Tap Forward vs Fidget Spin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tap Forward
Experience a simulated life journey from birth to old age. Make choices, upgrade your character, and encounter various life events. See how your decisions shape your future and try to reach the end of your life's path.
- Idle game mechanics
- Upgrades and power-ups
- Life events simulation
- Character progression
- Discover new faces
- Experience aging
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Have you even wondered what will happen to you in 30, 50 or 100 years from now? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to time travel? Now you can!! Tap tap tap your way into the future, TAP Forward! Game features: - Amazingly fun idle game mechanics - Upgrades & power ups to boost your progress - Get sick but try not to die! - Life events will tell you what's going on around your life - As you grow, you will discover new faces Grow and get old! Experience new things, and heck even get sick!! Try to reach your last breath AND don't let him die!! Enjoy.
Fidget Spin
Experience the viral fidget spinner sensation with this engaging game. Tap to keep the spinner in motion and avoid letting it fall. Master three distinct game modes with more on the way.
- Tap to spin
- Avoid falling
- Three game modes
- More modes coming soon
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Check out the new viral fidget spinner game sensation Fidget Spin! How To Play: - Tap to keep the Fidget Spinner going - Don't let it fall down - Play all 3 modes and master them all - More fidget modes coming soon
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Fidget Spin at 4.1 against Tap Forward's 3.6. Fidget Spin also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (172 vs 41). On price, review sentiment, 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. Tap Forward sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Fidget Spin sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Fidget Spin holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 41 and 172 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 39% of Tap Forward's written reviews are positive against 36% of Fidget Spin's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Tap Forward ships an update every 3 weeks, Fidget Spin weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tap Forward | Fidget Spin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (41 ratings) | 4.1 (172 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.1% of reviews — better | 35.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 41 | 172 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| 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 | 7.0 — better | 8.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 537 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FIVE BITS, INC. | tastypill |
Customer experience
Tap Forward
Fidget Spin
Bugs and requests
Tap Forward
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Fidget Spin
Reported bugs
3 issues- Spinner not responding to taps
- Frequent crashes and freezes
- Incompatibility with some devices
Requested features
3 requests- More levels and challenges
- Ability to customize spinners
- Leaderboards and multiplayer
In-app purchases
Tap Forward
- AutoClicker Small$0.99
- Small Time Travel$0.99
- Premium Spin$0.99
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- Tap Small$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Tap Medium$1.99
- AutoClicker Large$2.99
- Large Time Travel$2.99
- Idle Large$2.99
- Tap Large$2.99
- Inmortality$9.99
Fidget Spin
- Remove Ads$2.99
Questions
Is Tap Forward free?
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Which has better reviews, Tap Forward or Fidget Spin?
Do Tap Forward or Fidget Spin have ads?
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