Rise Up vs Element Flow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rise Up
Protect a balloon from various obstacles in this physics-based puzzle game. Navigate through over 60 unique levels with simple one-finger controls. Aim to achieve the highest score possible in this endless gameplay experience.
- Protect balloon from obstacles
- 60+ unique levels
- One finger control
- Endless gameplay
- Free to play
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You need protect the balloon from bad obstacle and avoid them before hit the balloon or you will lose the game. Up to 60+ unique levels available on this game. Much funny and much block bad obstacle will block you ahead. Game Features: - Free to play - One finger control - Endless gameplay Try to beat your high score! Download Now, Enjoy it!
Element Flow
Merge elements to create objects and living creatures, from oceans to dragons. Explore scientific principles to evolve the ancient earth and discover the origins of life. Enjoy simple, addictive gameplay with increasing challenges.
- Merge elements to create new objects
- Scientific knowledge-based gameplay
- Unlock unique elements
- Evolve the ancient earth
- Simple and addictive mechanics
- Create living creatures
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Chemistry lover? Here’s what brings you to the high school chemistry class, but this time, you are creating a real planet from scratch! Ever wonder what elements a dragon is made of? What about a car, or the steak you ate for dinner? Use your best knowledge to merge the elements and you can create anything in the universe! Each level is a brand new scenario for you to appreciate the origins of new lives, and you decide on how the ancient earth evolves from the very beginning! Game Features: 1. Simple but addicting mechanics Move around the elements you think would be a perfect combination for something new. Ocean, cloud, stream, there you go! 2. Scientific knowledge based No tricks. You are using exactly what you learned from the middle school to create objects and living creatures! 3. Keep on upgrading! So many unique elements for you to obtain. The more you unlock, the harder it gets! 4. Relax and enjoy Don’t worry if you ever failed the chemistry tests. You are gonna enjoy the most existing journey of turning small pieces into the real world! Visit https://lionstudios.cc/contact-us/ if have any feedback, need help on beating a level or have any awesome ideas you would like to see in the game! From the Studio that brought you Mr. Bullet, Happy Glass, Ink Inc and Love Balls! Follow us to get news and updates on our other Award Winning titles; https://lionstudios.cc/ Facebook.com/LionStudios.cc Instagram.com/LionStudioscc Twitter.com/LionStudiosCC Youtube.com/c/LionStudiosCC
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Rise Up at none against Element Flow's shown. Rise Up also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 27%) and rating (3.6 vs 3.4). Element Flow's advantage is ratings volume (1.9K vs 530). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Rise Up sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Element Flow sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Rise Up holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 530 and 1.9K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Rise Up's written reviews are positive against 27% of Element Flow's.
Rise Up ships an update every 9 days, Element Flow monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rise Up | Element Flow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (530 ratings) — better | 3.4 (1.9K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 26.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 530 | 1.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | 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 | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 377 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 12+ |
| Developer | Aaron Kwok | Lion Studios |
Customer experience
Rise Up
Element Flow
User reviews
Rise Up
From 530 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun and addictive
- 👍 Challenging gameplay
- 💡 Less ads when offline
- 🚀 Lightweight app
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitchy and crashes
- 🔋 Too many ads
- 👎 Extremely difficult levels
- 👎 Repetitive levels
Element Flow
From 1.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Challenging but fun
- 🤔 Interesting element combinations
Room to improve
- 💸 Excessive ads
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🔁 Repetitive levels
- 🤔 Illogical element combinations
Bugs and requests
Rise Up
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on older devices
- Ads causing app to close
- Inconsistent difficulty
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and obstacles
- Ability to customize balloon
- Difficulty settings
- Variety of music
Element Flow
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes and freezes
- Hint button not working
- Levels not loading properly
- Progress not saving
Requested features
4 requests- Free play mode without levels
- Reduced ads or paid ad-free version
- More levels and content
- Improved hint system
In-app purchases
Rise Up
- No Ads$2.99
Element Flow
- No Ads$2.99
