Comparison

Chicken Drop. vs Zaparoo

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

Head to head
About

Chicken Drop.

Features
Currently charting
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Down on the chicken farm, tap to drop the chicken onto the silos in this speedy endless running game.

About

Zaparoo

Organize and launch your game library using NFC cards and your phone. Browse, manage, and control your games with custom layouts and on-screen remotes. Create custom scripts and manage game tags for a personalized gaming experience.

Highlights
  • Launch games with NFC cards
  • Scan NFC, QR codes, and barcodes
  • On-screen remote and keyboard
  • Customizable game layouts
  • Browse and search game library
  • Create custom ZapScripts
  • Manage NFC tags
Features
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Save your games to NFC cards and launch them with a tap. Zaparoo App is the companion app for Zaparoo Core, the free software that launches games from NFC cards, QR codes, and barcodes on your MiSTer, PC, handheld, or media device. Use it to write cards, browse your library, launch games, and control what's playing. ZAP • Use your phone as a reader. Scan NFC tags, QR codes, and barcodes with your phone and launch them on your device (requires Pro) • See what's playing, with pause, stop, and playlist controls, and favorite, like, dislike, or save a game for later • Use the on-screen remote and keyboard to control your device • Rearrange the Zap page, hide what you don't use, add buttons that run any ZapScript, and add rows of games from a collection or deck. Each device keeps its own layout • On iPad, go full screen to leave the Zap page up as a display LIBRARY • Browse every system and folder on your device, or search across all of them • See artwork, descriptions, and release details. The system, year, developer, genre, and region each open a search for more like it • Favorites, Liked, Disliked, and Play later collections, plus Recently played and Top played • Build decks of games and cards, reorder them, play them as a playlist, or write them to a tag CREATE • Search your library and write a game to an NFC tag • Build custom ZapScript one step at a time, or edit it as text • Manage mappings for NFC toys and barcodes, and read, format, or erase tags with the NFC tools SETTINGS AND DEVICES • Find Zaparoo devices on your network, or add one by IP address, and switch between them in one sheet • Set playtime limits and a launch guard, and use profiles • Layouts made for both iPhone and iPad • Choose a light, dark, or system theme and adjust text size. VoiceOver and reduced motion are supported WHAT YOU NEED Zaparoo Core running on your device. Managing Core, browsing your library, and writing tags are always free. Using your phone as a reader (NFC, camera, barcodes, and shake to launch) is a one-time Pro purchase. Some features need a recent Core. Recently played and Top played need Core 2.12 or newer. Liked, Disliked, Play later, and decks need Core 2.18 or newer. Zaparoo is open source. Docs and support are at zaparoo.org.

Screenshots

Chicken Drop.3 screens
Zaparoo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Zaparoo at Free against Chicken Drop.'s $0.99. Zaparoo also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 38 months). Chicken Drop.'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#197 vs unranked). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Zaparoo is free to download; Chicken Drop. costs $0.99 up front. Zaparoo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Chicken Drop. asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chicken Drop. ships an update every 38 months, Zaparoo every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Chicken Drop. versus Zaparoo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChicken Drop.Zaparoo
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—85.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—10 — better
Update frequencyEvery 38 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#197 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.2 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnthony HindleWizzo Pty Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Chicken Drop.

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Zaparoo

One-time1
  • Zaparoo Launcher$6.99

Questions

Is Chicken Drop. free?
Chicken Drop. costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Zaparoo free?
Zaparoo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Chicken Drop. or Zaparoo have ads?
Neither Chicken Drop. nor Zaparoo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chicken Drop. or Zaparoo?
Chicken Drop. ships an update every 38 months, and Zaparoo every 2 months. Most recently, Chicken Drop. was updated on November 6, 2026 and Zaparoo on November 4, 2026.

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