Comparison

Sunburn! vs Illusion Bowling

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

Head to head
About

Sunburn!

Guide a spaceship captain to reunite scattered crew members across dangerous planets. Utilize a jetpack to navigate gravity puzzles, avoid cosmic hazards, and reach the sun together. Experience a unique platforming adventure with charming characters.

Highlights
  • 50+ gravity-bending levels
  • Navigate asteroid fields and comets
  • Unite 14 unique crew members
  • Track achievements
  • Compete with friends on Game Center
  • Discover dangerous planets and obstacles
Features
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Your ship is gone. Your crew is scattered. One option remains. Gather your crew... and jump into the sun. Reunite your shipmates and hurtle toward the end in 50+ distinctly dangerous gravity puzzles! ◇ --- --- --- ◇ ◇ Juegos Rancheros: "A super promising debut." ◇ Gamezebo: “4.5/5 Far from iterating, Secret Crush has created a new genre standard.” ◇ 148apps: "4.5/5 "One of the weirdest and best platforming experiences to be had on iOS...A complete delight." ◇ Kaijupop: "3/4 Pops: Exceptional. A significant cut above the crowd." ◇ TouchArcade: "4/5 Well worth checking out." ◇ --- --- --- ◇ Features: ◇ Blast through 50+ challenging, gravity-bending levels ◇ Discover a variety of dangerous new planets and obstacles ◇ Use your jetpack to navigate asteroid fields and avoid deadly comets ◇ Unite and ignite 14 cute crew members, each with their own personality ◇ Track achievements and compete with your friends on Game Center ◇ Astronauts, catstronauts, and a dog named Moosetracks ◇ --- --- --- ◇ You control the captain of a spaceship that is suddenly struck by a comet and destroyed. With no way to get home, the ship's crew is forced to face reality. They're doomed to die. There's no way out. But no matter what their fate may be, one thing is decided for certain. No one dies alone. It's your job to navigate through the universe as the captain and reunite your crew. Hop, blast, and drift your way from planet to planet using your trusty jetpack. Reunite the crew, making sure not to run out of oxygen and leave them to drift in the void. Beware of molten planets, speeding comets, and deadly gravity wells. And when everyone in the sector is reunited, make your way to sun. ◇ --- --- --- ◇ Praise for Sunburn! ◇ Gamezebo: “4.5/5 Far from iterating, Secret Crush has created a new genre standard.” ◇ 148apps: "4.5/5 "One of the weirdest and best platforming experiences to be had on iOS...A complete delight." ◇ Kaijupop: "3/4 Pops: Exceptional. A significant cut above the crowd." ◇ TouchArcade: "4/5 Well worth checking out." ◇ App Store Editor's Choice "Best New Games" Nov. 20-27 2014 ◇ FastCoDesign "Best Game Design of 2014" Selection ◇ Red Bull Games "Best Games of 2014" Selection ◇ Killscreen Playlist Selection ◇ MAGFest13 Indie Videogame Showcase Official Selection, 2015 ◇ Official Selection, Gamercamp Interactive & Games Festival, 2014 ◇ NYC Media Lab Annual Summit Selection, 2014 ◇ World Science Festival Innovation Square Selection, 2013 ◇ --- --- --- ◇ Sunburn! is the debut game from Secret Crush -- a three person studio founded by three alumni of the prestigious NYU Game Center MFA game design program. Originally a student project, the game was then specially selected for three months of full-time development as part of the NYU Game Center incubator in New York City.

About

Illusion Bowling

Navigate a world of optical illusions to hit bowling pins. Manipulate perspective to create virtual pathways, bridges, and walls. Solve 66 unique levels by cleverly shifting your viewpoint.

Highlights
  • Optical illusion gameplay
  • Perspective manipulation
  • Physics-based puzzles
  • 66 challenging levels
  • No ads or in-app purchases
Features
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Illusion Bowling is all about rolling balls through a world of optical illusion. You have to hit a bowling pin with a ball but it is impossible in the normal world. Only by using new pathways that get created by optical illusions it becomes possible. Your tool for creating the optical illusion pathways is merely changing the view perspective. If two distant platforms look from a certain view angle as if they touch each other then the ball can roll over from one platform to the other, like over a virtual bridge. This way you can create virtual bridges, virtual walls or shift the ball sideways by scratching one platform over another. • 66 levels • No advertisements • No In-App Purchases. All content is unlocked.

Screenshots

Sunburn!4 screens
Illusion Bowling4 screens

Verdict

The call

Sunburn! and Illusion Bowling both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 89% of Sunburn!'s written reviews are positive against 73% of Illusion Bowling's. Sunburn! also leads on price ($2.99 vs $3.99). Illusion Bowling's advantage is chart position (#2 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Sunburn! costs $2.99 and Illusion Bowling $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Sunburn! against 4.8 for Illusion Bowling. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 293 and 114 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of Sunburn!'s written reviews are positive against 73% of Illusion Bowling's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Sunburn! versus Illusion Bowling: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSunburn!Illusion Bowling
Price$2.99 — better$3.99
Rating4.7 (293 ratings)4.8 (114 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews — better73.3% of reviews
Number of ratings293 — better114
Update frequencyEvery 7 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#2 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB76 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSecret CrushDaniel Koenig-Meier

Customer experience

Sunburn!

All ratings293 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral3.4%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews198 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral6.6%
Negative4.5%

Illusion Bowling

All ratings114 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral1.8%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative26.7%

Bugs and requests

Sunburn!

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Levels not saving progress
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

3 requests
  • Level editor and custom level sharing
  • More levels and content updates
  • Improved zoom and camera controls

Illusion Bowling

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Sunburn!

No in-app purchases

None

Illusion Bowling

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sunburn! free?
Sunburn! costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Illusion Bowling free?
Illusion Bowling costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sunburn! or Illusion Bowling?
Illusion Bowling is rated higher. Sunburn! averages 4.7 out of 5 from 293 ratings, while Illusion Bowling averages 4.8 from 114 ratings.
Do Sunburn! or Illusion Bowling have ads?
Neither Sunburn! nor Illusion Bowling shows ads.

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