Comparison

Flip Diving vs True Surf

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Flip Diving

Perform daring dives from various heights and locations, executing a wide array of flips and tricks. Master perfect entries into the water while avoiding obstacles, and unlock new characters and moves. Share your spectacular dives or hilarious fails with friends.

Highlights
  • Perform frontflips, backflips, and gainers
  • Dive from diverse locations like cliffs, trees, and trampolines
  • Unlock new tricks and moves
  • Wide range of playable characters with unique physics
  • Custom physics engine with animated ragdoll physics
  • Record and share dives
Features
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• The World's #1 cliff diving game - now on your mobile! • Pull off Frontflips, Backflips & Gainers from high cliffs, rickety platforms, trees, castles, and trampolines! Choose from a wide range of divers, and unlock new tricks and moves. Aim for a perfect entry into the water, and don’t hit the rocks! Featuring a custom physics engine with animated ragdoll physics, Flip Diving is the most dynamic and entertaining cliff diving experience ever created! Download Flip Diving by MotionVolt NOW, and get: ---------------------------------------- TONS OF BACKFLIPS, FRONTFLIPS, GAINERS + 17 DIVING TRICKS • Layouts, Pikes, Reverses - and more tricks coming soon! • Each trick dynamically animated with ragdoll physics! DEATH-DEFYING LOCATIONS • Dive from trees, boats, trampolines and more! • Over 50 jump platforms to leap from! A HUGE RANGE OF CHARACTERS • Take a dive as a bodybuilder, a businessman, or in a penguin costume! • Each diver has different abilities, weights, and unique physics! • More coming soon! SHOW OFF TO YOUR FRIENDS • Record your best dives - or your biggest fails - and share them with your friends! ---------------------------------------- Play also our other Original & Authentic FLIP games: Flip Master & Flip Runner ! This game does not require internet connection, and can be played offline.

About

True Surf

Experience the most authentic surfing simulation with realistic physics and live weather forecasts from Surfline. Master real-time controls, travel to world-famous breaks, and compete in WSL events. Evolve your surfer, build your gear, and chase the perfect wave.

Highlights
  • Realistic physics simulation
  • Live Surfline weather forecasts
  • World-famous surf breaks
  • Real-time touch controls
  • Character progression and customization
  • Board quiver management
  • Live WSL competitions
Features
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Conquer legendary past swells by crushing feat-based missions across a quiver of boards, from the world’s leading shapers, and unlock 34 of the planet's most iconic surf spots. Experience mind blowing realistic wave graphics, driven by True Axis' cutting-edge, real-world physics simulation engine, featuring real-time surf conditions powered by Surfline! True Surf is the Official Game of World Surf League (WSL). REAL TIME CONTROLS Realistic touch based physics enable complete control of your surfer in real time. Use one finger, your thumb or mind surf with two fingers like the Pros. NEW GAMEPLAY: FIRST PERSON BARREL MODE Automatically switch to first person mode when in the barrel. NEW MISSION MODE: Smash feat-based missions across the world’s most iconic breaks to unlock new surf spots! Every victory earns you essential rewards to fuel your career, including Clams, Travel Tickets, and Perfect Storms to boost live conditions. IMPROVED REPLAY GRAPHICS Edit and share POV drainers, pig dog shots in the barrel, and spine-twisting laybacks in the pocket! THE WORLD'S BEST WAVES A huge part of surfing is about chasing the perfect wave and True Surf comes jam-packed with the world's best. Travel the world chasing classic reef breaks with hollow barrels at Pipe in Hawaii, Cloudbreak, Fiji to rolling 'power-curve' breaks at Bells Beach, Australia. Or try to beat the sections at some of the world's fastest point breaks like Jeffreys Bay, South Africa. If BIG waves are your thing then head to Nazare, Portugal and Jaws (Pe-ahi), Hawaii. True Surf has it all including Surf Ranch, the epic man made wave located between farm fields in California’s Central Valley. REAL-TIME CONDITIONS POWERED BY SURFLINE True Surf is powered by real time surf forecasting data from Surfline (experts in marine weather forecasting). Data is updated throughout the day and includes Swell Height, Swell Direction, Wind, Tide and Water Temperature. PERFECT STORM Play god of thunder and boost LIVE swells. WILDLIFE Surf with dolphins, look out for the sharks! COMPETE IN WSL CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR EVENTS Are you ready for the CT? Test your skills in WSL Events and compete against other players from around the world to see if you have what it takes to become a CT champ! CHARACTER & QUIVER Experience apparel and boards from legendary brands including Billabong, Catch Surf, Firewire Surfboards, Pyzel Surfboards, Quiksilver, Roxy, Rusty, Shane, SharpEye Surfboards, Simon Anderson Surfboards, Slater Designs, Stretch Boards, and Vissla. Note: An internet connection is required to access some features. Frequent Flyer (monthly) is a monthly subscription service that enables you unlimited travel to all surf spots in True Surf. Frequent Flyer Monthly cost 2.99 USD/month (or local equivalent) and will be charged on your iTunes Account after purchase and when the subscription renews monthly. Perfect Storm (monthly) is a monthly subscription service that enables you unlimited activations of Perfect Storms at all surf spots in True Surf. Perfect Storms provide a boost to live surf conditions and each activation lasts for 5 minutes. Perfect Storm Monthly cost 2.99 USD/month (or local equivalent) and will be charged on your iTunes Account after purchase and when the subscription renews monthly. Subscriptions will renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to users iTunes account settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Terms of service can be found at https://trueaxis.com/tsfua.html

Screenshots

Flip Diving4 screens
True Surf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Flip Diving at 4.6 against True Surf's 3.9. Flip Diving also leads on ratings volume (135K vs 3.4K) and review sentiment (81% vs 61%). True Surf's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and chart position 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Flip Diving sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and True Surf sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flip Diving holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flip Diving has 135K ratings behind it against 3.4K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Flip Diving's written reviews are positive against 61% of True Surf's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flip Diving ships an update every 3 months, True Surf fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Flip Diving versus True Surf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlip DivingTrue Surf
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (135K ratings) — better3.9 (3.4K ratings)
Positive reviews80.7% of reviews — better60.7% of reviews
Number of ratings135K — better3.4K
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#45 — better#71
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size342 MB211 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMotionVolt Games OyTrue Axis

Customer experience

Flip Diving

All ratings135,341 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral4.2%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews2,181 reviews
Positive80.7%
Neutral6.8%
Negative12.6%

True Surf

All ratings3,441 ratings
Positive68.2%
Neutral10.6%
Negative21.2%
Written reviews1,131 reviews
Positive60.7%
Neutral17.0%
Negative22.3%

User reviews

Flip Diving

From 135K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💖 Love the game
  • 🎮 Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 🎨 Great graphics and visuals
  • 🏆 Satisfying to perfect the dives
  • 🕹️ Smooth controls and physics

Room to improve

  • 💸 Too many ads
  • 🎢 Repetitive gameplay after unlocking everything
  • 🤯 Frustrating when dives are incorrectly judged
  • 💰 Coin/unlock system feels grindy

True Surf

From 3.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🌊 Realistic wave physics and graphics
  • 🤙 Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 🔥 Best surfing game on mobile
  • 👍 Intuitive controls once learned
  • 🌍 Variety of real-world surf spots

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases for boards and upgrades
  • 🐢 Extremely slow progression and leveling up
  • 🤯 Inconsistent and unreliable scoring system
  • 🌊 Lack of consistently good waves at many locations
  • 🔋 Battery draining issues

Bugs and requests

Flip Diving

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Game crashes on startup for some users
  • Inconsistent dive recognition (bellyflops/backflops)

Requested features

4 requests
  • More diverse characters and locations
  • Free dive mode without scoring constraints
  • Ability to customize diver appearance
  • Improved daily spin/reward system

True Surf

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Waves not generating properly at Surf Ranch
  • Progression resets and lost progress
  • Inability to travel to desired surf spots

Requested features

5 requests
  • First-person camera mode
  • Customizable boards and characters
  • Competitive multiplayer mode
  • Career mode with challenges and sponsorships
  • Ability to create and share custom surf spots

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Flip Diving

One-time10
  • Ticket Starter$0.99
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Ticket stack$1.99
Show 7 more
  • Karate Diver$2.99
  • The Trampoline$2.99
  • Trampoline Hill$2.99
  • Hot Air Balloon$2.99
  • Zombie diver$3.99
  • Super Ticket Stack$4.99
  • Hyper Ticket Stack$9.99
7 purchases

True Surf

Subscriptions2
  • Perfect Storm (monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Frequent Flyer (monthly)$2.991 Month
One-time5
  • Handful of Clams$0.99
  • Bag of Clams$7.99
  • Chest of Clams$28.99
Show 2 more
  • Boatload of Clams$49.99
  • Sea of Clams$99.99

Questions

Is Flip Diving free?
Flip Diving is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is True Surf free?
True Surf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Flip Diving or True Surf?
Flip Diving is rated higher. Flip Diving averages 4.6 out of 5 from 135K ratings, while True Surf averages 3.9 from 3.4K ratings.
Do Flip Diving or True Surf have ads?
Flip Diving shows ads; True Surf does not.
Which is updated more often, Flip Diving or True Surf?
Flip Diving ships an update every 3 months, and True Surf fortnightly. Most recently, Flip Diving was updated on October 15, 2026 and True Surf on October 15, 2026.
Which is more popular, Flip Diving or True Surf?
Flip Diving currently peaks at #45 in the App Store charts, and True Surf at #71. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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