Comparison

Gravity Spikes vs Balloon FRVR

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

Head to head
About

Gravity Spikes

Flip gravity to guide a falling ball, avoiding colored spikes and utilizing black platforms. Survive as long as possible by timing your flips precisely through challenging obstacles.

Highlights
  • Gravity flipping mechanic
  • Obstacle avoidance
  • Timed flips
  • Platform navigation
  • Endless survival gameplay
Features
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Tap to flip the gravity to make the ball fall in the opposite direction. Time these flips to avoid the colored spikes. Black platforms are your friends, use them to navigate your way through the obstacles. Try to survive for as long as you can.

About

Balloon FRVR

Navigate a balloon through a challenging path filled with spikes and barbed wire. Enjoy adorable graphics, charming sound effects, and an upbeat soundtrack in this addictive one-tap game. Choose your difficulty and sharpen your skills for a smile-inducing experience.

Highlights
  • One-tap intuitive gameplay
  • Adjustable difficulty levels (casual, normal, challenging)
  • Charming sound effects
  • Upbeat happy-jazz soundtrack
  • Pleasing graphics
  • Suitable for all ages
Features
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Are you up for a relaxing and fun challenge that will bring a smile to your face? Try navigating the balloon circle along the barbed wire path and avoiding the spikes. The farther you get without popping the balloon, the higher your score. Sounds easy, doesn’t it? Be forewarned – it’s positively addictive! Accompanied by adorable graphics, charming sound effects and an upbeat, happy-jazz-style soundtrack, Balloon will keep you coming back for more. Even losing makes you smile when the adorable bug no longer has a balloon to carry and flies away. Balloon FRVR Features: - Choose casual, normal or challenging for each level - Original music that lifts your mood - Charming sound effects - Suitable for all ages - Sharpen your skills - Pleasing graphics - Intuitive one-tap play

Screenshots

Gravity Spikes4 screens
Balloon FRVR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Gravity Spikes at none against Balloon FRVR's shown. Gravity Spikes also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Balloon FRVR's advantage is ratings volume (36 vs 5). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Gravity Spikes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Balloon FRVR sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gravity Spikes holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Balloon FRVR has 36 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Gravity Spikes's written reviews are positive against 67% of Balloon FRVR's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Gravity Spikes versus Balloon FRVR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGravity SpikesBalloon FRVR
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings) — better4.5 (36 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings536 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLudvig ErikssonFRVR ApS

Customer experience

Gravity Spikes

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Balloon FRVR

All ratings36 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral5.6%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Gravity Spikes

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99
1 purchases

Balloon FRVR

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Gravity Spikes free?
Gravity Spikes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Balloon FRVR free?
Balloon FRVR is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Gravity Spikes or Balloon FRVR?
Gravity Spikes is rated higher. Gravity Spikes averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Balloon FRVR averages 4.5 from 36 ratings.
Do Gravity Spikes or Balloon FRVR have ads?
Balloon FRVR shows ads; Gravity Spikes does not.

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