# Skyward: Jump Higher

> Skyward: Jump Higher (iPhone/iPad app by ISMET MERT KARABIBER.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/skyward-jump-higher/id6799938668 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [ISMET MERT KARABIBER](https://appshunter.io/developer/6799938670)
- Category: Games, Action, Casual
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 10 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-08
- Data updated: 2026-10-01

## What is Skyward?

Skyward is a vertical jumper with a roguelite heart: every run climbs higher, and every run builds differently.

Slide your thumb, jump, climb. The platforms never stop coming, the gaps never stop widening, and the only thing between you and a new record is your own nerve.

CHOOSE A PATH, THEN LIVE WITH IT
At 800 points the climb pauses and asks you to commit to one of four skill trees. The one you pick stays open for the rest of the run. The other three close.

- Ascent — height and jump. Power jumps, slower falls, crosswinds, spring boots.
- Flow — orbs and time. Freeze the platforms, slow the world, make every effect last longer.
- Fortune — gold. Magnets, coin charges, Martian veins, the Midas touch.
- Aegis — survival. Wards, iron hearts, extra checkpoints, insurance against a fall.

Twenty-eight skills across the four trees, four levels each. Every level up deals you a random hand from the tree you chose, so no two climbs stack the same way. Gold buys the first three levels of a skill in the shop; the fourth is only ever earned inside a run.

Fall and the run is over. But the gold stays with you, and it makes the next run start stronger. Lose, learn, come back harder.

NO ADS. NO INTERRUPTIONS.
Skyward never shows an ad, never pauses your run, and never asks you to wait. You play, that's it.

THE CLIMB FIGHTS BACK
- Fragile platforms crack on the first landing and break on the second
- Moving platforms slide faster the higher you go
- Spikes appear from 5,000 points, falling rocks from 10,000
- Three hearts, and a ward will take the hit before a heart does
- Checkpoints save you once, if you can reach them

TEN SKIES
The climb runs from dawn through day, sunset and night, then out past the star sea, the aurora, a ringed sky, a nebula, a giant and the horizon. Hard mode has its own ladder, and it climbs the other way.

SIXTEEN CHARACTERS
Every character starts with a built-in ability that opens one tree from your very first jump, so who you pick decides where your run begins. Twelve unlock as your high score grows. Four more live in the Premium Shop and start with two abilities instead of one.

FIVE POWER ORBS
Red for a huge boost upward, blue to freeze the moving platforms, black to slow everything down, yellow to double your gold, green to make every platform wider. Each one counts down on screen so you always know how long you have.

THE MARS PORTAL
Every 10,000 points a portal opens. Step through into a low-gravity room full of gold, including red coins worth double.

NORMAL AND HARD
Hard mode is genuinely hard: moving platforms are fast from the first jump, flat resting platforms almost disappear, and checkpoints become ten times rarer. It has its own leaderboard, so your hard-earned scores never get mixed in with the easy ones.

WEEKLY LEADERBOARD
Every week starts fresh. Climb into the table under your own username, on your own terms, with separate boards for Normal and Hard.

TWO WAYS TO PLAY
Swipe anywhere on the screen, or use classic on-screen arrows. Pick whichever feels right.

TWO LOOKS
Line art, a clean hand-drawn pencil style, or Classic, bold and colourful. Switch any time.

PLAY WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT
Tap "Play as guest" and start immediately. Your score stays on your device. Create an account whenever you want to join the leaderboard and carry your progress between devices.

SEVEN LANGUAGES
English, Turkish, Spanish, French, Catalan, Dutch and German.

Optional in-app purchases unlock the Premium Shop and let you tip the developer a coffee. Everything else - the whole game, both difficulty modes, all four skill trees, the leaderboard - is free.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Premium Shop | $4.99 | one-time |
| Buy a Coffee | $1.99 | one-time |


## Is Skyward safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Skyward.

## Is Skyward legit?

Skyward: Jump Higher has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Skyward is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.8.1 — 2026-09-25

Our other game, Not On My Shift, is now a tap away at the bottom of the menu and in Settings.

### 1.8 — 2026-09-11

GAME CENTER
- The weekly Normal and Hard boards are now kept in Game Center as well as inside the game.
- Guests are on the board too. Playing without a Skyward account used to mean no leaderboard at all; your run now reaches the Game Center board without you creating anything.
- A Game Center button on the Scoreboard opens whichever board you are looking at.

That is the whole release. Still no ads and no interruptions.

### 1.7 — 2026-09-09

Everything added since the first release.

DEEPER RUNS
- Aegis joined as a fourth skill tree, so a run now branches four ways: Ascent, Flow, Fortune, Aegis.
- Every skill gained a fourth level - one the shop will never sell, earned only inside a run.
- All 28 skill nodes show a live demo of what they do before you commit.
- New characters, each seeding a different tree from your very first jump.

NEW HAZARDS
- Spikes, falling rocks and two trap gates now break up the climb.
- Each one stops the game the first time you meet it and explains itself.

EASIER TO PICK UP
- A guided first climb for new players, plus short walkthroughs on the screens that need them.
- Every pickup introduces itself the first time you meet it, and in-run hints can be switched off in Settings.

REBUILT SCREENS
- Menu, panels and character select redesigned.
- The skill tree fits the screen now: tap a node and it opens its own card.
- The setup screen is difficulty only. Controls and art style moved into Settings.
- Game-over screen redone, with a tip on every death.
- Play again returns to the setup screen, so you can change mode.

LOOK AND FEEL
- Ten skies to climb through, and Hard mode has a ladder of its own.
- Normal and Hard preview their own weather before you start.
- Climbing feels smoother and frame cost is down by a third.
- Seven languages, picked at launch.

Still no ads and no interruptions. Thanks for playing.

### 1.0 — 2026-09-08

No release notes.

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