Comparison

Fly or Dive vs Chinese Drop

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

Head to head
About

Fly or Dive

A new puzzle game where you guide a hot air balloon through challenging landscapes. Drag and drop elements to form rectangles and create a safe path to your destination.

Highlights
  • Original game mechanics
  • Funny graphics and sounds
  • Simple puzzle rules
  • Drag and drop elements
  • Form full rectangles
  • Direct balloon movement
Features
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Fly or Dive is new puzzle game designed by Tetris creator – Alexey Pajitnov. • Original game mechanics; • Funny graphics and sounds; • Simple puzzle rules. Build a route for your hot air balloon between dangerous clouds and trees: • Drag sets from bottom pool onto vacant space of the playing field; • Form full rectangles of elements to direct your balloon to top or bottom; • Fly the whole journey around the globe.

About

Chinese Drop

Features
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Blocks fall and you combine them to form Chinese characters known as hanzi or words! This is great for you if: 1) You are new to Mandarin Chinese and want a fun way to learn a lot of hanzi easily; or 2) You are advanced in Chinese and want a fun game to test and sharpen your skills; or 3) You love brain training apps and would like one where you train your brain and learn a language with very little effort at all and a lot of fun -- it's BrainTraining++! More: Thanks for checking out my app! I'm a solo-developer trying to make learning fun and easy! :-D Blocks with Chinese hanzi on them fall and you try to eliminate them by forming words and and activating hanzi-related powerups by combining them into more complex hanzi. It's a great way to learn hanzi for beginners, a fun alternative to flashcards for advanced learners as you can import your study decks, and a fun game overall! :D There are also fun minigames and focused learning tools to keep you learning hanzi and words as you play! This works great in conjunction with other apps and resources! Tired of playing games where you spend a lot of time and have nothing to show for it? You compare yourself before and after and you're just ... less bored. Well, if you'd rather spend your time more productively and have fun, try Chinese Drop where you can learn how to read Chinese without any effort at all! You'll find yourself in a relaxed state picking up a lot of hanzi and words almost passively! No stress, only fun! Chinese hanzi are the ideograms found in Chinese that are kind of like letters, but represent an idea, like gold, fish, sun, etc.! Now learn them in this falling block puzzle hanzi game where you'll find emoji to help you learn hanzi, POWERUPS that relate to the hanzi, and a fully functional glossary. You can even narrow down your learning list to hanzi for the HSK! You can even review hanzi from your text book lesson, like Integrated Chinese! You can also play in a learning mode with more time between hanzi! Learning hanzi has never been easier or more fun! Learn Chinese hanzi by dropping blocks to make hanzi and words! Make hanzi from their parts and words from other hanzi! Blow them up by making words or filling your limit meter and they all EXPLODE! Learn Chinese hanzi for fun or proficiency. Every time you make a word or hanzi, its meaning is spoken and you also hear the pronunciation of words. You also learn how to make hanzi from their parts. You can find links to stories, links to practice sentences, as well as animated stroke order diagrams and a list of your favorite hanzi. Open to all skill levels! It starts off easy and gives you hints when you're stuck. Keep playing and you'll find yourself recognizing more and more hanzi!

Screenshots

Fly or Dive4 screens
Chinese Drop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fly or Dive at none against Chinese Drop's 4. Fly or Dive also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). Chinese Drop's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 months). On price 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. Chinese Drop sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Fly or Dive asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fly or Dive ships an update every 4 months, Chinese Drop every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Fly or Dive versus Chinese Drop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFly or DiveChinese Drop
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB217 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperANDREY NOVIKOVInternational Technology Consulting LLC

In-app purchases

None

Fly or Dive

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Chinese Drop

One-time4
  • 100 Coins$4.99
  • 500 Coins$5.99
  • 1000 Coins$6.99
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  • 2000 Coins$9.99

Questions

Is Fly or Dive free?
Fly or Dive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chinese Drop free?
Chinese Drop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Fly or Dive or Chinese Drop have ads?
Chinese Drop shows ads; Fly or Dive does not.
Which is updated more often, Fly or Dive or Chinese Drop?
Fly or Dive ships an update every 4 months, and Chinese Drop every 4 days. Most recently, Fly or Dive was updated on October 18, 2026 and Chinese Drop on October 24, 2026.

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