Pinchworm vs Mech Boa
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pinchworm
Embark on a quest to rescue your beloved from an evil bird. Jump, dig, and navigate challenging levels with unique characters. Compete with friends on leaderboards and collect badges in this addictive twitch-rhythm adventure.
- Unlockable characters with unique worlds
- Award badges to collect
- Custom scoreboard for competition
- Addictive twitch-rhythm gameplay
- Rescue your love
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The love of your life has been snatched up by an evil bird! Jump, dig, and inch your way back to get revenge and save your love! • Collect ’em all — 14 unlockable characters each with a unique world and backstory • The struggle is real — 30 easy to near-impossible award badges to collect • Swag it out — climb the custom scoreboard and dominate your friends (and enemies!) while showing off your favorite worms • Love ain’t easy — test your skills with this super addictive twitch-rhythm game to get the highest score and save your love! *** 5/5 Clods *** Dirt Entusiast *** Harrowing tale of love as an arthropod in an world ruled by angry, flappy, and flightless birds *** Wormhole Weekly *** Game of the decayed! *** Gentleworms Quarterly *** We dig it! *** The Compost Tribune
Mech Boa
Control a giant mechanical snake monster and unleash destruction on towns. Experience hyper-casual gameplay as you rampage through cities, demolishing everything in your path.
- Control a giant mechanical snake
- Destroy towns
- Hyper-casual gameplay
- Rampage through cities
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Mech Boa is a hyper-casual game, in which the player controls the giant mechanical snake monster and destroy every town that came across his path.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pinchworm at 93% against Mech Boa's 26%. Pinchworm also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.7) and ads (none vs shown). Mech Boa's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 10 days). On price, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Pinchworm sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Mech Boa asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pinchworm holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 190 and 149 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Pinchworm's written reviews are positive against 26% of Mech Boa's.
Pinchworm ships an update every 10 days, Mech Boa every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pinchworm | Mech Boa |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (190 ratings) — better | 3.7 (149 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.8% of reviews — better | 26.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 190 — better | 149 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 214 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | A Forgettable Tuesday | Yso Corp |
Customer experience
Pinchworm
Mech Boa
Bugs and requests
Pinchworm
Reported bugs
6 issues- Game crashes on startup or during gameplay
- Unresponsive jump and dig controls
- Incorrect move detection
- App crashes with specific iOS versions
- Persistent crashing issues preventing gameplay
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- Spam/casino redirects in app store
Requested features
10 requests- Jump and dig buttons as separate controls
- Preview of upcoming obstacles
- Mini-games within the app
- More worms to purchase
- Different birds to battle
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- Online scoreboard
- More character options
- Different themes for characters
- Lower winning score threshold (80 instead of 100)
- Additional obstacle types
Mech Boa
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pinchworm
- Earl with CoinsFree
- Glowy with CoinsFree
- Añejo with CoinsFree
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- Groovy with CoinsFree
- Goldsworth with CoinsFree
- Indy with CoinsFree
- North with CoinsFree
- Panduh with CoinsFree
- W.J. Pennypincher III with CoinsFree
- Onyx with CoinsFree
Mech Boa
No in-app purchases
