Hard Time vs Catch And Shoot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hard Time
Simulate life as an inmate in a challenging prison environment. Manage your health, mental state, and attributes while interacting with other inmates and guards. Earn money, improve your skills, and try to survive.
- Create and customize inmate
- Survive in a prison with 12 areas
- Manage health and mental state
- Improve character attributes (Strength, Agility, Intellect, Reputation)
- Earn money through work or trade
- Interact with 100+ inmates and civilians
- Navigate prison laws and wardens
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Create your own inmate and attempt to survive in a prison where every sentence is a "death" sentence! Rub shoulders with up to 100 fellow inmates in a sprawling facility of 12 unique areas, each filled with fully interactive furniture and props. Plus a life beyond the gates populated by real civilians, with wardens enforcing dozens of different laws to keep you as far away from it as possible. Each day, you will find your health and mental state slipping away. Both can be restored by sleeping - which is also a good way to pass time. You won't always be permitted to sleep, though, so consuming food and drink bridges the gap. These, along with many other activities such as reading or watching TV, can also help to improve your mental state. If you "lose your mind" you will temporarily lose control of your character - and will almost certainly get into trouble! Your character also has a set of attributes that you are challenged to improve: - STRENGTH indicates how much damage you can inflict or absorb. You can improve it by fighting or lifting weights. - AGILITY determines how fast you move. You can improve it by jogging in the yard or scoring baskets. - INTELLECT reflects your knowledge - including fighting skills such as counters. You can improve it by reading books. - REPUTATION is how much other prisoners respect you. It can be improved by accomplishing tasks or intimidating others. There are also opportunities to earn money - whether you work for it with a broom, trade items at a profit, or run with a gang. Having money increases your opportunities to grease the wheels and make your life inside easier. You may find that you need to go to the toilet from time to time, in which case you must race to the bathroom! Alternatively, you could find a toilet to sit on or grab some toilet paper to spare your blushes. Failing to do so will damage your reputation and mental state. I regret that there is more to this game than I could ever explain here, so I hope you enjoy figuring some things out for yourself! Upgrade to "VIP" to enjoy the full experience without ads - plus access to the editor that allows you to customize your character and every other. BASIC CONTROLS: (*Look out for tutorials within the actual game) A = Attack (on its own to kick, with a direction to punch) G = Grapple / Throw weapon R = Run P = Pick-Up / Drop T = Taunt (interact with handheld props) OTHER CONTROLS - Press ATTACK and RUN together to launch a powerful attack. - Press any button with any direction (or none) in a grapple to trigger different moves. - Press RUN and PICK-UP together to set fire to a small object (which can then be used to set fire to a large object). - Touch the clock to pause the game and bring up options to exit. - Touch any speech bubble to speed through conversations. PERFORMANCE - If you find your device struggles to display lots of characters, considering keeping the "Population" option low. - "Speed Up Frame Rate" sleeping will require good performance at the default frame rate. - Head to the "Display" options to tone down other features.
Catch And Shoot
Engage in a dynamic ball-passing game where you must strategically move the ball to teammates while evading opponents. Master simple swipe controls to navigate and throw with precision.
- Ball passing to teammates
- Enemy evasion
- Swipe to turn
- Release to throw
- Catching mechanics
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Let's play catch and throwing game! Goals - Pass the ball to your teammates and avoid getting tackled by enemies! Controls - Swipe to turn and release to throw. Hope you enjoy the game!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Catch And Shoot at 4.7 against Hard Time's 4.0. Catch And Shoot also leads on ratings volume (101K vs 4.3K). Hard Time's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (71% vs 56%). On price, update cadence, 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. Hard Time sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Catch And Shoot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Catch And Shoot holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Catch And Shoot has 101K ratings behind it against 4.3K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of Hard Time's written reviews are positive against 56% of Catch And Shoot's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Hard Time ships an update every 3 months, Catch And Shoot every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hard Time | Catch And Shoot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4.3K ratings) | 4.7 (101K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.7% of reviews — better | 56.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4.3K | 101K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 193 MB |
| Age rating | +17 | 12+ |
| Developer | MDickie Limited | Voodoo |
Customer experience
Hard Time
Catch And Shoot
User reviews
Hard Time
From 4.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 👍 Unique prison simulation experience
- 😊 Nostalgic and memorable
- 🎮 Great mobile game
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 🤖 Annoying AI behavior
- 💰 Monetization issues
- 🕰️ Repetitive and grindy
Catch And Shoot
From 101K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Fun gameplay
- 💰 No WiFi needed
- 🎨 Good graphics
- 🏆 Addictive
- 👍 Easy to play
Room to improve
- 🔍 Repetitive levels
- 🕰️ Levels too easy
- 📺 Too many ads
- 🐛 Bugs and crashes
- 🤖 AI defenders too easy to avoid
Bugs and requests
Hard Time
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes after ads
- Inconsistent character controls
- Unrealistic physics and damage
- Inability to complete certain tasks
Requested features
6 requests- Online multiplayer mode
- Expanded map and exploration
- More customization options
- Improved warden/police functionality
- Additional game modes
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- Localization to other languages
Catch And Shoot
Reported bugs
3 issues- Stuck on tutorial screen
- Game freezes and crashes
- Throwing mechanics not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- More level variety and difficulty
- Additional game modes
- More customization options
- Ability to control throw height
- Online multiplayer
In-app purchases
Hard Time
- VIP Upgrade$2.99
Catch And Shoot
- No Ads$2.99









