Keep It Up vs Kurt Arcade
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Keep It Up
Bounce a balloon as many times as possible using a paddle. This classic arcade game challenges your patience and focus with simple, elegant graphics and classic sounds. Aim for the center of the balloon to achieve a high score.
- Endless balloon bouncing gameplay
- Simple tap or swipe controls
- High score tracking
- Elegant graphics
- Classic sound effects
- Focus and patience challenge
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Keep It Up is a timeless classic. You may know it as "Keep Up the Balloon." Whatever you call it, this app brings back the endless entertainment that this innocent game brings. How to play: The goal is to bounce up the white balloon as many times as possible with the black paddle at the bottom. Tap or swipe the screen to move the black paddle side to side. Try to hit the balloon in the center so it doesn't bounce away! Each bounce earns one point. Try to beat your high score! You may think this game is easy when you get to 5 points. Try getting to 100 though, and you will see that it requires a great deal of patience and focus. The elegantly simple graphics of this game make it all the more enjoyable. The delightful colors and the classic sounds make this a game to remember. Enjoy!
Kurt Arcade
Discover a collection of diverse, simpler games in one convenient app. Explore various genres including action, puzzles, and shooting games with a wide range of themes.
- Collection of simple games
- Action games
- Shooting games
- Flying games
- Puzzle games
- Horror games
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Lots of my smaller simpler games, accumulated all into one simple place for you!! There's some action, some shooting, some flying, some puzzles, some horror, monkeys, lasers, bombs... a little bit of everything.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Kurt Arcade at 5.0 against Keep It Up's 3.4. Keep It Up's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Kurt Arcade holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Keep It Up has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Keep It Up ships an update daily, Kurt Arcade every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Keep It Up | Kurt Arcade |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 9.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 260 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Ryan Knightly | Kurt Dekker |
Customer experience
Keep It Up
Kurt Arcade
In-app purchases
Keep It Up
No in-app purchases
Kurt Arcade
No in-app purchases
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