Arial Attack vs GUBBINS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Arial Attack
A free game designed to help you distinguish between Arial and Helvetica fonts. It offers a simple and straightforward way to learn font identification.
- Font identification
- Learn font differences
- Simple gameplay
- Free to play
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Arial is a cheap, poorly designed knockoff of Helvetica. Learn to spot the difference between the two with this simple, free game.
GUBBINS
A friendly word puzzle game where you build words using tiles and special modifiers called Gubbins. Navigate a charming world with quirky characters that can help or hinder your progress.
- Tile-based word construction
- Wildcard Gubbins modifiers
- Charming cartoon characters
- Minimalist typography
- Moreish wordplay
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Gubbins is a friendly puzzle game where players place tiles to construct words, with the help and hindrance of wildcard modifiers called Gubbins. Minimalist typography alongside kooky cartoons serve as a canvas for moreish wordplay. Dig through the draw pile and make words on the board with hilarious friends wreaking havoc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Arial Attack at none against GUBBINS's 10. Arial Attack also leads on ads (none vs shown). GUBBINS's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (1.7K vs 19). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. GUBBINS sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Arial Attack asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Arial Attack against 4.7 for GUBBINS. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GUBBINS has 1.7K ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Arial Attack's written reviews are positive against 73% of GUBBINS's.
Arial Attack ships an update every 5 months, GUBBINS every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Arial Attack | GUBBINS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (19 ratings) | 4.7 (1.7K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 72.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 1.7K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 614 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Neil Sardesai | Studio Folly Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Arial Attack
GUBBINS
Bugs and requests
Arial Attack
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
GUBBINS
Reported bugs
4 issues- Tiles becoming unplayable after certain Gubbins
- Daily puzzle not updating correctly
- Inconsistent behavior of rotation and placement
- Crashes and performance issues on older devices
Requested features
5 requests- Word validity checker
- Multiplayer mode
- Customizable Gubbins selection
- Leaderboards and stats tracking
- Ability to revisit completed puzzles
In-app purchases
Arial Attack
No in-app purchases
GUBBINS
- Planet GubbinFree
- Giant Postcard Pack$1.99
- Punctuation Pack$2.99
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- The Travel Gubbins Pack$4.99
- The Space Gubbins Pack$4.99
- Infinite Play$5.99
- The Space Punc Bundle$5.99
- Space Travel Bundle$7.49
- Launch Pack$9.99
- The Chonkiest Bundle$13.99
