Comparison

Cownado! vs Time Control!

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

Head to head
About

Cownado!

Keep a cow airborne in a swirling tornado in this challenging arcade game. Compete on leaderboards, unlock characters, and use power-ups to achieve high scores. Earn achievements for added replayability.

Highlights
  • Keep cow in tornado gameplay
  • Leaderboard competition
  • Unlockable characters
  • Power-up system
  • Achievement system
Features
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Cownado! offers a challenging yet rewarding game experience with a simple goal of keeping a cow in a spinning tornado! Bounce your way to the top of the leaderboard, beat your friends, unlock six unique playable characters, trigger power-ups, and earn a handful of achievements while you’re at it! Produced by Lynest Media Feedback, suggestions, or bugs; contact@lynestmedia.com

About

Time Control!

Manipulate the flow of time to navigate through challenging levels. Rewind or fast-forward to avoid obstacles and reach your goal. Experience a unique puzzle-platformer with time-bending mechanics.

Highlights
  • Control time-line
  • Go to the past
  • Go to the future
  • Dodge obstacles
  • Puzzle-platformer gameplay
Features
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Control the time-line to go in the past or the future and dodge obstacles!

Screenshots

Cownado!4 screens
Time Control!3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cownado! at 88% against Time Control!'s 22%. Cownado! also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.0). Time Control!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (406 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads 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

Both are free to download. Cownado! sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Time Control! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cownado! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Time Control! has 406 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Cownado!'s written reviews are positive against 22% of Time Control!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cownado! ships an update every 2 months, Time Control! every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Cownado! versus Time Control!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCownado!Time Control!
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better3.8 (406 ratings)
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews — better21.8% of reviews
Number of ratings3406 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB224 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperLynest CompanyYso Corp

Customer experience

Cownado!

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative6.3%

Time Control!

All ratings402 ratings
Positive69.9%
Neutral5.0%
Negative25.1%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive21.8%
Neutral12.7%
Negative65.5%

Bugs and requests

Cownado!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Time Control!

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Game crashes frequently
  • Game closes unexpectedly
  • Visual glitch with character positioning after death
  • Game lags during gameplay
  • Game performance issues on public transport/offline areas

Requested features

6 requests
  • Option to pay for ad-free experience
  • Offline gameplay mode
  • Improved art style and graphics
  • Better gameplay mechanics and difficulty
  • Reduce ad frequency significantly
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  • No ads after every level

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Cownado!

One-time2
  • Power-Up Package (Gives 20 Bertha's)$0.99
  • Cownado! Character Package$2.99
None

Time Control!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cownado! free?
Cownado! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Time Control! free?
Time Control! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cownado! or Time Control!?
Cownado! is rated higher. Cownado! averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Time Control! averages 3.8 from 406 ratings.
Do Cownado! or Time Control! have ads?
Both Cownado! and Time Control! show ads.
Which is updated more often, Cownado! or Time Control!?
Cownado! ships an update every 2 months, and Time Control! every 3 months. Most recently, Cownado! was updated on October 8, 2026 and Time Control! on October 19, 2026.

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