Kiwanuka vs Wumpus Cave
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kiwanuka
Guide tiny citizens through an enchanting action-puzzle game. Instruct them to build and topple towers, creating bridges to reach the exit. Success hinges on strategic thinking and precise timing.
- Unique touch-based game mechanics
- Guide and instruct tiny citizens
- Build and topple towers
- Use towers as bridges
- Reach the exit
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"Whimsical, magical, and enchanting" –– Touch Arcade, 5/5 Kiwanuka is an action-puzzle game with an entirely new game-mechanic designed uniquely for touch screen. Guide the tiny citizens, instruct them to build towers, knock the towers over to grab ledges, then use them as bridges to reach the exit. Success requires careful thought and perfect timing. - "A brilliant, beautiful, unique experience. Everything from the sounds, visuals, and just the vibe of the game all come together to create one of the most interesting little games I’ve played." - Touch Arcade, Game of the Week - "An elegantly smart game." - Cult of Mac - "A good surprise" -New York Times - "A truly special game" - Kotaku - "Amazing" - TUAW - "A hidden treasure." - SlashGear - "The game looks great." - Pocket Gamer -"In an increasingly-long line of delightful puzzle games on iOS, Kiwanuka is one of the best. It sees you guiding a colourful collection of characters to freedom using a glowing staff: like a neon-infused Lemmings built for touchscreens." - The Guardian
Wumpus Cave
Navigate a dark maze filled with treasures, keys, and lurking dangers. This game offers a modern take on a classic text-based adventure, featuring updated controls, graphics, and sound effects.
- Modernized controls
- Graphics and sound effects
- Varied cave layouts
- Treasure and key collection
- Avoid bottomless pits
- Encounter multiple wumpus
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Inspired by a 1970's text-based creation, Wumpus Cave adds iPhone controls, graphics, sound effects, treasures, and varies the cave from game to game. Find your way through the pitch-dark maze of twisty passages to the treasure, the key, and back out again, while avoiding bottomless pits and letting your grimble deal with the multiple wumpus lurking in the cave. English only. Free. No ads. No wifi required. No tracking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Wumpus Cave at Free against Kiwanuka's $0.99. Wumpus Cave also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 68%) and rating (4.9 vs 4.5). Kiwanuka's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (328 vs 10). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Wumpus Cave is free to download; Kiwanuka costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Wumpus Cave holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kiwanuka has 328 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Kiwanuka's written reviews are positive against 100% of Wumpus Cave's.
Kiwanuka ships an update every 5 weeks, Wumpus Cave every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Kiwanuka | Wumpus Cave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (328 ratings) | 4.9 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 328 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Marco Mazzoli | Jeffrey Scott Watters |
Customer experience
Kiwanuka
Wumpus Cave
Bugs and requests
Kiwanuka
Reported bugs
3 issues- Progress reset issues
- Freezing and crashing
- Unresponsive controls
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and content
- Increased difficulty and challenge
- Improved controls and responsiveness
- Cloud save support
Wumpus Cave
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Kiwanuka
No in-app purchases
Wumpus Cave
No in-app purchases
