Pinchworm vs Prehistoric Worm Worlds
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
Prehistoric Worm Worlds
Control a prehistoric worm to destroy pixelated worlds, collect cards, and evolve your creature. Engage in addictive destruction gameplay with retro pixel art and build powerful decks to conquer diverse environments and military forces. Enjoy offline play and regular updates.
- Addictive destruction gameplay
- Pixel art style
- Card collecting and deck building
- Explore diverse worlds
- Fight military forces
- Offline play
- Regular updates
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Wreak havoc in pixelated worlds with your prehistoric worm! Unleash chaos, destroy everything in your path, and collect powerful cards to evolve your unstoppable worm. Prehistoric Worm Worlds is the ultimate destruction and card-collection game, designed for fans of pixel art, monsters, and mayhem. Easy to play, hard to stop. Grow your worm, eat enemies, and dominate pixel worlds filled with danger and rewards. Unlock new zones, build powerful decks, and upgrade your worm to face everything from tanks to helicopters! Game Features * Addictive Destruction Gameplay – Simple tap-and-play mechanics make chaos fun for everyone. * Pixel-Perfect Style – Retro pixel art and smooth animations for classic arcade vibes. * Card Collecting & Deck Building – Find rare cards and build decks to customize your worm’s abilities. * Explore Diverse Worlds – Travel through unique environments, each with new enemies and challenges. * Fight Military Forces – Battle tanks, jets, submarines, and armed enemies trying to stop your rampage. * Missions & Rewards – Complete daily quests and unlock cards, power-ups, and epic loot. * Offline Play – No internet? No problem. Enjoy the chaos anytime, anywhere. * Regular Updates – More worms, cards, and worlds coming soon! Whether you’re into card battlers, retro games, or just love to destroy, this game has it all. Download now and become the ultimate pixel predator!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Pinchworm at none against Prehistoric Worm Worlds's shown. Pinchworm also leads on ratings volume (190 vs 26) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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 and Prehistoric Worm Worlds sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Pinchworm against 4.7 for Prehistoric Worm Worlds. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pinchworm has 190 ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Pinchworm's written reviews are positive against 89% of Prehistoric Worm Worlds's.
Pinchworm ships an update every 10 days, Prehistoric Worm Worlds every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Pinchworm | Prehistoric Worm Worlds |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (190 ratings) | 4.7 (26 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.8% of reviews — better | 88.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 190 — better | 26 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| 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 | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | A Forgettable Tuesday | Dominik Rossmanith |
Customer experience
Pinchworm
Prehistoric Worm Worlds
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
Prehistoric Worm Worlds
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
Prehistoric Worm Worlds
- Small Packs$0.99
- Small special packs$0.99
- Medium Special Packs$1.99
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- Small Coins$1.99
- No Ads$1.99
- Combo Pack$2.99
- Starter pack$3.99
- Huge Special Packs$3.99
- Medium Coins$3.99
- Medium Packs$3.99
- Huge Packs$4.99
- King Coins$5.99
- King Packs$5.99
- King Special Packs$5.99
Questions
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