Hop Swap vs BotHeads
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hop Swap
Navigate a unique platformer where the ground and sky can be swapped. Solve puzzles by jumping between two worlds simultaneously. Features addictive gameplay, retro graphics, and gem collection.
- World swapping mechanic
- Platform puzzling
- Intuitive swipe controls
- Retro pixel graphics
- Gem collection
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Is the sky blue and the ground yellow? Or is the ground blue and the sky yellow? Hop and then swap - to jump through the ground which now becomes the sky! Journey through two worlds at the same time and swap between them to solve puzzles. • Addictive platform puzzling! • A unique world bending twist! • Swipe left, right, up, & down is all you need to move around • Cutting edge retro pixel graphics! • Can you find all the gems? -Important information- This game contains third party advertising and cross promotion for other nitrome games, both which can be removed via a one time In App Purchase.
BotHeads
Guide flying robots through a handcrafted world filled with obstacles and challenges. Experience an atmospheric arcade adventure with physics-based gameplay, a unique soundtrack, and high-score challenges.
- Handcrafted world with amazing physics
- Game Center Highscores
- Haptic feedback
- Original soundtrack
- Warp Zones
- Laser-eyed cats
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Guide your little flying robots through a beautiful handcrafted world filled with things to fly past, bounce off or dash through! BotHeads is an atmospheric arcade adventure game by the creators of Hanger & Hanger World. "It's like an amazing dream where Sonic The Hedgehog, transformed into a flying robot, is trapped in badlands filled with weird monsters and cats with laser eyes." BotHeads just wanna fly fast. Maybe do some loops and bounce off a spring. Spin around to a great song and rack up some points! Oh – and it features a brand new soundtrack by Boy vs Bacteria. FEATURES • Handcrafted world with amazing physics • Game Center Highscores • Haptic feedback on supported devices • Soundtrack by Boy vs Bacteria • Warp Zones that lets you skip levels • Cats with laser eyes • Support for iPhone X REVIEWS "Here’s a game that you should be playing right now!" • Snappzilla.com "Thanks to a slick control system, this is one game that definitely deserves a second look." 8/10 • PocketGamer.co.uk "If you enjoy playing platformer style games that don’t feature a random stage that regenerates itself each time you GAME OVER, this is probably the highest quality game currently available." • Edamame Game Reviews "BotHeads is one such title that instantly caught my eye, and while its numerous influences have been plucked from radically different parts of the gaming spectrum, the way that the developers have blended them together to make a cohesive whole is rather impressive indeed" • TouchArcade.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: BotHeads at none against Hop Swap's shown. BotHeads also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly) and review sentiment (79% vs 67%). Hop Swap's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (142 vs 36). 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
Both are free to download. Hop Swap sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and BotHeads sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Hop Swap holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 142 and 36 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Hop Swap's written reviews are positive against 79% of BotHeads's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Hop Swap ships an update monthly, BotHeads every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | Hop Swap | BotHeads |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (142 ratings) — better | 4.2 (36 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.9% of reviews | 79.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 142 — better | 36 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 217 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nitrome | A Small Game AB |
Customer experience
Hop Swap
BotHeads
Bugs and requests
Hop Swap
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
BotHeads
Reported bugs
5 issues- Game crashes immediately on launch
- Progress lost when closing and reopening app
- Freezing when entering bouncy/spring obstacles
- Hit detection issues with spike obstacles
- Consecutive hits from same obstacle causing unfair deaths
Requested features
16 requests- Character customization and skins
- Checkpoint system for levels
- Level select/stage selection menu
- Inverted controls option
- Shop to spend collected coins/jewels
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- Different character colors and outfits
- Additional levels and worlds
- Multiplayer or online racing modes
- Landscape mode support
- Pause and resume functionality
- Record/replay mode for YouTube
- Level editor
- More challenging difficulty modes
- Hats and accessories for characters
- Invincibility frames after getting hit
- Toggle for visual trail display
In-app purchases
Hop Swap
- Remove Ads$3.99
BotHeads
- Premium - no ads$0.99
