Cooped Up vs Wild Bullets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cooped Up
Navigate a vibrant sanctuary as a new exotic bird, flinging yourself upwards while avoiding obstacles and other quirky birds. Snack on tasty insects along the way and use boosts to ascend further. Compete with friends via Game Center.
- Intuitive twanging fling gameplay
- Simple pick up and play
- Game Centre support
- Collect and eat insects
- In-game boosts
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You are the latest addition in the exotic bird sanctuary. The other older birds have been Cooped Up a little too long and are a branch short of a perch! Ahhemmm... they is a bit crazy! Fling yourself up up and away but watch out, there's more than just birds that you must avoid. However don't be afraid to snack on the way... ...and don't let the other birds laughing at you get you down! Pick yourself up and twang twang twang again! Features: - Intuitive twanging fling gameplay. - Simple pick up and play for all! - Full game centre support to compete with friends and foes - Eat worms, spiders and flies! Hmmm yummy!!! - Boost you way up like a steam train! Important information This game contains third party advertising which can be removed via a one time IAP. This game contains coins which can be collected within the game for free, bought with real money or via earned via promotions. This game contains cross promotion for other Nitrome games and this is not removed with the IAP for removal of ads.
Wild Bullets
Step into the boots of a sheriff in a Western town overrun by demons. Battle mind-controlled residents, defeat demon bosses, and collect loot to upgrade your arsenal and unlock new characters. Experience arcade shoot-em-up action with semi-random levels and a catchy soundtrack.
- Arcade shoot-em-up action
- Unlockable and upgradeable characters
- Semi-randomly generated levels
- Story and Arcade play modes
- Collect ammunition and coins
- Unlock Wild Cards for extra abilities
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A bandit gang of demons has appeared in a little western town, turning its residents into mind controlled puppets. It is up to the towns sheriff to track down and defeat the four demon bosses and their minions before all mankind is enslaved. Pick up your barkin’ irons and head out to the badlands! Find and loot chests in search of new powerful ammunition types and collect coins to unlock new characters or spend them on upgrades. Pick Wild Cards that grants extra abilities, defeat multiple enemies and chain combos to open the portal to DEMON LAND! Wild Bullets is: - Arcade shoot-em-up action - Unlockable upgradeable characters - Semi-randomly generated levels - Different playmodes: Story & Arcade - Bouncy chiptune soundtrack - Designed for mobile devices - Made with love :D
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cooped Up at 4.5 against Wild Bullets's 4.0. Wild Bullets's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 17 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. Cooped Up sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Wild Bullets sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cooped Up holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 85 and 76 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Cooped Up's written reviews are positive against 65% of Wild Bullets's.
Cooped Up ships an update every 17 months, Wild Bullets every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cooped Up | Wild Bullets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (85 ratings) — better | 4.0 (76 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.7% of reviews — better | 64.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 85 — better | 76 |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 157 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Nitrome | BUN GUN AB |
Customer experience
Cooped Up
Wild Bullets
User reviews
Cooped Up
From 85 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Highly addictive gameplay mechanics
- 🎨 Charming and unique pixel art style
- 😄 Quirky humor and entertaining animations
- 🎵 Catchy banjo music and sound design
- ⚡ Fast-paced and responsive controls
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing issues
- 🐛 Screen flickering after watching ads
- 🐛 Game incompatibility with iPad
- 🐛 Upside-down screen glitches
- 📺 Excessive and repetitive ads
Wild Bullets
From 76 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 👍 Great concept and design
- 👍 Vintage/arcade style appreciated
- 👍 Instantly fun and easy to grasp
- 👍 Good time killer
Room to improve
- 🐛 Stuck behind cover
- 🐛 Controls are horiffic/difficult
- 🐛 No up or down buttons
- 🐛 Game gets boring
- 🐛 Player progression doesn't save
Bugs and requests
Cooped Up
Reported bugs
13 issues- Game crashes on launch or during gameplay
- Screen flickering and glitching after ads
- Upside-down screen display
- Phone freezing or requiring restart
- Jump mechanics not responding
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- Achievement notifications not displaying
- Trophy/score button unresponsive
- Invincibility frames missing after bug collection
- Screen rotation causing control issues
- Frame rate drops during star animations
- Black screen on startup
- Incompatibility with iPad devices
- Pixelated app icon on iPhone 6
Requested features
12 requests- Unlockable characters and skins
- New maps and backgrounds
- Additional enemy types and difficulty levels
- In-game currency and upgrade system
- Customizable bird options
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- Story mode or narrative elements
- Different game modes (rush mode, challenge mode)
- Tutorial for new players
- Leaderboard functionality improvements
- Power-ups and special abilities
- Bird care mechanics (feeding, washing, growing)
- Mute settings that persist between sessions
Wild Bullets
Reported bugs
13 issues- Getting stuck at the bottom of the screen
- Ads completely glitch out and restart the game
- Player progression does not save
- Coins wouldn't carry over past death
- Moment where character stands in front of door and can't move
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- Combo freeze when loading into demon door
- Skull button ends game unexpectedly
- Sound bug: continuous boulder warning sound
- Ad for revive sends to home screen
- Power-ups sometimes don't work
- Character unable to move side to side at the bottom of the screen
- Sound glitches make users jump
- Repeating sound effect in an endless loop
Requested features
9 requests- Add up and down movement buttons
- More stages/worlds
- Difficulty settings (Easy, Normal, Hard, Extreme)
- Stage builders
- Save points/checkpoints
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- More characters
- More variation based on character
- Adjust on-screen controls
- Controller support
In-app purchases
Cooped Up
- Remove Ads$1.99
Wild Bullets
- Coins x2000$1.99
- Coindoubler$3.99
- Remove ads + New character$4.99
