Comparison

Roll Turtle vs hocus.

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

Head to head
About

Roll Turtle

Embark on an exciting rolling journey in this action-driven puzzle platformer. Help Daddy Turtle save his baby across five fantastic worlds filled with unique levels and challenging gameplay.

Highlights
  • Casual gameplay combining platformer, puzzles, and challenges
  • 100+ unique levels across 5 different worlds
  • Intuitive touch controls
  • Cute characters with progressive difficulty
  • Unique soundtrack for each world
  • Unlock everything through gameplay
  • Achievements and leaderboards
Features
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Roll Turtle is an easy to play but challenging, action driven puzzle platformer That embarks you on an exciting rolling journey. Help Daddy Turtle to save his baby in 5 fantastic worlds! That's Rolling! ◆ AWARDS & RECOGNITION ► Winner of the IMGA(International Mobile Gaming Awards) China - Best Quickplay Game Award ► Nominated of the IMGA Global (International Mobile Gaming Awards) ► Nominated of the IMGA SEA(International Mobile Gaming Awards) ► Gamesalad 2016 Game of the Year ► Chunghwa Telecom software development awards - Best Game ► Golden Penguin Award - Find the Best Apps in Taiwan ► Golden Penguin Award - Best Entertainment App 2016 ► Golden Penguin Award - Best International Development App 2016 ► WINNER of the 4C Digital Design Award ► WINNER of the Bahamut Indie Game Award ► Featured in the App Store’s "10 Best Games in Taiwan" ► Featured in the GameSalad’s Game of the Month May 2016 ► Featured in the App Store’s Best New Game 116 countries ► Selected at Taipei Game Show Indie Game Award Top 10 Game ► Selected at Tokyo Game Show Indie game area ► Selected at Casual Connect Asia Indie Game Prize Features • Casual gameplay combining platformer, puzzles, and challenging with innovative level design. • 5 different worlds with 100+ truly unique levels and boss level. • Intuitive and Easy to understand controls, Touch then roll! • Super cute characters, but beware of the progressive difficulty that has a challenge for everyone! • Memorable, fun and unique soundtrack, with a different theme for each world! • No iap, No ads, with the progress of the game to unlock everything. • Universal app optimized for iPhones, iPods and iPads. • Achievements & Leaderboards. * Retina display support - view all the detailed artwork in high quality! * Universal app: play on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Roll Turtle is now available in all of the following languages(accessible from the settings menu): English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Chinese(Traditional), Chinese(Simplified), Thai,Indonesian Bahasa, Russian. Check out the game trailer - https://youtu.be/vcirq-BZS40 Check out the Preview Video - https://youtu.be/1L-FVWvXaBY Official website - http://rollturtle.strikingly.com Follow us: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RollTurtle Twitter - https://twitter.com/kirafuRyu Blog - http://tinyurl.com/jc7tyo7

About

hocus.

Engage with a collection of mind-bending puzzles featuring impossible shapes. Create and share your own levels, or get assistance from AI when you're stuck. Explore both handcrafted challenges and an endless mode.

Highlights
  • 120 mind-bending handcrafted levels
  • Create and share custom levels
  • Load levels from pictures
  • Endless mode
  • AI-assisted gameplay
Features
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hocus. is celebrating 10th year; Let artificial intelligence design new levels for you. You can even get help from her if you get stuck. Best Games on iPhone; Russia, South Africa, Turkey, Middle East New, polished, mind-bending, impossible shapes. Features: • 120 mind-bending hand-craft levels • Create/share your own levels • Load / take picture of levels cards • Endless mode • Shortest path algorithm

Screenshots

Roll Turtle4 screens
hocus.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: hocus. at every 5 weeks against Roll Turtle's every 3 months. hocus. also leads on ratings volume (234 vs 20) and chart position (#62 vs unranked). Roll Turtle's advantage is review sentiment (98% vs 87%) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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

Roll Turtle costs $0.99 and hocus. $1.99 up front. 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 — 4.3 for Roll Turtle against 4.3 for hocus.. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: hocus. has 234 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 98% of Roll Turtle's written reviews are positive against 87% of hocus.'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Roll Turtle ships an update every 3 months, hocus. every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Roll Turtle versus hocus.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoll Turtlehocus.
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating4.3 (20 ratings)4.3 (234 ratings)
Positive reviews97.6% of reviews — better87.1% of reviews
Number of ratings20234 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#62 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFU Chun-WeiGAMEBRAIN YAZILIM TEKNOLOJILERI ANONIM SIRKETI

Customer experience

Roll Turtle

All ratings20 ratings
Positive85.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews83 reviews
Positive97.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.4%

hocus.

All ratings234 ratings
Positive80.3%
Neutral7.7%
Negative12.0%
Written reviews402 reviews
Positive87.1%
Neutral5.7%
Negative7.2%

In-app purchases

None

Roll Turtle

No in-app purchases

None

hocus.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Roll Turtle free?
Roll Turtle costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is hocus. free?
hocus. costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Roll Turtle or hocus.?
Roll Turtle and hocus. are both rated 4.3 out of 5 on the App Store, from 20 and 234 ratings respectively.
Do Roll Turtle or hocus. have ads?
Neither Roll Turtle nor hocus. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Roll Turtle or hocus.?
Roll Turtle ships an update every 3 months, and hocus. every 5 weeks. Most recently, Roll Turtle was updated on October 9, 2026 and hocus. on October 11, 2026.

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