Tadpole Tap vs Combo Critters
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tadpole Tap
Guide a tadpole through perilous obstacles by flicking its tongue to eat flies and ascend. Unlock and upgrade unique tadpoles, power-ups, and skins to achieve higher scores and compete with friends on leaderboards. Collect puzzle pieces and achievements for a rewarding retro gaming experience.
- Unlockable tadpoles with unique abilities
- Tadpole and power-up upgrades
- Tongue-based movement and fly eating
- Obstacle navigation and high score chasing
- Collectible puzzle pieces and skins
- Leaderboard for friend comparisons
- Achievements
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Reach the skies with your favorite tadpole while eating flies with your tongue! With piranhas constantly on your tail, you must hurry and pull your way through dangerous obstacles! Try to beat your friends high score and embellish your aquarium with tadpoles by unlocking all the little fellas! -UNLOCK YOUR TADPOLES: There are multiple tadpoles to unlock, each with a unique ability that will help you through the dangers along the way. -UPGRADE YOUR TADPOLES: Each tadpole's unique ability can be upgraded to get better scores. -GET BETTER POWER-UPS: All power-ups can be upgraded to make them last longer. If they last long enough, you can sometimes have multiple power-ups at once! Some combinations are very good! -DON'T FORGET TO EAT FLIES: Eating flies is somehow very satisfying, plus this is what allows you to buy upgrades! -CLIMB FURTHER EVERY TIME: Beat your high score and battle your friends. Compare your performance on the leaderboard. -GET THE PUZZLE PIECES: Each Tadpole has a unique puzzle to unlock! -UNLOCK THE SKINS: Collect vials to unlock them all! There is 3 skins per tadpole. -ACHIEVEMENTS: Let's see if you can clear them all! In one word, Tadpole Tap is an awesome Retro Runner in Pixel Art. Tadpole Tap, the life circle of a frog. Language available: English, French, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, Italian, German, Simplified Chinese and Serbian.
Combo Critters
Combine creatures to evolve them and conquer the universe. Explore planets, battle quirky inhabitants, and collect over 100 unique critters. Engage in a casual RPG battle system and test your strength against friends.
- Combine critters to evolve
- Explore 9 planets
- Collect over 100 critters
- Casual-RPG battle system
- Battle friends' profiles
- Pixel art graphics
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Combine to evolve your critters and get ready to conquer the universe! Explore planets to discover quirky inhabitants, and courageously go into battle against them. Collect these cute critters and get stronger by mashing them up in the combine-machine. Features: • Explore 9 planets to collect more than 100 critters • Casual-RPG battle system • Battle against your friends’ social media profiles • Gorgeous colorful pixel art • Groovy tunes by Maxo For best performances we recommend iPhone 5 or higher.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Combo Critters at every 2 months against Tadpole Tap's every 6 months. Combo Critters also leads on ratings volume (1.5K vs 482). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Tadpole Tap sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Combo Critters sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Tadpole Tap against 4.8 for Combo Critters. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 482 and 1.5K respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 88% and 88% positive.
Tadpole Tap ships an update every 6 months, Combo Critters every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tadpole Tap | Combo Critters |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (482 ratings) | 4.8 (1.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.3% of reviews — better | 88.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 482 | 1.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 153 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Outerminds Inc. | Lucky Kat Studios |
Customer experience
Tadpole Tap
Combo Critters
User reviews
Tadpole Tap
From 482 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Very fun game
- 👍 No ads, no pay to win
- 💡 Simple but challenging gameplay
- 🎨 Cute pixel art style
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes on newer iOS versions
- 🐛 Glitches and bugs
- 💰 Difficult to unlock all content without paying
Combo Critters
From 1.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Addictive and fun gameplay
- 👍 Unique critter fusion system
- 🎨 Charming pixel art style
- 🎶 Great soundtrack
Room to improve
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
- 💰 Grindy progression, need to watch ads for coins
- 🔍 Difficulty finding final boss in each world
Bugs and requests
Tadpole Tap
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game crashes on launch
- Puzzle pieces not saving properly
- Restore purchases not working
Requested features
3 requests- More characters and skins
- New obstacles and levels
- Continued updates and support
Combo Critters
Reported bugs
3 issues- Audio cuts out sometimes
- In-app purchases not working properly
- Freezing during special attacks
Requested features
4 requests- More worlds and critters to collect
- Ability to trade or sell critters
- Online multiplayer battles
- Critter stats and evolution history tracking
In-app purchases
Tadpole Tap
- Spook$0.99
- Stapler$0.99
- Bronze Fly Pack$0.99
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- Silver Fly Pack$1.99
- Silver Case$3.99
- Gold Fly Pack$4.99
- Jade Fly Pack$9.99
- Gold Case$9.99
- Diamond Fly Pack$19.99
Combo Critters
- Coin Pack 1$0.99
- Coin Pack 2$1.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
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- Coin Pack 3$2.99
- Coin Pack 4$3.99
- Coin Pack 5$5.99
- Coin Pack 6$9.99









