Flappy Fish vs Jetpack Joyride Classic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flappy Fish
Guide a small fish through a challenging obstacle course by tapping your screen. Avoid hitting pipes to achieve a high score in this simple yet addictive game.
- Tap to navigate
- Avoid pipe obstacles
- Simple one-touch gameplay
- High score challenge
- Addictive arcade experience
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Navigate the little fish with tapping your finger on the screen and avoid the obstacles.
Jetpack Joyride Classic
Experience the classic endless running adventure with Barry Steakfries. Equip unique jetpacks, dodge obstacles, and complete missions. This version offers an ad-free and in-app purchase-free gameplay experience, allowing you to focus on achieving high scores and unlocking content.
- No ads or in-app purchases
- Unlockable jetpacks
- Iconic soundtrack
- Daring missions
- Customizable outfits
- Dodge lasers and missiles
- Collect coins
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The Jetpack Joyride you know and love, with no ads or in-app purchases! Join Barry Steakfries in the lab like the good ol’ days. Relive your memories of Bullet-powered jetpacks! Giant mechanical dragons! Birds that shoot money! Equip cool jetpacks, suit up in stylish costumes and ride crazy vehicles in your endless running quest to beat the scientists to the end of the lab. KEY FEATURES ● No ads, no-in app purchases ● Unlock the coolest jetpacks, with heaps to collect! ● Enjoy the iconic Jetpack Joyride soundtrack as you set high scores! ● Complete daring missions to boost your rank ● Customize your look with ridiculous outfits ● Dodge lasers, zappers, and guided missiles ● Collect coins and make millions of dollars WHAT'S HALFBRICK+ Halfbrick+ is a mobile games subscription service featuring: ● Exclusive access to the highest-rated games ● No ads or in app purchases ● Brought to you by the makers of Award-winning mobile games ● Regular updates and new games ● Curated by hand - for gamers by gamers! Kick off your Guest Access with 60 minutes of gameplay! If you like what you see, start your One Month free trial and play all our games without ads, in app purchases, and fully unlocked games! Your subscription will auto-renew after 30 days, or save money with an annual membership! If you have any questions, please contact our support team https://support.halfbrick.com **************************************** View our privacy policy at https://halfbrick.com/hbpprivacy View our terms of service at https://www.halfbrick.com/terms-of-service
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Verdict
Flappy Fish and Jetpack Joyride Classic both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Flappy Fish's written reviews are positive against 31% of Jetpack Joyride Classic's. Flappy Fish also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 9) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). Jetpack Joyride Classic's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (1.5K vs 2). On price, rating, ads 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. Jetpack Joyride Classic sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Flappy Fish asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Flappy Fish against 4.5 for Jetpack Joyride Classic. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Jetpack Joyride Classic has 1.5K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Flappy Fish's written reviews are positive against 31% of Jetpack Joyride Classic's.
Flappy Fish ships an update every 16 months, Jetpack Joyride Classic every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flappy Fish | Jetpack Joyride Classic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 4.5 (1.5K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 30.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 1.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 316 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Tobias Johansson | Halfbrick |
Customer experience
Flappy Fish
Jetpack Joyride Classic
Bugs and requests
Flappy Fish
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Jetpack Joyride Classic
Reported bugs
2 issues- Problematic save feature causing data loss
- Game breaking issues on certain devices
Requested features
2 requests- More vehicle costumes for S.A.M.
- Ability to transfer progress from original game
In-app purchases
Flappy Fish
No in-app purchases
Jetpack Joyride Classic
- Halfbrick+$2.991 Month
- Halfbrick+ (Trial)1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- Halfbrick+ (Early Adopter)6 Months trial$2.991 Month
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- Halfbrick+ (Yearly discount)$2.991 Month
- Halfbrick+3 variants$29.991 Year
- Halfbrick+1 Year trial$29.991 Year
- Halfbrick+$99.99
Questions
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