Crystal Flight vs Higgsy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crystal Flight
Experience free flight within diverse crystal environments. Navigate your journey by simply tilting your iPhone or iPad to control direction.
- Free flight simulation
- Crystal environments
- Tilt-to-navigate controls
- iPhone and iPad support
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Fly freely in a variety of crystals. To navigate, simply tilt your iPhone or iPad in the direction you want to go.
Higgsy
Explore the discovery of the Higgs boson at CERN. This game teaches fundamental concepts and properties related to identifying the Higgs boson in high-energy collider experiments. Test your knowledge through engaging gameplay.
- Higgs boson discovery simulation
- CERN Large Hadron Collider context
- Event topology concepts
- Higgs boson identification
- Knowledge testing gameplay
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Rediscover the Higgs boson at CERN! Higgsy was created to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the discovery of the famous Higgs boson particle at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The main goal of the game is to search for the Higgs boson decays in a generic high-energy collider experiment. The game introduces the basic concept and the properties of event topologies relevant to the Higgs boson identification at the LHC and invites the player to test their acquired knowledge in a captivating gameplay.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Higgsy at every 10 days against Crystal Flight's every 5 months. Higgsy also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Crystal Flight against 5.0 for Higgsy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Crystal Flight ships an update every 5 months, Higgsy every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crystal Flight | Higgsy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeff Weeks | Kirill Skovpen |
Customer experience
Crystal Flight
Higgsy
In-app purchases
Crystal Flight
No in-app purchases
Higgsy
No in-app purchases
