Chrome Dino Run vs Flappy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chrome Dino Run
Experience an endless desert adventure with a dinosaur, jumping over cacti to achieve high scores. This 8-bit game offers classic graphics and fun challenges.
- Jump and run gameplay
- Avoid cacti obstacles
- Infinite desert environment
- High score challenges
- Five different dino skins
- Night Mode
- Flying dinos
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Jump and run in the desert with the dinosaur which hates cacti! An 8-bit game comes for the people who love old-school styled graphics, with a dinosaur at an infinite desert. Your goal is to avoid cacti. Each time you jump onto a cactus, you get one point. Claim that you are the best at this game and show your skills to your friends by doing the highest score! - Five Different Dino Skins are active. - Night Mode and flying dinos are active.
Flappy
Experience classic arcade-style helicopter gameplay with new challenges. Navigate through obstacles in two distinct modes: a more difficult normal mode and a cave mode with added hazards. Relive the nostalgia of the original game with enhanced features.
- Tap and hold to ascend
- Release to descend
- Normal mode with increased difficulty
- Cave mode with obstacles
- Classic game mode
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FLAPPY RETURNS! Now with 2 new modes! NORMAL: Tap and hold to ascend. Let go to descend. Way harder than the original! CAVE: Tap and hold to ascend, let go to descend, while trying to avoid obstacles! CLASSIC: The classic is back and it's better than ever!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flappy at none against Chrome Dino Run's 1. Flappy also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (71% vs 53%). Chrome Dino Run's advantage is ratings volume (3K vs 46). On price, rating, 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. Chrome Dino Run sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Flappy asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Chrome Dino Run against 4.3 for Flappy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chrome Dino Run has 3K ratings behind it against 46, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 53% of Chrome Dino Run's written reviews are positive against 71% of Flappy's.
Chrome Dino Run ships an update every 3 months, Flappy every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chrome Dino Run | Flappy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (3K ratings) | 4.3 (46 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.4% of reviews | 70.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3K — better | 46 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ebubekir Yanik | KILLERBIT LLC |
Customer experience
Chrome Dino Run
Flappy
Bugs and requests
Chrome Dino Run
Reported bugs
3 issues- Dino dies even when not touching cacti
- Game freezes and crashes frequently
- Inconsistent and delayed jump registration
Requested features
4 requests- Add more Dino characters and abilities
- Improve jump height and distance
- Reduce difficulty of 4 cacti jumps
- Implement a mute/volume control option
Flappy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Chrome Dino Run
- Party Dino Character$1.99
Flappy
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Chrome Dino Run free?
Is Flappy free?
Which has better reviews, Chrome Dino Run or Flappy?
Do Chrome Dino Run or Flappy have ads?
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