Vault! vs Ice Cream Trip
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vault!
Experience thrilling pole vaulting with intuitive tap-and-hold controls. Navigate challenging environments, collect coins to unlock characters, and compete for the highest score. Enjoy endless arcade fun with physics-based challenges.
- Intuitive single-touch pole vaulting
- Physics-based arcade action
- Unlockable unique characters
- Game Center support for competition
- Coin collection for upgrades
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Pole vaulting has never been so fun! Cascading cliffs, huge bouncy springs and those infuriating red balls! How far can you go? How long will you last? Can you get the highest score? Classic intuitive physics arcade action with easy to use, hard to master tap and hold controls, mean that things aren't as simple as they seem. Features: - Intuitive single touch pole vaulting gameplay. - Simple concept that anyone can grasp! - Collect coins to unlock unique characters - Full game centre support to compete with friends and foes Important information This game contains third party advertising which can be removed via a one time IAP. This game contains coins which can be collected within the game for free, bought with real money or via earned via promotions. This game contains cross promotion for other Nitrome games and this is not removed with the IAP for removal of ads.
Ice Cream Trip
Navigate a melting ice cream cone through a series of arcade challenges. Master one-touch controls to survive as long as possible and unlock new flavors. Enjoy a cheerful, summery experience anytime.
- Intuitive one-touch controls
- Fun squishy physics
- Unlockable ice cream flavors
- High score sharing
- Cheerful summer vibes
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Ice Cream Trip is a small arcade game where you control (well, you try to) an soft ice cream against all the dangers that could happen to ice creams. With its intuitive one touch control, you will try to stay as long as possible on top of the cone. Features: - Fun squishy physics - 10+ flavors to unlock - Share your high scores with your friends - Cheerful and summery vibes all year long
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ice Cream Trip at none against Vault!'s 4. Ice Cream Trip also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and device support 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. Vault! sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Ice Cream Trip asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Vault! against 4.7 for Ice Cream Trip. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 77 and 40 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Vault!'s written reviews are positive against 86% of Ice Cream Trip's.
Vault! ships an update every 5 months, Ice Cream Trip fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vault! | Ice Cream Trip |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (77 ratings) | 4.7 (40 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 77 — better | 40 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 121 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Nitrome | Triple Trip Studio |
Customer experience
Vault!
Ice Cream Trip
Bugs and requests
Vault!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Pole glitching out after continuing from an ad
- Respawning in unwinnable positions after continuing
- Invisible walls causing unexpected deaths
Requested features
4 requests- More playable characters with unique abilities
- Different game modes (e.g., time trial, challenges)
- Varied environments and level designs
- Customization options for the vaulting pole
Ice Cream Trip
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Vault!
- Buy Coins 1$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Buy Coins 2$2.99
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- Buy Coins 3$3.99
Ice Cream Trip
No in-app purchases
