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Head-to-head

Find the Alien vs Find the Alien 2

Find the Alien 4.7★ · Free + IAP 65
Winner Find the Alien 2
Find the Alien 2 4.7★ · Free + IAP 70

Find the Alien 2 is a slightly better option due to its newer content and slightly higher user satisfaction, despite both apps suffering from excessive ads and similar technical issues.

Full reviews: Find the Alien · Find the Alien 2

Both 'Find the Alien' and 'Find the Alien 2' are free-to-play games with in-app purchases, offering similar alien-finding gameplay. While the sequel has a slightly higher lifetime rating, both are heavily criticized for an overwhelming number of ads, even after paying to remove them, and various technical glitches.

Head to head

Features and Content edge: Find the Alien 2R5R7R13R14
Find the Alien Users of Find the Alien enjoy the core gameplay of scanning and 'murdering' aliens, finding it fun and engaging R14. However, many users report the game is too short, with some finishing it in about an hour, and levels repeating R5R13. Some users also wish for more variety, like specific characters or sound R7.
Find the Alien 2 Find the Alien 2 is praised for being fun and addictive, with users playing for hours . It introduces new content like different ages and upgradeable scanners and guns . Users are already asking for a third and fourth installment, indicating satisfaction with the content .
Ease of Use and User Experience tieR3R4R6R10
Find the Alien Find the Alien is generally considered easy to play . However, the user experience is severely hampered by an overwhelming number of ads, appearing between every level and even when trying to get coins or weapons R3R4R6R10. Some users also report long loading times, lag, freezing, and crashes R21R28R30R31.
Find the Alien 2 Find the Alien 2 also faces significant criticism for an excessive number of ads, which appear after every level or even part of a level, killing immersion . Users also report various bugs, such as the game starting over, levels not continuing, crashes, soft locks, and issues with the levels button .
Reliability and Performance tieR19R21R28R30
Find the Alien Find the Alien suffers from frequent technical problems, including crashes, freezing, and long loading times R21R28R30. Users also report glitches like hitboxes not working and the game being restricted R19R31.
Find the Alien 2 Find the Alien 2 also has significant reliability issues, with users reporting crashes, soft locks, levels not continuing, and the game restarting . One user even claimed the game 'broke my phone' .
Price and Value tieR4R16R20R22
Find the Alien Find the Alien is free with in-app purchases, but many users complain that even after paying to remove ads, they still encounter them or are forced to watch them for in-game rewards R4R16R20R22. This significantly diminishes the value of the IAP.
Find the Alien 2 Find the Alien 2 is also free with in-app purchases, but users report being charged for ad removal without the ads actually disappearing R70. This makes the IAP for ad removal a poor value proposition.
Pick Find the Alien if

You prefer playing the original version of a game and don't mind a shorter experience with potentially repetitive levels R5R13.

Pick Find the Alien 2 if

You are looking for a game with more content, including new ages and upgradeable items, and are willing to tolerate frequent ads and some bugs for the expanded gameplay .

Evidence note: Both apps suffer from very similar issues, primarily an overwhelming number of ads and various technical glitches, making it difficult to find clear differentiators in user experience. The reviews for both apps are heavily skewed towards complaints about ads, even from paying users.

Frequently asked

Do Find the Alien and Find the Alien 2 have ads?
Yes, both Find the Alien and Find the Alien 2 have a significant number of ads, with users reporting ads between every level, after completing parts of levels, or when trying to access in-game items R3R6R10R13.
Does paying for ad removal work in these games?
No, many users report that even after paying for ad removal in both Find the Alien and Find the Alien 2, they still encounter ads or are charged without the ads being removed R4R36R55R70.
Are there technical issues with Find the Alien or Find the Alien 2?
Yes, both games have reported technical issues, including crashes, freezing, long loading times, glitches with hitboxes, levels not progressing, and the game restarting R21R28R30R31.

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

  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. [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
  6. [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.
  7. [R6] Find the Alien 3/5 · US Ads: There is way too many ads
  8. [R10] Find the Alien 1/5 · US Adds: Way too many adds 😤 😡
  9. [R19] Find the Alien 1/5 · US Worst game ever: I was just playing the normal game but then it told me it was restricted it used to be ages 4+ and then age is 9+ and now it’s ages is 13+ I don’t like that. Why did it do that? Why did anything anyone do that? and everything cost ads and stuff.
  10. [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
  11. [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
  12. [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
  13. [R16] Find the Alien 1/5 · US Why it sucks: It is super pay to win an has 80% of your time on ads an I think the the creators just update it to add more bad stuff
  14. [R20] Find the Alien 4/5 · US Great but not the best…: I like the game, but I think the VIP is the best But I think the VIP pass should be lowered down on the price about one or two dollars and if I were to change something on this thing or make it my opinion I would make the game have less ads probably and those who are reading this when you read this game if it allows you, you should be really wise and actually think about w
  15. [R22] Find the Alien 2/5 · US Whyyyy: It’s ok but there’s adds at the bottom and if I want to get rid of it I have to pay
  16. [R36] Find the Alien 3/5 · US This game is mid: Every Level is ok, but when reaching a weapon or scanner I have to watch an ad just to get it and even if I payed $2.99 to remove ads I will still need to have more access to unlock more guns and scanners without watching ads. Speaking of ads. Every level you complete I get an ad over and over please fix that.
  17. [R55] Find the Alien 1/5 · GB Adverts constantly: Bought and paid money for the game for my little boy so it wouldn’t have adverts however still does have adverts even after purchasing it to have ‘without ads’ and you can’t get out of the ads without completely shutting down the game or being forced to the App Store to buy the ad. Bit of a con in my opinion
  18. [R70] Find the Alien 2 1/5 · US Paid for no ads. Got charged and it didn’t work.: I paid $3.99 for no ads. It failed to purchase but still charged me. I reset the app and restored purchase. Nothing. I filed a claim with Apple.
  19. [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!!

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