Balance The Wheel vs Hyper UP!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Balance The Wheel
A simple and addictive unicycle game that challenges players to balance and travel as far as possible. Tap and hold the screen to control acceleration and maintain stability.
- Tap and hold to accelerate
- Balance the unicycle
- Travel as far as possible
- Simple and fun gameplay
- Highly addictive
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Balance the wheel is a simple and fun unicycle game where you need to balance. Aim to move as far as you can by tapping and holding on left and right Gameplay: Tap and hold left/right to accelerate How far can you balance?
Hyper UP!
Pilot a spaceship through challenging levels, shooting blocks and collecting power-ups. Earn in-game currency to permanently upgrade your ship and unlock new abilities. Customize your vessel with unique skins and battle formidable bosses.
- Finger-controlled spaceship piloting
- Block shooting gameplay
- Collectible ship abilities
- Permanent ship upgrades with Stardrops
- Boss battles with unique rewards
- Customizable ship skins
- Quest system
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Hyper UP is a space invaders game where you fly through space controlling your ship with your finger and shooting blocks, destroy enough blocks and you get to pick between 3 abilities to add to your ship! Use your Stardrops you earn from beating levels to get abilities to keep on your ship permanently and fight one of many different bosses to get even more rewards! Collect different ship skins to customize your ship to your liking, complete quests for rewards, learn more about what there is to find by working on your boss bestiary and much more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Balance The Wheel at 100% against Hyper UP!'s 50%. Balance The Wheel also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and rating (4.3 vs 4.0). Hyper UP!'s advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 73 months). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Hyper UP! sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Balance The Wheel asks for nothing beyond the download.
Balance The Wheel holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Balance The Wheel has 19 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Balance The Wheel's written reviews are positive against 50% of Hyper UP!'s.
Balance The Wheel ships an update every 73 months, Hyper UP! every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and July 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Balance The Wheel | Hyper UP! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (19 ratings) — better | 4.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 73 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Essendon Studios | Markus Dupont |
Customer experience
Balance The Wheel
Hyper UP!
In-app purchases
Balance The Wheel
No in-app purchases
Hyper UP!
- 50 Stardrops$0.49
- 100 Stardrops$0.99
- 250 Stardrops$1.99
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- Remove Ad Interruptions$2.99
- 500 Stardrops$2.99
- 1000 Stardrops$4.99
