Comparison

Strays vs Haystack Hustle

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

Head to head
About

Strays

Photograph and collect pixelated cats to populate your own custom-built village. Experience a living town with a real-time clock and weather synchronization. Visit and share your creations with friends.

Highlights
  • Photograph and collect 36 unique cat types
  • Build and customize a village with 271 items
  • Dynamic village with real-time clock and weather
  • Visit and share villages with friends
  • Offline photo processing and no tracking
Features
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There are cats on your block. Catch them all! Point your camera at a cat — the one on your porch, the one behind the shop, the one that lives at your friend's house. Strays turns it into a pixel cat that moves into your village and lives there. FIND ALL 36 Every cat you photograph is matched to one of 36 kinds. Tabbies, tuxedos, calicos, points. Your journal remembers where you found each one, and when. BUILD THE TOWN 271 things to place — cottages, oaks, lamp posts, fences, ponds, palms. Paint paths and grass and sand. Arrange it exactly how you want it. IT'S ALIVE The village runs on a real clock. Cats nap in the afternoon, head for the lamps after dark, and fireflies come out on the grass. Turn on real weather and it rains in your town when it rains where you are. VISIT EACH OTHER Every village has a six-character code. Send it to a friend and they can walk around your town. Sail to the harbour to see villages from strangers. See a cat you like? Take it home. NO ADS. NO TRACKING. Your photos are processed on your phone and stay there. There's no account and no login. Nothing leaves your device unless you tap the button that sends it. — Strays Plus is an optional subscription: iCloud backup, unlimited photos per cat, double village earnings, a bigger banner, and your village listed in the harbour. $3.99/month or $24.99/year with a 7-day free trial, or buy it outright for $59.99. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your App Store settings. Credits to Sebbyspoons.itch.io for a good majority of assets! Privacy: https://strayscatcollector.uk/privacy/ Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Haystack Hustle

Features
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Can you find the needle hidden deep inside the haystack? Explore a colorful farm, search through piles of hay, and race against the clock to uncover the hidden needle as fast as possible. Collect hay, earn coins, and upgrade your tools to make every run faster and more efficient. Unlock useful equipment like the rake and vacuum, then use them to clear through the hay and improve your best time. FEATURES • Search huge haystacks for the hidden needle • Race against the timer and beat your best time • Collect hay and earn coins • Unlock and upgrade useful tools • Use the rake and vacuum to search faster • Explore a colorful low-poly farm • Simple mobile controls • Quick, replayable challenges Every second counts. Upgrade your gear, improve your strategy, and see how quickly you can find the needle!

Screenshots

Strays4 screens
Haystack Hustle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Haystack Hustle at 3 against Strays's 1. Haystack Hustle also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Strays sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Haystack Hustle sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Strays versus Haystack Hustle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStraysHaystack Hustle
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB250 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSAUL PLASCENCIA VALENCIAAsier Urresti

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Strays

Subscriptions2
  • Strays Plus Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Strays Plus Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time5
  • A Pocketful of Coins$0.99
  • A Purse of Coins$2.99
  • A Sack of Coins$5.99
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  • A Chest of Coins$9.99
  • Strays Plus Forever$59.99
2 purchases

Haystack Hustle

One-time2
  • Buy Vacuum tool in the game.$0.99
  • Remove Advertisements.$2.99

Questions

Is Strays free?
Strays is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Haystack Hustle free?
Haystack Hustle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Strays or Haystack Hustle have ads?
Both Strays and Haystack Hustle show ads.

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