Timberman vs Rotate Balls
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timberman
Become a lumberjack in this arcade-style casual game. Chop trees, avoid branches, and unlock dozens of characters and environments. Compete for high scores on global leaderboards and build your village.
- Chop trees and avoid branches
- Unlock dozens of characters
- Explore various environments
- Build and expand a village
- Compete on global leaderboards
- Trade wood for gold
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Over 20 million players could not be wrong - featured as one of the best games since 2014 and still eagerly played in 2022! Especially with a new update that adds dozens of new characters, new environments and an expandable village! And as always tons of fun & lot of trees to cut. Timberman is an oldschool arcade style casual game. Become a Timberman, chop wood and avoid the branches. Sounds like an easy task? It's easy to play but hard to master. Dozen of variable environments and 104 lumberjacks to unlock. Master your skills for the top records on the leaderboards. Take your axe as every lumberjack does and chop the tree as fast as you can! Cut down trees, trade wood for gold, buy plots of land and discover new islands. Generate passive income, buy new axes and randomize super fantastic packs of epic characters! Many characters, trees, tons of cutting fun & wood around! Timberman is an original old school arcade style casual free game. Become a Timberman! Chop, cut and slice wood while avoiding branches. Improve your skill to reach the top of the leaderboards in this easy to learn, hard to master game. - Dozens of characters to choose from - Countless high scores to beat - Global leaderboards - Cutting edge chopping action Cut your way to the top of the leaderboards and beat others’ high scores. Chop with speed, precision and focus to become a master lumberjack. Unlock tons of different lumberjack characters, including: ninja, ghost, fireman, devil, angel, santa, monster slayer and more. Play in various environments, including: forest, wild west, circus and even hell. As a lumberjack you will race against the clock to chop down as much as you can of an endless tree. Quick thinking will be necessary to avoid branches - your biggest enemy. Cut left or chop right? You only have milliseconds to answer this question. Get it right and you’ll beat the competition and become the best Timberman ever! Along the way on this free chopping action adventure you will unlock many different characters and trees. Each one requires you to complete a unique quest! Are you up for the challenge? If so, then we at Digital Melody invite you to pick up an axe, yell timber and start chopping to test your skills and become the best Timberman ever!
Rotate Balls
Twist and rotate two balls to navigate through challenging obstacle courses. Test your reflexes and timing to avoid collisions and progress through levels. It's a simple yet addictive game of skill and precision.
- Two-ball rotation control
- Obstacle avoidance gameplay
- Challenging levels
- Reflex and timing based
- Simple, addictive mechanics
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Rotate to avoid the obstacles. Good Luck!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rotate Balls at 5.0 against Timberman's 4.0. Rotate Balls also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 15) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 weeks). Timberman's advantage is ratings volume (522 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Timberman sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Rotate Balls asks for nothing beyond the download.
Rotate Balls holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timberman has 522 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Timberman ships an update every 5 weeks, Rotate Balls every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 4, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timberman | Rotate Balls |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (522 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 522 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 255 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Digital Melody | AI Opto Labs LLC |
Customer experience
Timberman
Rotate Balls
Bugs and requests
Timberman
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inconsistent score tracking and achievement unlocking
- Crashes and freezes on certain devices
- Paid version not removing all ads as expected
Requested features
4 requests- Option to skip retry countdown
- More diverse character unlocks and abilities
- Improved leaderboard system and tracking
- Customization options for gameplay and visuals
Rotate Balls
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Timberman
- Remove ads$0.99
- Package of 2000 coins$0.99
- Special Characters Pack #2$0.99
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- Special Characters Pack #3$0.99
- Special Characters Pack #6$0.99
- Special Characters Pack #5$0.99
- Special Characters Pack #4$0.99
- Buy package of 5000 wood$0.99
- Special Characters Pack #1$0.99
- Unlock all characters$1.99
- Special Offer 1$1.99
- Special Offer 2$1.99
- Package of 5000 coins$1.99
- Special Offer 3$3.99
- Package of 20000 coins$6.99
Rotate Balls
No in-app purchases
