Hovercraft vs MouseBot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hovercraft
Design and build custom hovercrafts in a powerful editor. Then, race them at high speeds through urban sky highways, dodging traffic and causing spectacular chain-reaction crashes. Earn rewards and collect over 80 unique vehicles.
- Custom hovercraft editor
- Physics-based hovering and destruction
- Arcade racing gameplay
- Dodge and weave through traffic
- Chain reaction crashes
- Collect over 80 unique hovercrafts
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Hovercraft is the #1 hover action simulation, arcade racing, custom vehicle building, totally addicting, physics based, breakout hit game of the year! * Build a completely custom Hovercraft in a simple, yet powerful editor * Blast your way down an urban highway in the sky * Dodge and weave through traffic at insane speeds * Cause crazy chain reaction crashes and watch Hovercrafts go flying! * Experience physics based hovering, collision and destruction * Earn huge rewards for piloting your Hovercraft skillfully, and dangerously! * Collect and win over 80 unique Hovercrafts, or create your own fleet from scratch "I love my Hovercrafts more than my dog." - Margaret from California "I can't stop playing Hovercraft! It's the best game I've played since… ever." - Noah from New Zealand "You can race them? I just build the craziest Hovercrafts I can imagine and watch them wobble over the pavement!" - Spark from New York Follow us! https://www.facebook.com/HovercraftGame https://twitter.com/HovercraftGame Please note this app is not compatible with iPhone 4 or iPod Touch 4.
MouseBot
Navigate a robotic mouse through treacherous mazes filled with mechanical traps and obstacles. Collect cheese to unlock new customizations and abilities in this fast-paced platforming adventure.
- 88 challenging mazes
- Hilarious cartoon destruction
- Unlock new abilities
- Collect cheese
- Customize MouseBot with skins
- Eye-popping cartoon visuals
- Multiple control options
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Guide MouseBot through mazes of fantastical mechanical mouse traps created by the cat scientists of CatLab. Dodge giant metal Kitty Krushers, leap over mouse-grinding Roller Graters, evade scary Mines and Lasers, and platform your way across pools of bot-melting Acid on an epic quest for cheese and freedom. Conquer 88 challenging platform-style levels as you delve deeper into the mysterious laboratories of CatLab and uncover the cats' nefarious plans. Collect epic piles of cheese, and transmogrify that cheese into new skins and accessories for your robotic mouse. MouseBot: Escape from CatLab is a zany and exciting platforming game that will test your reflexes, skills, timing, and love of cheese! GAME FEATURES • 88 challenging mazes filled with traps and obstacles. • Hilarious cartoon destruction! Try not to get crushed, stomped, zapped or blown to bits. • Unlock new abilities! Run, jump and transform for land and water! • Collect epic piles of cheese! • Win new skins and accessories to customize MouseBot! • Eye-popping cartoon visuals on iPhone, iPad and AppleTV • Control options include touch screen, simple and extended gamepads (and Siri remote on AppleTV.) • Earn achievements with Game Center, and stay synced with iCloud. CUSTOMER SUPPORT If you encounter a problem running the game, please visit us at: www.vectorunit.com/support STAY IN TOUCH Be the first to hear about updates, download custom images, and interact with the developers! Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/VectorUnit Follow us on Twitter @vectorunit Visit our web page at www.vectorunit.com MouseBot is free to play but there are optional in-app purchases available.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Hovercraft at none against MouseBot's shown. Hovercraft also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Hovercraft sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and MouseBot sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Hovercraft holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.3K and 1.1K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Hovercraft's written reviews are positive against 85% of MouseBot's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Hovercraft ships an update every 2 months, MouseBot every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hovercraft | MouseBot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (3.3K ratings) — better | 4.3 (1.1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 79.9% of reviews | 84.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.3K — better | 1.1K |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 124 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | High Score Hero LLC | Vector Unit |
Customer experience
Hovercraft
MouseBot
User reviews
Hovercraft
From 3.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Inspiring creativity
- 🚀 Fun game mechanics
- 🚀 Daily challenges
- 👍 Nostalgic childhood game
- 👍 Customizable hovercrafts
Room to improve
- 🐛 Hovercraft instability and collapsing
- 🔋 Excessive ads interrupting gameplay
- 🔋 Ads appearing even after disabling WiFi
MouseBot
From 1.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 🎨 Charming graphics and visuals
- 🐁 Nostalgic and engaging mouse-themed experience
- 🔓 Fair monetization with no forced in-app purchases
Room to improve
- 🔁 Duplicate gear obtained from cheese purchases
- ⏱️ Limited lives system can be frustrating
- 🔍 Lack of new levels and content updates
- 🔧 Occasional bugs and glitches
Bugs and requests
Hovercraft
Reported bugs
2 issues- Hovercraft crashing and not responding
- Game crashes when reaching high scores
Requested features
4 requests- Reduce ads or offer ad-free option
- Improve hovercraft durability and physics
- Add more customization options
- Introduce different environments and levels
MouseBot
Reported bugs
3 issues- Progress resets or disappears
- Unresponsive controls and inputs
- Crashes and freezes on certain devices
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and chapters
- Level editor and sharing functionality
- Customizable controls and button placement
- Infinite lives or reduced wait times
In-app purchases
Hovercraft
- Wraith V4$0.99
- Vanguard$0.99
- Artillery$0.99
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- Jet V2$0.99
- Quad$0.99
- Quad V3$0.99
- Tank$0.99
- Stealth$0.99
- Spade$0.99
- 1,000 Coins!$1.99
- $$$ Lucky Pig $$$$4.99
MouseBot
- Cyber Skin Special$0.99
- Jet Pack Special$0.99
- A Pile of Power Tokens$1.99
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- Cyber Skin$1.99
- Red Fire Skin$1.99
- Jet Pack$1.99
- Angel Wings Special$1.99
- X-Ray Skin$1.99
- Arcade Mode$3.99
- Stacks of Power Tokens$4.99
- Go Premium$4.99
- Buckets of Power Tokens$9.99
- ACME Special! Crates of Power Tokens$19.99









