Comparison

Nivalis Cast vs Cheepmuster

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

Head to head
About

Nivalis Cast

Features
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A field station out on the Arctic was left half packed, the generator still warm and the notebook gone. Five instruments remain on the shelf, and each one asks for a different kind of thinking. A sonar ping over an eight by eight Arctic field returns a range and a bearing, nothing else, and three readings are usually enough to stake a shoal before you commit. Open water moves through three depth layers, one tap picks your target, and then line tension begins, held and released while a halibut sulks before it dives or a char swings in a spiral that widens the longer you wait. The memory grid does not snap back, since frost takes two and a half seconds to close over a pair that did not match. Sliding floes have to join the auger hole to open water inside a move budget, and every board shipped was measured for a real shortest solution. Twenty-four species fill a journal, seven chapters of notes open along the way, and tackle comes off a compass rose you turn once a day rather than out of a shop. Plays offline, with no ads, no purchases and no account.

About

Cheepmuster

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Lead Dorrit and her growing brood down a sunny farm road in Cheepmuster, a 3D runner controlled with one finger. Guide the chicks through numbered gates, dodge carts, and squeeze between hay bales across 23 lanes in six chapters. As your flock grows wider, different chicks can enter different gates, so watch the edges of the brood as carefully as the numbers ahead. Reach the fox line with enough chicks to fill the coop’s five roosts. Replay lanes to fill every perch, earn buttercups, and personalize Dorrit, the brood, and their trails. Learn the controls in a practice field, adjust steering and camera movement, and follow your progress in the Tally. Your flock book stays on your iPhone, with no accounts, ads, in-app purchases, or notifications.

Screenshots

Nivalis Cast4 screens
Cheepmuster4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Nivalis Cast at none against Cheepmuster's shown. Cheepmuster's advantage is update cadence (daily vs weekly). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nivalis Cast ships an update weekly, Cheepmuster daily. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Nivalis Cast versus Cheepmuster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNivalis CastCheepmuster
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB14 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperYates GallagherBRIAN ISAAC CORMIER

In-app purchases

None

Nivalis Cast

No in-app purchases

None

Cheepmuster

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nivalis Cast free?
Nivalis Cast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cheepmuster free?
Cheepmuster is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Nivalis Cast or Cheepmuster have ads?
Cheepmuster shows ads; Nivalis Cast does not.
Which is updated more often, Nivalis Cast or Cheepmuster?
Nivalis Cast ships an update weekly, and Cheepmuster daily. Most recently, Nivalis Cast was updated on November 13, 2026 and Cheepmuster on November 13, 2026.

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