POTATO STORY vs Vault!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
POTATO STORY
Embark on a thrilling adventure as a potato on the run! Navigate dangerous environments, collect stars to unlock new worlds, and utilize unique potato heroes to escape relentless robots and drones. Experience extreme speed and exciting challenges in this fast-paced action runner.
- Collect stars to unlock worlds
- Unlock new levels
- Play as different potato heroes
- Escape robots and drones
- Experience extreme speed
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A potato’s life is not easy… trouble doesn’t wait in the kitchen or in the factory… Even on the field your potato is in mortal danger! Dr. Aggro’s Agrodrones blast anything on the field that doesn’t belong there in their opinion… and you don’t! So run for your life! - Collect stars and unlock new worlds and levels! - Different potato heroes with different features! - Escape the robots and drones! - Strange machines! - Harvest time is stampede time – panic! - Extreme speed at higher progress
Vault!
Experience thrilling pole vaulting with intuitive tap-and-hold controls. Navigate challenging environments, collect coins to unlock characters, and compete for the highest score. Enjoy endless arcade fun with physics-based challenges.
- Intuitive single-touch pole vaulting
- Physics-based arcade action
- Unlockable unique characters
- Game Center support for competition
- Coin collection for upgrades
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Pole vaulting has never been so fun! Cascading cliffs, huge bouncy springs and those infuriating red balls! How far can you go? How long will you last? Can you get the highest score? Classic intuitive physics arcade action with easy to use, hard to master tap and hold controls, mean that things aren't as simple as they seem. Features: - Intuitive single touch pole vaulting gameplay. - Simple concept that anyone can grasp! - Collect coins to unlock unique characters - Full game centre support to compete with friends and foes Important information This game contains third party advertising which can be removed via a one time IAP. This game contains coins which can be collected within the game for free, bought with real money or via earned via promotions. This game contains cross promotion for other Nitrome games and this is not removed with the IAP for removal of ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: POTATO STORY at none against Vault!'s shown. POTATO STORY also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (94% vs 71%). Vault!'s advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 23 months). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. POTATO STORY sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Vault! sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
POTATO STORY holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 73 and 77 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of POTATO STORY's written reviews are positive against 71% of Vault!'s.
POTATO STORY ships an update every 23 months, Vault! every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | POTATO STORY | Vault! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (73 ratings) — better | 4.5 (77 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.4% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 73 | 77 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 23 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 121 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | The Alpine Republic | Nitrome |
Customer experience
POTATO STORY
Vault!
Bugs and requests
POTATO STORY
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Vault!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Pole glitching out after continuing from an ad
- Respawning in unwinnable positions after continuing
- Invisible walls causing unexpected deaths
Requested features
4 requests- More playable characters with unique abilities
- Different game modes (e.g., time trial, challenges)
- Varied environments and level designs
- Customization options for the vaulting pole
In-app purchases
POTATO STORY
- 1,000 coins$0.99
- 10,000 coins$4.99
- 30,000 coins$9.99
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- 75,000 coins$19.99
Vault!
- Buy Coins 1$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Buy Coins 2$2.99
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- Buy Coins 3$3.99
