Chicken Yard vs Squirrel Surge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Observe emergent chicken behaviors
- Learn systems thinking fundamentals
- Interactive observable environment
- Designed for young children
- Classroom discussion topics included
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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?
Squirrel Surge
Navigate a squirrel's endless journey through tree branches, collecting acorns and power-ups while avoiding obstacles. Enjoy simple, addictive gameplay with fun characters and graphics. Compete with friends on leaderboards and share your scores.
- Tilt controls for movement
- Acorn collection gameplay
- Power-up system
- Avoid obstacles
- Game Center leaderboards
- Social sharing
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How long can you survive? Gather delicious acorns, power-up with peanuts and avoid chestnuts on an endless journey of fun. Tilt your device left or right to surge the squirrel through tree branches. Features: • Play on your iPhone, iPad and Apple TV • Addictive, Simple and Easy to Learn • Fun Characters and Graphics • Game Center Leaderboards • Share Score to Facebook and Twitter • No In-App Purchases, 100% Free Note: Playing Squirrel Surge on your TV requires an Apple TV 2nd Generation or later. Have questions or feedback? Reach out to me at lewis@fizdoo.com
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Verdict
Chicken Yard and Squirrel Surge are too close to call on the numbers: across 8 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and ads among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Chicken Yard against 5.0 for Squirrel Surge. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
| Parameter | Chicken Yard | Squirrel Surge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 18 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Third Rail Games LLC | Lewis Hollywood |
Customer experience
Chicken Yard
Squirrel Surge
In-app purchases
Chicken Yard
No in-app purchases
Squirrel Surge
No in-app purchases
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