QuestaGame vs Cranky Uncle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QuestaGame
Embark on outdoor adventures to discover and photograph local wildlife. Compete with others by completing quests, identifying species, and contributing to biodiversity research. Earn rewards, level up, and build your collection while helping scientists.
- Outdoor wildlife quests
- Photograph animals and plants
- Species identification
- Clans and challenges
- Leaderboard competition
- Biodiversity contribution
- In-game rewards and leveling
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Experience the adventure of your local wildlife. QuestaGame takes you outdoors - to your backyard, a local park, a hiking trail, anywhere. Join quests and compete with other players to photograph animals and plants in the wild. Your mission: Saving life on Earth. The game includes all species in your country, using national and global databases. Submit sightings of animals and plants and receive identifications, expert feedback - plus gold reward and experience points. Join quests, buy equipment, gain levels, build your collection, join clans, conquer territories, move up the leaderboard and become one of the great adventurers of all time. All sightings are geo-tagged with location, date, time and submitted to your country's national database (with your permission) - so you can not only map your conquests, but also help scientists, researchers, planners and others record and protect you region's biodiversity while you play. Some important features: - Clans and Head-to-Head Challenges. - Comms featured allows you to see what the community is up to. - QuestaLab allows you to earn gold and gain expertise levels identifying other players' sightings. - Featured sightings...and more! For more information be sure to visit http://www.questagame.com
Cranky Uncle
Learn to identify and counter common arguments and conspiracy theories used to deny science. By understanding the tactics of misinformation, you can become more resilient against false claims about topics like climate change, evolution, and vaccination.
- Identify rhetorical techniques
- Spot logical fallacies
- Counter science denial arguments
- Build resilience against misinformation
- Learn about climate change denial
- Understand evolution denial tactics
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We all have a cranky uncle who thinks he knows better than the world’s scientists. But how do you make sense of his arguments and conspiracy theories? The way to understand your cranky uncle is to become a cranky uncle! If you’re going to spot someone cheating at cards, first you have to learn how to cheat at cards. In this game, Cranky Uncle teaches you the rhetorical techniques and logical fallacies he uses to deny science. Climate change, evolution, vaccination, a round Earth - he’s never met a science he wouldn’t deny! The deeper you get into the game, the more resilient you become against misinformation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: QuestaGame at 78% against Cranky Uncle's 38%. QuestaGame also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). Cranky Uncle's advantage is rating (3.5 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (27 vs 8). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cranky Uncle holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 27 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of QuestaGame's written reviews are positive against 38% of Cranky Uncle's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
QuestaGame ships an update every 3 weeks, Cranky Uncle every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | QuestaGame | Cranky Uncle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (8 ratings) | 3.5 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.2% of reviews — better | 38.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Earth Guardians Pty Ltd | Skeptical Science |
Customer experience
QuestaGame
Cranky Uncle
User reviews
QuestaGame
From 8 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Inspires nature observation
- 🏅 Gamified learning experience
- 🧠 Educational and informative
- 👨👩👧👦 Great for kids and adults
- 🌍 Contributes to citizen science
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- ⚠️ Login/registration issues
- 🔒 Security concerns (password requests)
- 📉 Inconsistent scoring/rewards
- 🖼️ UI/UX could be improved
Cranky Uncle
From 27 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Great concept for learning
- 👍 Fun and engaging way to learn
- 🧠 Teaches critical thinking skills
- 🎯 Effective against misinformation
- 😂 Humorous and engaging content
Room to improve
- 🐛 App doesn't work for many
- 🐛 Blank screens and loading issues
- 🐛 Incoherent and untested
- 🐛 Dialogue boxes don't fit screens
- 🐛 Requires email sign-in
Bugs and requests
QuestaGame
Reported bugs
13 issues- App crashes on opening after update
- App crashes when submitting sightings
- App crashes when selecting observations synced from inaturalist
- Cannot create profile/account
- App says offline when online
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- Cannot delete offline sightings without photos
- Species name display in QLab history is cut off
- Search functionality is inconsistent
- App crashes when adding field notes
- Login issues
- Syncing issues with inaturalist
- Text not readable (dark on dark background)
- Cannot upload photos if wrong one is selected
Requested features
15 requests- Allow editing submitted sightings
- Improve photo upload process (batch, remove)
- Make all text readable (contrast)
- Add iPad version support
- Allow using cameras other than phone
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- More quests/challenges
- Gallery of photos
- Ability to use multiple clans
- Fix species name display in QLab history
- Increase daily sighting limit
- Make app available on iPad
- Allow offline sightings without photos to be deleted
- Improve search functionality
- Add dark mode
- Improve app layout and navigation
Cranky Uncle
Reported bugs
10 issues- App stuck on start/loading screen
- Blank screens after sign-in
- Quizzes not loading
- Dialogue boxes not fitting on screen
- App crashes on submit
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- Progress not updating
- Learn more button loops back
- App glitches and runs Bitcoin (user claim)
- Half screen blank
- Login process problematic
Requested features
6 requests- More polish and refinement
- More levels and content
- International users need familiar references
- Reconsider encouraging quick answers for points
- Add dark mode option
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- Improve punctuation and text display
In-app purchases
QuestaGame
No in-app purchases
Cranky Uncle
No in-app purchases









