High Risers vs Mayday!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Bounce off walls
- Ascend as high as possible
- Utilize a golden parachute
- Score-based gameplay
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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.
Mayday!
Pilot your aircraft to survive an onslaught of enemy artillery. Dodge incoming missiles, strategically cause collisions, and collect power-ups to enhance your speed, defense, and offensive capabilities. Upgrade your abilities in the store to extend your survival time.
- Dodge incoming missiles
- Cause missile collisions
- Collect power-ups
- Increase speed
- Gain shields
- Purchase upgrades
- Explode missiles
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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! -- .- -.-- -.. .- -.--
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. High Risers sells 10 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.
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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | High Risers | Mayday! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (946 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 946 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Kumobius | Mustache Game Studio LTDA |
Customer experience
High Risers
Mayday!
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
High Risers
- Deter$0.99
- Bones$0.99
- Hanzō$0.99
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- Night Life$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
Mayday!
- 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?
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