Rise to Surface vs Mr. Tomato
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rise to Surface
Guide a little monster in a bubble to the surface, avoiding obstacles and collecting treasures. This action-packed game features beautiful graphics, engaging music, and challenging enemies. Compete for a high score and enjoy fun with friends and family.
- Avoid rocks and enemies
- Collect treasures and bonus items
- Addictive gameplay
- Beautiful graphics
- Great music and sound effects
- High-score list
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Avoid the rocks and pick up the treasures. Help the little monster in the bubble to rise up to the surface in this action packed game. Features: * Addictive gameplay * Beautiful graphics * Great music and sound effects * Sharks and other enemies * High-score list * Bonus items * Fun to play with friends and family! This game was released on Ludum Dare #29 Game Jam. It was developed 72 hours from scratch. Compatible with iPhone and iPad. Please send your feedback: support@artexgames.com Visit and join our Facebook page and website: https://www.facebook.com/artexgames http://www.twitter.com/artexgames http://www.artexgames.com Thank you very much for your endless support!
Mr. Tomato
This interactive game allows children to explore vibrant scenes with animated characters and objects. Users can create custom scenes using their camera or gallery, and enjoy funny sound effects and basic language learning elements. The full version offers an ad-free experience with all content unlocked.
- Interactive animated scenes
- Custom scene creation
- Soundboard with funny sounds
- Basic language learning
- Save and share creations
- Camera and gallery integration
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Mr. Tomato is a pictures, colors and sounds game for childrens. In this kids game you can move a lot of pictures in differents scenes like: Mr. Tomato, Mr. Potato, Moon, Egypt, farm, robots world, butterfly world, city and more. You can also use the app as soundboard. You can save and share the pictures you create. You can also use your device's camera or your image gallery to create custom scenes. The pictures have some funny sounds like animal sounds (pig, cow, dog, cat, chick, horse, rooster and more) and in some stages you can ear some english words so you can learn language. The full version have no ads and all stages and functions unlocked.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rise to Surface at 100% against Mr. Tomato's 17%. Rise to Surface also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Mr. Tomato's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 1). On price 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
Both are free to download. Mr. Tomato sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Rise to Surface asks for nothing beyond the download.
Rise to Surface holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mr. Tomato has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Rise to Surface's written reviews are positive against 17% of Mr. Tomato's.
Rise to Surface ships an update fortnightly, Mr. Tomato every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rise to Surface | Mr. Tomato |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.8 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Artex Studios, Inc. | Raffaele Amuso |
Customer experience
Rise to Surface
Mr. Tomato
In-app purchases
Rise to Surface
No in-app purchases
Mr. Tomato
- Full Version$1.99
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