Tiny Circles vs Barely safe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tiny Circles
Guide a penguin through challenging circular obstacles by controlling its flight. Navigate increasingly difficult levels and test your reflexes in this engaging arcade-style game.
- Penguin flight control
- Circular obstacle navigation
- Challenging levels
- Arcade-style gameplay
- Reflex testing
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This little penguin isn't going anywhere unless you fly him through the Tiny Circles!
Barely safe
This game challenges players to navigate perilous situations by selecting the right item to avert disaster. It's a test of quick thinking and creative problem-solving to find a narrow escape.
- Read and answer crisis questions
- Select items to avoid danger
- Place items to create escape routes
- View crisis avoidance scenarios
- Read user comments
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It's a game that gives you the courage to make a situation where you say, ""I can't do it anymore!"" into a narrow OK. =How to play= 1. Read the question 2. Choose an item that can avoid a crisis among the items below 3. Place the selected item on top 4. If that's the answer, you can see the crisis avoidance situation 5. You can read comments as well
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Barely safe at Free against Tiny Circles's $0.99. Barely safe also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.3) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 38 months). Tiny Circles's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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
Barely safe is free to download; Tiny Circles costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Barely safe holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Tiny Circles's written reviews are positive against 43% of Barely safe's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Tiny Circles ships an update every 38 months, Barely safe every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tiny Circles | Barely safe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 — better | 12.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 406 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Anthony Hindle | MIKU KURAKI |
Customer experience
Tiny Circles
Barely safe
In-app purchases
Tiny Circles
No in-app purchases
Barely safe
No in-app purchases
Questions
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