Comparison

Drill Truck vs Backhoe!

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

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About

Drill Truck

This interactive app lets kids operate a drill truck to install utility poles, satellite dishes, and more. Explore a lively neighborhood where touching characters and objects triggers sounds and actions, creating a dynamic, storybook-like experience.

Highlights
  • Operate a drill truck
  • Install utility poles and more
  • Interactive neighborhood
  • Sound and action triggers
  • Encourages curiosity
Features
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A fun and cute interactive app for Kids! Ride along on a drill truck as it stops to drill holes. Drill holes to install utility poles, satellite dishes, windmills and more! Control the drill using knobs on the truck to raise and lower the drill and turn left or right to position the drill. When the hole is drilled it’s time to call the Hoist Truck to carry the cargo to the hole! A real treat for those little drill truck enthusiasts and a great way to encourage curiosity and interaction for all. Touch the driver and he honks the horn. Touch a cloud as it passes by and it smiles and hums. The neighborhood is interactive. When your child touches people, animals, or objects they make sounds and perform actions. Its like a moving story book! A great way to explore the sights and sounds of a Drill Truck. Please check out our other fun vehicle apps for kids: ● Alphabet Truck ● Cement Truck ● Crane Truck ● Drill Truck ● Dump Truck ● Dump Truck: Skid Loader ● Egg Hunt Truck ● Fire Boat ● Fire Truck ● Fire Truck: Airport Rescue ● Fuel Tanker Truck ● Garbage Truck ● Garbage Truck: Brushy Pick Up ● Garbage Truck: Bulky Trash Pick Up ● Garbage Truck: Dumpster Pick Up ● Garbage Truck: Snow Time ● Garbage Boat ● Garbage Truck: Austin, TX ● Garbage Truck: Los Angeles, CA ● Garbage Truck: Phoenix, AZ ● Ghost Catcher Truck ● Ice Cream Truck! ● Junk Truck ● Log Truck ● Mail Truck ● Milk Tanker Truck ● Oxygen Tanker Truck ● Package Delivery Truck! ● Pizza Truck ● Police Truck ● Race Car! ● Recycling Truck ● Railroad Boom Truck ● Road Roller ● Snow Plow Truck ● Street Sweeper ● Tow Truck ● Tow Truck: Max ● Tree Spade Truck ● Wood Chipper Truck ● Wrecking Ball Truck And our fun puzzle series: ● Good Puzzle: Bugs! ● Good Puzzle: Trucks! And our fun matching series: ● Good Match: Bugs! ● Good Match: Trucks! And our other fun apps: ● Ta Da Girls! ● Little Big Pop: ABC's! ● Monster Music Visit our website for more info: www.goodglue.com

About

Backhoe!

An interactive illustration game designed for young children, featuring a backhoe with simple touch controls. Kids can explore, dig, and drive without any pressure or complex mechanics.

Highlights
  • Interactive backhoe controls
  • Simple touch-to-play mechanics
  • Watercolor illustration style
  • No ads or in-app purchases
  • Score tracking
  • Kid-friendly design
Features
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Backhoe! is a game built specifically for the youngest gamers in our lives. I built this game for my son and daughter who are 4 and 3, respectively. They have a lot of fun playing it and helped shape the game with their extensive playtesting and feedback, and I hope that a young truck lover in your life gets as much enjoyment out of it as they do. The game is fashioned as a sort of "interactive illustration", emulating a look of detailed watercolor truck illustrations in books of the 80s. The idea is to let kids play, touch anywhere on the screen, and not be accidentally booted out away from the fun. It's as easy and fun to use as a playground digger toy (you know, the ones with the two levers kids are always arguing over.) How to play: Touch anywhere on the screen to affect the game; touch the body of the backhoe to change the color of it, or tap the wheels to start and stop driving. Tap the back arm of the backhoe to work the digger scoop; press and hold anywhere on the screen and the bucket will follow your finger. Tap the front of the backhoe to work the loader bucket; press and hold anywhere on the screen and the bucket will follow your finger. Raise it high enough and dump out dirt, and collect more dirt by driving and scooping up dirt piles. Dig and make piles to their maximum size to score points. There is no wrong way to play the game, no way to fail, or convoluted steps too hard for the youngest players to understand. Scores are saved automatically and frequently, so you'll always have a running tally of all the fires you've extinguished. And best of all there are not, and will never be, any ads, in-app purchases, links to other apps, data collected by me, or links to take the player outside of the game. Have fun playing Backhoe! and feel free to contact me with feedback!

Screenshots

Drill Truck4 screens
Backhoe!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Drill Truck at 5.0 against Backhoe!'s 4.5. Drill Truck also leads on update cadence (every 20 months vs every 53 months) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Drill Truck costs $0.99 and Backhoe! $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Drill Truck holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drill Truck ships an update every 20 months, Backhoe! every 53 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Drill Truck versus Backhoe!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrill TruckBackhoe!
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 20 months — betterEvery 53 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better10.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGood GlueAustin Ivansmith

Customer experience

Drill Truck

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Backhoe!

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Drill Truck

No in-app purchases

None

Backhoe!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Drill Truck free?
Drill Truck costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Backhoe! free?
Backhoe! costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Drill Truck or Backhoe!?
Drill Truck is rated higher. Drill Truck averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Backhoe! averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Drill Truck or Backhoe! have ads?
Neither Drill Truck nor Backhoe! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drill Truck or Backhoe!?
Drill Truck ships an update every 20 months, and Backhoe! every 53 months. Most recently, Drill Truck was updated on October 18, 2026 and Backhoe! on October 24, 2026.

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