Comparison

Fire Boat 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

Fire Boat

Engage children in a fun, interactive experience fighting fires at sea. Rescue crew members, tow damaged vessels, and explore a vibrant, responsive ocean environment. This app encourages curiosity and imaginative play for young aspiring firefighters.

Highlights
  • Fight fires on ships and sea platforms
  • Rescue crew members with helicopter and life preserver
  • Tow damaged ships and submarines
  • Interactive ocean environment with sound effects
  • Explore lighthouses and cargo ports
  • Cute and engaging graphics for kids
Features
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A great companion app to our hit app "Fire Truck"! A fun and cute interactive app for Kids! Take to the high seas to fight fires on ships, sea platforms and more! Call for the Ocean Rescue Helicopter to rescue crew members with the rescue harness! Use the onboard life preserver launcher to rescue crew members in the water! Call Tugboats to tow damaged ships and submarines back to shore. Follow distress signals to locate boats and subs in danger and tow them to rescue stations. Return to the main land to fight fires at light houses and cargo ports and more! The Fire Boat is a busy boat! A real treat for those little Fire Fighters 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 ocean 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 Fire Boat! ● Compatible with: iPod Touch 3 & 4 generation, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 5, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus & all iPads. ----------------------------------------------- ● Note: NOT Compatible with: First generation iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPod Touch 1st & 2nd generation. ----------------------------------------------- Please check out our other fun vehicle apps for kids: ● Cement Truck ● Crane Truck ● Drill Truck ● Dump Truck ● Fire Boat ● Fire Truck ● Fuel Tanker Truck ● Garbage Truck ● Garbage Truck: Brushy Pick Up ● Garbage Truck: Dumpster Pick Up ● Garbage Truck: Los Angeles, CA ● Garbage Truck: Phoenix, AZ ● Garbage Truck: Snow Time ● Garbage Boat ● Ice Cream Truck! ● Junk Truck ● Log Truck ● Mail Truck ● Milk Tanker Truck ● Package Delivery Truck! ● Police Truck ● Race Car! ● Recycling Truck ● Railroad Boom Truck ● Road Roller ● Snow Plow Truck ● Street Sweeper ● Tow Truck ● Wood Chipper Truck Also check out our fun matching series: ● Good Match: Trucks! ● Good Match: Bugs! And our other fun apps: ● Ta Da Girls! ● Little Big Pop ABC! ● 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

Fire Boat4 screens
Backhoe!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Backhoe! at 4.5 against Fire Boat's 4.0. Fire Boat's advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 2) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Fire Boat 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

Backhoe! holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fire Boat has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Fire Boat versus Backhoe!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFire BoatBackhoe!
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating4.0 (14 ratings)4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better2
Update frequency—Every 53 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS5.1.1 — better10.0
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerrandall coleAustin Ivansmith

Customer experience

Fire Boat

All ratings14 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral7.1%
Negative21.4%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Backhoe!

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

In-app purchases

None

Fire Boat

No in-app purchases

None

Backhoe!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fire Boat free?
Fire Boat costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Backhoe! free?
Backhoe! costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fire Boat or Backhoe!?
Backhoe! is rated higher. Fire Boat averages 4.0 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Backhoe! averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Fire Boat or Backhoe! have ads?
Neither Fire Boat nor Backhoe! shows ads.

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