# FlapThulhu — user reviews > 76 indexed App Store user reviews of FlapThulhu by Madgarden Inc, rated 4.50/5 from 82 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/flapthulhu/id818882786/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/flapthulhu/id818882786.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 61 · 4★ 9 · 3★ 9 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 1 ## What do users think of FlapThulhu? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🎨 Colorful pixelated graphics - 🎶 Funky retro music - 🚫 No ads or IAPs mentioned - 📱 Fits iPhone 14 Pro screen - 🌌 Lovecraft theme is wonderful - 💡 Multiple game modes - 💯 Gameplay difficulty is just right - ✨ Great sound effects - 🏆 Good unlockable modes - 👍 Well-made and rewarding - 🎨 Unique art style - 💯 Best flappy bird clone - 🕹️ Good controls - ✨ Polished and cool - 🤩 Addictive gameplay - 👾 Eldritch abomination theme - 🎵 Subtle soundtrack **Cons** - 👾 Character too big for spikes - 🤏 Gates are too small - 🐌 Laggy animation - 📱 Game too zoomed in - 😵 Frustrating difficulty - 💸 Skulls piling up with nothing to buy - ⚠️ Mandatory ads **Commonly reported bugs** - Character too big to get through spikes - Skulls don't appear often enough - Game stopped working with iOS 11 - Saving skulls and bought items reset - Laggy animation causes loss - Frameskipping is a pain - Game crashes when crashing - Issue where game crashes on death **Most requested features** - More uses for skulls - Achievements or in-game awards - Sequel - Option to turn sound off - More modes or creatures to unlock - Perks to purchase - More characters to play as - Change Shogoth from floating to flappy - More exclusive content - More music options ## Newest reviews (10 of 76) ### 4/5 — Good game, but... *2019-02-28* The concept is great, but I can never get very far because of the size of Flapthulhu. It seems like there’s only one place where the sprite can actually fit through, and any time you go even slightly above or below that you die. ### 4/5 — Great, but stopped working *2018-01-01* The game was great. Really. WAS. Now with IOS 11, it stopped working. Please update it. I wanna continue playing ### 4/5 — Fun with one flaw *2014-05-28* The game is awesome and fun, but the gates are really small. I can't make it unless I time a glide in between taps or am lucky. Widen the gates a tad and it will be endless fun ### 5/5 — I can't stop screaming! *2014-05-18* Fun addictive game! My iPhone has started to bleed out of its headphone jack! At night I dream of flying endlessly on fungoid wings through strange non-Euclidean pathways! Fun for all ages! ### 5/5 — Amazing *2014-05-07* Fantastic. So much better than all other "flappy" games. Only suggestion would be to have an option to turn sound off so it won't be distracting when I listen to music whilst playing. ### 5/5 — I never review... *2014-04-28* But I have to go back to the App Store and give this a 5 star. So simple, so addictive, and so well themed. Just started getting into Cthulhu and I definitely love a great parody of the Mythos. Great unlockable mode Fight mode and can't wait to unlock the other GOO. Pls keep the updates coming :D ### 5/5 — Best flappy game!!! *2014-04-27* Omg this is so awesome!!! The best and only flappy game that I like!!! ### 5/5 — Not just a Flappy clone *2014-04-19, version 2.1* Great sound effects and sound track. Colours and attention to detail. ### 4/5 — Derek (lovecraftian fan) *2014-04-18* Fantastic! If you like flappy bird, but wish it was a bit more... Interesting, seems the classic Lovecraftian atmospherics are yet again the answer. Subtle soundtrack adds to this. However, i only give 4 stars because now that i have unlocked fight mode and the shoggoth, my skulls are just piling up. Perhaps in an update, maybe we could have another mode or 2? Preferably more creatures, the Cthulhu mythos is rife with them. Perhaps some elder things, night-gaunts, Nyarlathotep, all those good things. Maybe also some perks that you can purchase, to keep skull collecting an object of the game at all times. Thanks for the great game, keep up the good work! ### 5/5 — Shiny *2014-04-10* Can't believe this is less than 1MB! A great version of Flappy, with lots of juice that makes it super fun to play. Great job. I would actually pay to remove ads, too. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 2/5 — A little help? *2014-04-19* I have been playing this game for a while, and just last week all of my skulls and both the items I bought rebooted and I'm back down to nothing. Can anyone help fix this? ### 3/5 — So glad for the update but... *2018-03-18* The game is a bit too zoomed in on my iPhone 7 Plus ### 3/5 — Maddening *2017-07-04, version 2.1* A very frustrating game. Saving up skulls to unlock Shoggoth wasn't worth it. ### 3/5 — Mandatory ads? *2014-11-27* It's flappy bird with a Lovecraftian style. It's kinda fun, but the ads that you have no option of removing make it feel....not good. ### 3/5 — Laggy animation *2014-09-28* This game is very fun and I love everything about it, except for one giant bug. For a game that relies very heavily on timing, the animation is very laggy. It's so frustrating that I have much more sophisticated games than this one and they have much smoother animation. When I'm playing, the game will lag just a fraction of a second and will cause me to lose. If this bug could be fixed I would give this game 5 stars. ### 3/5 — Bug *2014-08-10* Great game but once I unlocked the shogoth the game rest all of my stats and I lost the battle mode high score and shogoth ### 3/5 — Annoying Frameskip *2014-04-28* Very cool, but the frameskipping is a real pain. Please fix it. ### 3/5 — Average... *2014-04-13, version 2.1* Average. ### 4/5 — Dark flappy fun *2023-08-24* This is a great flappy bird game. I love the theme, from the pixelated graphics to the funky retro music. As far as I can tell there are no ads or IAPs. And it fits my iPhone 14 pro screen well. The only thing is that your character is too big to get through the spikes which makes it frustrating. Fun yet can be pretty repetitive. ### 4/5 — Well then.... *2020-08-12* This is a game I never knew I needed. I was absolute rubbish at Flappy Bird but as a Lovecraft fan, this is just wonderful! My only gripe is the skulls don’t appear as often as I would like. Still a charming little game with so much potential because, I didn’t expect the extra modes. Brilliant! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I like this game *2019-03-24* I enjoy playing this game but I have so many skulls that I don’t know what to do with. I need something else to buy with my skulls. ### 5/5 — This game is an eldritch abomination *2019-02-14* Love the colorful art and multiple game modes. ### 5/5 — Great! *2018-08-30* I love this game so much. The gameplay is just the right amount of difficulty to keep me coming back. The music is great. The sound effects are great. I love the Lovecraft theme. I do wish it fit my iPhone 8 screen a bit better, but that’s not a deal breaker. Would love to see some achievements or in-game awards or something. Please make a sequel! ### 5/5 — THEY UPDATED OH MY GOD *2018-02-23, version 2.1.1* I HAVE NEVER BEEN HAPPIER THANK YOU FOR THIS NATIONAL TREASURE ### 5/5 — Awesome *2017-06-11, version 2.1* Great game ### 5/5 — Awesome *2016-01-08, version 2.1* Great idea, great game, love it! ### 5/5 — Amazing! You should buy this! *2015-11-05, version 2.1* I can't believe I found a good game on the App Store! Make it popular! ### 5/5 — Another awesome game *2014-08-31, version 2.1* Madgarden, you good ### 5/5 — *-* *2014-08-21, version 2.1* Loved ### 5/5 — Fun game *2014-06-02, version 2.1* This game is awesome! While not a direct rip off of flappy bird it sports eerie sounds and weird distractions. Fun to play and just weird! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-27.*