Barrel River vs Hasty Hardy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Barrel River
Navigate a dangerous river in a barrel, dodging obstacles and collecting gold coins. Compete with friends for the highest score in this action-packed game.
- Navigate a barrel down a river
- Avoid rocks and jumping fish
- Collect gold coins
- Compete for high scores
- Action-packed gameplay
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Flow down the brutal water of the mighty barrel river with nothing but your wits and a rickety old barrel to guide you! Barrel river is a fun filled action game where you must flow down the river avoiding rocks and deadly jumping fish. As an added bonus, King Midas has touched the river with his magical golden touch, and his gold coins can be found on the river as well. Collect coins and try to stay alive on this deadly river. Your score is determined by how far you make it and how many coins you have collected. Compete with friends for the top score! **Special Credit** The music for Barrel River came from Kevin MacLeod at incompetech. Search for him online, he's got some awesome tracks!
Hasty Hardy
Guide a friendly dinosaur through vibrant levels, collecting diamonds and avoiding obstacles. Master simple tap controls for jumping and double-jumping to achieve high scores and challenge friends. Experience various game styles in this addictive running adventure.
- Collect diamonds
- Jump and double-jump mechanics
- Avoid obstacles
- Multiple game styles
- High score tracking
- Simple tap controls
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Hasty Hardy is a friendly dinosaur who loves to run around collecting diamonds. The gameplay is very simple, yet addictive. Try out the game and see if you can steer Hardy through the different gamestyles beating your own highscore, and maybe even the highscore of your friends! HOW TO PLAY Hasty Hardy has the special ability to jump and double-jump (touch the screen to jump) Jump from platform to platform and collect diamonds to increase your highscore. Avoid obstacles by jumping over them - note that Hasty Hardy can land on and jump from spike obstacles. Keep Hasty Hardy alive and experience all the cool gamestyles. If you experience any trouble with the current version, then please write us at hastyhardy@vertica.dk.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Barrel River at 5.0 against Hasty Hardy's 4.0. Hasty Hardy's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Barrel River sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Hasty Hardy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Barrel River holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Barrel River ships an update every 15 months, Hasty Hardy every 28 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Barrel River | Hasty Hardy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months — better | Every 28 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| 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 | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brandon Stecklein | Vertica A/S |
Customer experience
Barrel River
Hasty Hardy
In-app purchases
Barrel River
- Advertising Removal$1.99
Hasty Hardy
- Premium$0.99
