Comparison

Skiplit vs Build Up!!

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

Head to head
About

Skiplit

A visually appealing puzzle game where players strategically shoot colored balls into matching goals. It offers increasing difficulty with unique mechanics and a level designer for user-created content. Perfect for offline play and challenging your problem-solving skills.

Highlights
  • Color-matching ball shooting
  • Increasingly challenging levels
  • Level designer
  • User-created levels
  • Offline play
  • Minimalistic design
Features
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Skiplit is a beautifully simple yet awesomely complex puzzle game all about colors meeting. You'll soon learn that simple doesn't mean easy. Ranked #1 game to play in Airplane mode by iGeeksBlog.com in 2019 Just swipe the ball to shoot it in the direction you want, bouncing it off of walls and around obstacles to get it into the correctly colored goal. Be careful, though — you can only bounce the ball a few times each level! Almost every level can be completed in more than one way. Levels are as minimalistic as possible allowing you to spend less time figuring out what you're looking at and more time solving the puzzle. Skiplit can be played anywhere! No internet connection is needed, making it perfect for plane rides, road trips, on your commute, or whenever you just want to have fun, pass time, and solve puzzles. As you progress, you'll quickly discover that levels get more and more challenging when you are faced with. • Different colored balls and goals • Different types of balls • Walls and goals that move just like balls • Dangerous walls and balls • Even more complications to discover! Build, play, and share your own unique levels using the level designer, and play endless levels from anyone else around the world in the Skiplit Community! Need an airplane mode game? Long for an easy yet impossible arcade game? Want a puzzle game with lots of levels and without distractions? Skiplit is a simple yet puzzling, relaxing but brain-twisting, straightforward yet complex, fun and free game. Skiplit — the beautifully simple yet impossibly complex puzzle game for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.

About

Build Up!!

Construct your tower as tall as possible by strategically placing building nodes. Collect more nodes as you ascend to reach crucial checkpoints and achieve new heights.

Highlights
  • Build structures high
  • Gather building nodes
  • Reach checkpoints
  • Ascend to new heights
Features
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Build your structure as high as you can! Gather additional building nodes along the way and reach the checkpoints!

Screenshots

Skiplit4 screens
Build Up!!3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Skiplit at 89% against Build Up!!'s 34%. Skiplit also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 14.0). Build Up!!'s advantage is ratings volume (16K vs 83). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Skiplit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Build Up!! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Skiplit holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Build Up!! has 16K ratings behind it against 83, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Skiplit's written reviews are positive against 34% of Build Up!!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Skiplit ships an update every 3 weeks, Build Up!! fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Skiplit versus Build Up!!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkiplitBuild Up!!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (83 ratings) — better4.5 (16K ratings)
Positive reviews88.6% of reviews — better34.3% of reviews
Number of ratings8316K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB266 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDomenico OttoliaVoodoo

Customer experience

Skiplit

All ratings83 ratings
Positive92.8%
Neutral4.8%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive88.6%
Neutral2.9%
Negative8.6%

Build Up!!

All ratings16,019 ratings
Positive87.6%
Neutral5.8%
Negative6.6%
Written reviews178 reviews
Positive34.3%
Neutral16.3%
Negative49.4%

Bugs and requests

Skiplit

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Build Up!!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Rivet counter malfunction
  • Levels regenerating incorrectly
  • Tower physics issues

Requested features

3 requests
  • More level variety
  • Ability to create custom maps
  • Removal of perfect triangle requirement

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Skiplit

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99
1 purchases

Build Up!!

One-time1
  • Remove Ads.$2.99

Questions

Is Skiplit free?
Skiplit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Build Up!! free?
Build Up!! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Skiplit or Build Up!!?
Skiplit is rated higher. Skiplit averages 4.8 out of 5 from 83 ratings, while Build Up!! averages 4.5 from 16K ratings.
Do Skiplit or Build Up!! have ads?
Both Skiplit and Build Up!! show ads.
Which is updated more often, Skiplit or Build Up!!?
Skiplit ships an update every 3 weeks, and Build Up!! fortnightly. Most recently, Skiplit was updated on October 17, 2026 and Build Up!! on October 18, 2026.

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