Pinchworm vs Samago
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
Samago
Master precise one-touch jumps in a daily-changing 2D platformer. Compete globally on leaderboards, customize your frog, and build a personal pond. Practice offline with endlessly generated levels.
- One-touch slingshot jump
- Daily shared levels
- Global leaderboard competition
- Player ghost replays
- Frog customization
- Frog pond building
- Offline practice mode
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Jump through tricky traps, wild enemies, and shifting sceneries in a daily-changing 2D precision platformer and compete worldwide in today’s daily challenge! Master a one-touch slingshot jump and chase the perfect run in a skill-based frog platformer built for daily competition. Drag to aim, release to jump, and launch forward with satisfying physics-based movement. Every run is a test of timing, precision, and nerve as you dodge traps, hazards, enemies, and your own mistakes. A NEW DAILY CHALLENGE Play a brand-new daily level shared by players around the world. Everyone gets the same map, so every jump counts. Climb the global leaderboard, protect your rank, and come back tomorrow for a fresh challenge and new rewards. WATCH OTHER PLAYERS See other players’ latest attempts as ghost frogs inside the level. Study their routes, learn better timing, and push your run even further. CUSTOMIZE YOUR FROG Unlock and equip frog skins, hats, outfits, and trails. Show off your style, collect cosmetics, and taunt rivals with expressive emotes. GROW YOUR FROG POND Take a break between runs and build a cozy frog pond of your own. Collect furniture and accessories, decorate your space, and create a relaxing little home for your frog. PRACTICE ANYTIME Want a break from the daily challenge? Jump into practice mode for a more relaxed experience. Generate a new practice level every time you retry, sharpen your skills, and play even when you’re offline. Travel through different biomes and avoid wild enemies like bees, spiders, locusts, kangaroos, and hippos as you chase today’s best run. FEATURES - Master a one-touch slingshot jump: drag to aim, release to jump - Play a new daily level shared by players worldwide - Compete on the global leaderboard and earn daily rewards - Watch ghost frogs to study real player runs - Dodge traps, hazards, and enemies in precision platforming challenges - Customize your frog with skins, hats, outfits, trails, and emotes - Build and decorate your own cozy frog pond - Practice offline with endlessly generated training levels - Explore different biomes filled with unique dangers
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Pinchworm at none against Samago's shown. Pinchworm also leads on review sentiment (93% vs 75%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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 Samago sells 10 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 4.6 for Samago. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 190 and 81 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Pinchworm's written reviews are positive against 75% of Samago's.
Pinchworm ships an update every 10 days, Samago every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pinchworm | Samago |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (190 ratings) | 4.6 (81 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.8% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 190 — better | 81 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 5 days — better |
| 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 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 391 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | A Forgettable Tuesday | This Reality |
Customer experience
Pinchworm
Samago
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
Samago
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
Samago
- Starter Item Bundle$1.99
- 500 Rubies$1.99
- Welcome Bundle$2.99
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- Original Animated Hat Bundle$3.99
- Ruby Bundle (One time offer)$3.99
- 1100 Rubies$3.99
- Grand Revive Orb$3.99
- Premium Battle Pass$7.99
- Premium Battle Pass Bundle$9.99
- 2500 Rubies$9.99









