Tether Arcade vs Hillbound
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tether Arcade
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Tether is a one-touch arcade game. No account, no sign-in, no in-app purchases and no ads. It works fully offline. HOW TO PLAY Hold anywhere to hook the nearest anchor and swing around it. Release to fly off along the tangent, then hold again to catch the next one. There is no brake and no undo - just how far you get before the wipeout. SKIM THE SAWS Saws sit between the anchors. Cutting close to one without touching it stacks your multiplier, so the tighter your line, the faster the score climbs. Play it safe and you score slowly. Play it greedy and you score fast. DAY STREAK Come back on consecutive days and your streak raises the score floor you start every run from. SKINS New looks unlock as your best score climbs, from the first at 60 all the way to 1500. SHARE Every run ends with a card of your score, ready to share. LANGUAGES The game reads the device language at launch and shows its text in whichever of its thirteen supported languages matches: English, Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, Arabic, French, Bengali, Portuguese, German, Japanese, Korean, Italian and Thai. Any other language falls back to English.
Hillbound
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Hillbound: Offroad Drive is a relaxed hill‑climb driving game. Take a red offroad jeep across six hand‑drawn worlds, collect coins, upgrade your car and finish the journey stage by stage. SIX WORLDS, THIRTY STAGES Green Hills, Woodland Trail, Red Canyon, Golden Desert, Snowy Pass and The Lighthouse. Each world changes the terrain, grip and scenery. Bridges, gaps and long descents are laid out by hand, and every stage can be finished with the starter car. SIMPLE TWO‑PEDAL CONTROLS Gas and brake. In the air, gas lifts the nose and brake lowers it. Balance the jeep over jumps, land safely and keep the coins. GARAGE Three vehicles: the balanced Trail Jeep, the light Buggy and the heavy Monster. Upgrade engine, tyres and suspension, grow the vehicle and pick a paint colour. FREE DRIVE AND ENDLESS Drive unlocked worlds with a fresh route every time. Endless sends you down one road that tours all six worlds and gets rougher as you go, and it keeps your personal best. SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY A seven day reward calendar with a streak, three missions a day and a monthly season track. Driving earns experience, and every level pays out in coins. FUEL Every drive you start from a menu costs one can, and the tank refills on its own. Crashing on a stage never costs anything: retrying is always free. The Premium pack makes fuel unlimited. PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF Your progress is kept on your device and in the cloud under a nameless game account, so a new phone does not mean starting over. JOURNAL Finish a world to earn a postcard and read a short piece of the journey. Offline, no account, Turkish and English. Ads: optional rewarded videos (double your coins after a run or continue once after a crash) and an occasional short ad between drives. Never while you drive, and never in your first runs. Prefer no ads? A one‑time Premium pack removes every ad and applies the rewards automatically. Coin packs are available but never required.
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Verdict
Tether Arcade and Hillbound are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Tether Arcade sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Hillbound sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tether Arcade ships an update every 4 days, Hillbound every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tether Arcade | Hillbound |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 144 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adolfo Orlandini | Murat Erkam Yalcn |
In-app purchases
Tether Arcade
- Tether Pro$2.99
Hillbound
- 1,000 coins$0.99
- Starter pack$2.99
- 5,000 coins$2.99
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- Ad-free Premium$3.99
- 15,000 coins$6.99
Questions
Is Tether Arcade free?
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Do Tether Arcade or Hillbound have ads?
Which is updated more often, Tether Arcade or Hillbound?
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