Comparison

Numbed vs MoonstruckMackerel

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

Head to head
About

Numbed

Experience a narrative-driven game exploring themes of indoctrination, tragedy, and adultery. "Shout" to overcome challenges and defend yourself with a brick wall. Fight formidable foes at the end of each level for the best experience, listen with headphones.

Highlights
  • Narrative exploration of dark themes
  • Unique "shouting" mechanic
  • Defensive brick wall building
  • Boss battles at level end
  • Emphasis on audio experience
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Welcome to Numbed!! In this game, you relive your experiences through a variety of scenes characterized by indoctrination, tragedy and adultery. "Shout" your self to safety, and try to stay sheltered behind your little brick wall you built during your sad life. Make it through the end of each level and you will fight your biggest foes! Music is important in Numbed, so we suggest to always put the sound on and use headphones for the best experience.

About

MoonstruckMackerel

Embark on a retro-style 2D platforming adventure as a walking mackerel. Explore diverse environments, from underwater realms to cloud caves, and battle invading robots. Strategically use water and air bullets to defeat different robot types and reach the moon.

Highlights
  • Retro-style 2D platforming
  • Horizontal and vertical scrolling
  • Amphibious walking mackerel protagonist
  • Water and air bullet mechanics
  • Diverse exploration environments
  • Infinite lives with attempt tracking
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Moonstruck Mackerel is a retro-style 2D platformer game with both horizontal and vertical scrolling. Play as an amphibious walking mackerel, and rid the kingdom of the invading robots! Explore underwater rooms, gardens, castles, and cloud caves. Fight your way from the ground to the sky, and reach the moon at the end of each level! Destroy the robot factory and save the kingdom! * Shoot water bullets on land, after being in the water. * Shoot air bullets in the water, after being on land. * Land and air robots cannot become wet. You can destroy them with water. * Underwater robots cannot leave the water. You can destroy them with air. * You regain a health point with either 10 gems or 1 large gem. * Strategically sacrifice a health point to save a bullet for later, then refuel with gems as soon as possible. * Strategically ration your bullets, and plan where to refuel air or water. * If you lose all your health points, you automatically teleport back to the start of the level, without losing progress. * You have infinite lives, but your number of attempts is incremented each time you restart a level, automatically or manually. * You can manually teleport to the start of a level without losing progress. This is useful when you don't want to backtrack from a dead end, or just as a fun way to escape the robots.

Screenshots

Numbed4 screens
MoonstruckMackerel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MoonstruckMackerel at 5.0 against Numbed's 4.5. MoonstruckMackerel also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Numbed's advantage is ratings volume (40 vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 12.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Numbed sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MoonstruckMackerel asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MoonstruckMackerel holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Numbed has 40 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Numbed versus MoonstruckMackerel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNumbedMoonstruckMackerel
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (40 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews93.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings40 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS10.3 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB169 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperSander FrenkenDouglas Keith-Nakamura

Customer experience

Numbed

All ratings36 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral2.8%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%

MoonstruckMackerel

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Numbed

One-time1
  • Unlock complete game$0.99
None

MoonstruckMackerel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Numbed free?
Numbed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MoonstruckMackerel free?
MoonstruckMackerel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Numbed or MoonstruckMackerel?
MoonstruckMackerel is rated higher. Numbed averages 4.5 out of 5 from 40 ratings, while MoonstruckMackerel averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Numbed or MoonstruckMackerel have ads?
Neither Numbed nor MoonstruckMackerel shows ads.

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