place a bird the moment it feels right, then backtrack if a bird objects. Most of the time you'll land somewhere in between, and BirdBrainz keeps up either way: mark, place, undo, repeat. There's no wrong way to think it through. MEET THE CAST You'll start with 5 recurring birds and meet 4 more as you progress—from the bold red Cardinal and the sharp-crested Blue Jay to the tiny, hovering Hummingbird and the round, watchful Snowy Owl. Each one has its own look, its own moves, and its own opinion about being told where to sit. RELAXING No timers. No rushing. No pressure. Just you, colorful birds, and satisfying deductions. Download BirdBrainz and see how many puzzles—and ruffled feathers—you can rack up. Terms of Use (Apple EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sharkriverstudios.com/birdbrainz/privacy
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Verdict
Barkoff and BirdBrainz are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Barkoff | BirdBrainz |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hlib Chabanenko | Shark River Studios LLC |
In-app purchases
Barkoff
No in-app purchases
BirdBrainz
No in-app purchases









