Spike Flyer vs Dissolve
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spike Flyer
Navigate a bird through a challenging obstacle course filled with spikes. Collect hidden easter eggs while testing your reflexes and aiming for the longest flight possible. Experience this free game today.
- Dodge spikes
- Collect easter eggs
- Endless gameplay
- Simple controls
- High score tracking
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Watch out for the spikes or your bird will be in trouble. Collect all the easter eggs while dodging the spikes. How long can you stay in the air? Try Spike Flyer for free today - Limited time only.
Dissolve
Engage in an endless arcade shooter where every hit transforms the vibrant background. Collect permanent power-ups and melt through waves of enemies with intuitive swipe controls. Unlock new ships and face diverse enemy types in this colorful, fast-paced experience.
- Infinite enemy waves
- Permanent power-ups
- Transforming background visuals
- Single-finger swipe controls
- Haptic feedback
- Unlockable ships
- Upgradeable power-up drops
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In Dissolve, melt your way through infinite waves of enemies and bullets collecting never-expiring power-ups! Every shot that hits an enemy transforms the background, igniting dazzling bursts of color and warp-speed alterations all controlled with just a finger swipe. Get ready to melt through an endless torrent of vector foes! Features - Simple controls: Play with just moving your finger around the screen - Haptic feedback for key moments - 7 unlock-able ships - 14 Enemy Types and power-ups - Upgradeable power-up drop rates
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dissolve at 4.5 against Spike Flyer's 4.0. Dissolve also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 50%) and ratings volume (107 vs 4). Spike Flyer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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. Dissolve sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Spike Flyer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Dissolve holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dissolve has 107 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Spike Flyer's written reviews are positive against 84% of Dissolve's.
Spike Flyer ships an update every 2 weeks, Dissolve fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spike Flyer | Dissolve |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 4.5 (107 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 84.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 107 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.1 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 400 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Derrick Baxter | BabyStar Games |
Customer experience
Spike Flyer
Dissolve
In-app purchases
Spike Flyer
No in-app purchases
Dissolve
- 5000 Diamonds$0.99
- 30,000 Diamonds$4.99
