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Head-to-head

Find the Alien vs Water Planet

Find the Alien 4.7★ · Free + IAP 60
Winner Tie
Water Planet 4.5★ · Free + IAP · ⚠ stale 65

Find the Alien offers more unique gameplay, but its pervasive ad problem, even for paying users, makes Water Planet a more tolerable free-to-play experience despite its lack of originality.

Full reviews: Find the Alien · Water Planet

Find the Alien struggles with an overwhelming number of ads, even after in-app purchases, and reports of repetitive or short gameplay. Water Planet, while frequently criticized for being a 'Jetpack Joyride' clone, offers smoother performance and a less intrusive ad experience, making it a decent time-passer for those who don't mind the unoriginality.

Head to head

Features and Gameplay edge: Find the AlienR5R7R13R14
Find the Alien Find the Alien offers a unique premise of scanning and 'murdering' aliens, which some users find fun and even a way to relieve anger R14. However, many users report that the game is too short, finishing it in about an hour R5, and that levels repeat R13. Some also desire more content, like specific characters or new alien types R7.
Water Planet Water Planet's gameplay is largely described as a 'rip-off' or 'copy' of Jetpack Joyride, with users explicitly stating it's an underwater version R64R70R75R82. Despite this, some find it fun, challenging, and appreciate the story, different water enemies, creatures, and submarine upgrades .
Ease of Use and Performance edge: Water PlanetR21R28R30R31
Find the Alien Users frequently complain about long loading times and lag, with the game freezing or going into 'pictures' R28R30. Some also report app crashes that delete the game from their phone R21. There are also mentions of glitches, such as hitboxes remaining after people are gone, preventing alien hits R31.
Water Planet Water Planet generally runs smoothly, with users describing it as 'very smooth' and 'well crafted' . However, some users report glitches that kill them before they can do anything , and one user found the 'high fall rate' challenging and leading to deaths .
Price/Value (Free vs. Paid) edge: Water PlanetR3R4R6R10
Find the Alien Find the Alien is heavily criticized for its excessive ads, which appear 'between every level' R3R6R10R13. Crucially, multiple users who paid to remove ads still experienced them, even being redirected to ads or needing to watch ads to unlock guns and scanners R4. The VIP pass is also considered too expensive by some .
Water Planet Water Planet is a free game , and while it does prompt users to rate it frequently , there are no explicit complaints about excessive ads or ads persisting after payment. The in-app purchases are for upgrades and coins .
Pick Find the Alien if

You are looking for a game with a unique premise of finding and defeating aliens, and you can tolerate a high volume of ads or are willing to risk ads persisting even after paying for removal R14R4.

Pick Water Planet if

You enjoy endless runner style games similar to Jetpack Joyride and are looking for a free, smooth-running game to pass the time, even if it lacks originality .

Evidence note: Reviews for Find the Alien are far more numerous and detailed, especially regarding ads and technical issues. Water Planet's reviews are fewer and often very brief, with a significant focus on its similarity to Jetpack Joyride.

Frequently asked

Does Find the Alien have a lot of ads?
Yes, Find the Alien has a significant problem with ads, with users reporting 'too many ads' R6R10R13 appearing 'between every level' R3 and even after purchasing to remove them R4.
Is Water Planet an original game?
No, many users explicitly state that Water Planet is a copy or rip-off of the game 'Jetpack Joyride,' describing it as an 'underwater version' R64R70R75R82.
Are there performance issues with Find the Alien?
Yes, users report performance issues with Find the Alien, including long loading times R30, lag and freezing R30, app crashes that delete the game R21, and glitches like incorrect hitboxes R31.

What reviewers actually said

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  1. [R5] Find the Alien 4/5 · US Good but I’ve finished the whole game in an hour!: It is a really fun game but once I was on a plane playing this and I finished it in about an hour so it is good but way too short.
  2. [R7] Find the Alien 1/5 · US Bad: I want the rainbow friends in the game (to shout at) but this ripoff doesn’t have what it promised so it’s bad👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎
  3. [R13] Find the Alien 1/5 · US Bad: THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY ADDS. Its crazy! And the levels just repeat. I recommend dont get it.
  4. [R14] Find the Alien 5/5 · US Love love love: I love this cause you get to scan the alien then you get to murder alien which can kind of solve my anger issues
  5. [R21] Find the Alien 3/5 · US nice game but..: Whenever I try to open the app it completely crashes and it deletes the game from my phone so idk what to do
  6. [R28] Find the Alien 1/5 · US To many ads and the app doesn’t even load the way it is spost to: That is why I gave it 1 star
  7. [R30] Find the Alien 3/5 · US I mean it’s a good game but…: Too many ads, and the loading may take a loooooong time, I had to wait for 40 minutes and it still didn’t load. Wouldn’t really recommend to ppl, I hate to be a hater but this game is also really laggy, it keeps freezing, going in pictures, if you know what I mean…anyways, I’m not saying “this is so horrible don’t download it!” I’m saying it’s pretty cool of a game an
  8. [R31] Find the Alien 1/5 · US There’s a glitch: The glitches on the level with the bus hit boxes of people still there can’t hit alien fix it!!
  9. [R3] Find the Alien 3/5 · US So much ads: Their are Adds between every level it gets old very quickly It makes it not fun
  10. [R4] Find the Alien 1/5 · US Why the ads when I paid: I just paid a few dollars yet you constantly are redirected to ads.
  11. [R6] Find the Alien 3/5 · US Ads: There is way too many ads
  12. [R10] Find the Alien 1/5 · US Adds: Way too many adds 😤 😡
  13. [R64] Water Planet 1/5 · US Theifs: Don’t steal other people’s game! This is just an underwater version of jet pack joy ride ... losers can’t make an original
  14. [R70] Water Planet 2/5 · US Copyer😩😡: It is EXACTLY LIKE Jetpack joyride, which was made first. It is not cool to copy other people’s games. But ignoring that part, it is very well animated and stuff so I give it two sars⭐️⭐️
  15. [R75] Water Planet 3/5 · US Dude: They literally just copied jet pack joyride
  16. [R82] Water Planet 1/5 · US Ripoff: This game is almost an exact copy of jet pack joyride. I am disappointed

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store