Comparison

High Risers vs Mayday!

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

Head to head
About

High Risers

This game challenges players to ascend as high as possible by bouncing off walls. Strategize your ascent and utilize a golden parachute for a strategic advantage. Aim for the highest score by mastering the art of vertical movement.

Highlights
  • Bounce off walls
  • Ascend as high as possible
  • Utilize a golden parachute
  • Score-based gameplay
Features
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How to succeed at work without really trying: Bounce off the walls. Get as high as you can. Always bring a golden parachute.

About

Mayday!

Pilot your way through a relentless barrage of missiles in this action-packed survival game. Collect power-ups to enhance your abilities, provoke spectacular collisions, and upgrade your skills to outlast the increasing threat. Can you achieve the highest score and prove yourself the greatest pilot?

Highlights
  • Avoid incoming missiles
  • Provoke missile collisions
  • Collect power-ups
  • Upgrade skills
  • Increase speed
  • Use shields
  • Deflect missiles
Features
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Avoid the missiles. Surviving is your mission! Mayday! is a challenging and addictive game and your mission is to survive, avoiding to be hit by enemy' artillery. Do your best to show who is the greatest pilot. The missiles are getting closer and you do not know what to do? - Avoid missiles - Provoke awesome collisions between missiles - Experience incredible action scenes - Do an EPIC dodge Collect the power-ups and turn the game around! - Increase your speed - Protect yourself with the shield - Easily deflect by reducing missiles' speed - Explode them all! Get all the coins to purchase power-ups and upgrades inside the store! Upgrades and power-ups can help you to survive longer. Show your stealth skills, but be careful! The more you play, the more missiles shows up! -- .- -.-- -.. .- -.--

Screenshots

High Risers4 screens
Mayday!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: High Risers at 946 against Mayday!'s 5. High Risers also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Mayday!'s advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 90%). 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. High Risers sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and Mayday! sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mayday! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: High Risers has 946 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of High Risers's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mayday!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

High Risers ships an update every 2 months, Mayday! monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
High Risers versus Mayday!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHigh RisersMayday!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (946 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings946 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB77 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperKumobiusFelipe Goulart

Customer experience

High Risers

All ratings946 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral3.0%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews739 reviews
Positive90.4%
Neutral3.7%
Negative6.0%

Mayday!

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

High Risers

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Game crashes on older devices
  • Coins not registering properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • More unique level designs and obstacles
  • Ability to customize characters
  • Leaderboards and social features
  • Difficulty modes or challenges

Mayday!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

High Risers

One-time13
  • Deter$0.99
  • Rover$0.99
  • Bones$0.99
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  • Hanzō$0.99
  • Night Life$0.99
  • Down Under$0.99
  • Lunar Base$0.99
  • Small Coin Pack$0.99
  • Space Pack$0.99
  • City Pack$0.99
  • Creatures Pack$0.99
  • Mount Olympus$2.99
  • Large Coin Pack$5.99
5 purchases

Mayday!

One-time5
  • Fistful of gems$0.99
  • Pack of gems$1.99
  • Bag of gems$2.99
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  • Box of gems$3.99
  • Chest of gems$4.99

Questions

Is High Risers free?
High Risers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mayday! free?
Mayday! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, High Risers or Mayday!?
Mayday! is rated higher. High Risers averages 4.7 out of 5 from 946 ratings, while Mayday! averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do High Risers or Mayday! have ads?
Both High Risers and Mayday! show ads.
Which is updated more often, High Risers or Mayday!?
High Risers ships an update every 2 months, and Mayday! monthly. Most recently, High Risers was updated on September 23, 2026 and Mayday! on June 1, 2026.

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