Comparison

Chicken Yard vs WidgetEgg

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

Head to head
About

Chicken Yard

Explore an emergent environment where chickens exhibit various behaviors. This app is designed to teach young children fundamental systems thinking concepts through observation and interaction.

Highlights
  • Observe emergent chicken behaviors
  • Learn systems thinking fundamentals
  • Interactive observable environment
  • Designed for young children
  • Classroom discussion topics included
Features
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Play with chickens in the chicken yard. You never know what will happen next. Chickens walk around the chicken yard in various states of focus and excitement. Follow them around and see what they do! Purpose: To teach young children fundamentals of systems thinking by exposing them to an observable, emergent environment whose parameters and behaviors are clearly communicated by the interface. Usage: Tap the left and right arrows at the top of the screen to toggle between chickens and observe what each one is up to. For teachers: Chicken Yard is designed to demonstrate the "Systems and System Models" Crosscutting Concept: "Systems in the natural and designed world have parts that work together." Use and reference the app in conjunction with the following Next Generation Science Standards: K-ESS2-2: Earth's Systems K-ESS3-1: Earth and Human Activity Topic suggestions for classroom discussion: - What do we mean when we refer to an object's "state"? - How is a chicken's state reflected in its attributes? - How a chicken's state is reflected in its behavior? - What elements of the environment do the chickens interact with? (tiles, boundaries) - How do the attributes of the environment affect the states of the chickens?

About

WidgetEgg

Monitor your Egg, Inc. progress with convenient widgets. See active missions, fueling status, contract stats, and your profile at a glance. Receive launch notifications to avoid missing opportunities.

Highlights
  • View active and fueling missions
  • Home screen widgets
  • Launch notifications
  • Contract stats and goals
  • Profile and stats overview
Features
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View your Egg, Inc.¹ stats at a glance! - Check active and fueling missions on home and virtue farms - Get notified when you've forgotten to hit launch - View your contracts' stats and goals - Get an overview of your own profile and stats [1]WidgetEgg is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Auxbrain, Inc. All trademarks, service marks, and logos pertaining to Egg, Inc are the exclusive property of Auxbrain, Inc.

Screenshots

Chicken Yard3 screens
WidgetEgg3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: WidgetEgg at 39 against Chicken Yard's 1. Chicken Yard's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, 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

Both are free to download. 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 — 5.0 for Chicken Yard against 5.0 for WidgetEgg. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WidgetEgg has 39 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Chicken Yard versus WidgetEgg: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChicken YardWidgetEgg
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (39 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings139 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB116 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThird Rail Games LLCTyler Smith

Customer experience

Chicken Yard

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

WidgetEgg

All ratings39 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Chicken Yard

No in-app purchases

None

WidgetEgg

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chicken Yard free?
Chicken Yard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WidgetEgg free?
WidgetEgg is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Chicken Yard or WidgetEgg?
Chicken Yard and WidgetEgg are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 39 ratings respectively.
Do Chicken Yard or WidgetEgg have ads?
Neither Chicken Yard nor WidgetEgg shows ads.

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