HALFPIPE. vs Skater Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HALFPIPE.
Experience retro 8-bit skateboarding with intuitive swipe controls for tricks and a bomb mechanic to gain altitude. Test your skills and see if you can become a skateboarding legend.
- 8-bit retro graphics
- Swipe controls for tricks
- Bomb mechanic for altitude
- Skateboarding simulation
- Pro-skater challenges
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Swipe to perform tricks! Bomb to go higher! Are you a pro-skater, or are you a legend?
Skater Mobile
Experience realistic skateboarding with intuitive controls and a first-person perspective. Perform endless trick combinations and combos in authentic street spots and skateparks. Master flips, spins, grinds, and slides in a game designed by a long-time skater.
- Physics-based gameplay
- Endless trick combinations
- Realistic skateboard animations
- POV First Person Skateboarding mode
- 16 unique skateboarding levels
- Handcrafted skate spots
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Do realistic skate tricks and put together skateboard lines in this easy to play, hard to master skateboarding game set in realistic & stylized environments, offering realistic trick animations and a POV mode for feeling like a real skater by skating using a first person perspective. SKATE YOUR WAY You are fully in control of your skateboard and what tricks you want to do. REALISTIC SKATE SPOTS Skate street spots and skateparks that have been designed to feel authentic. LOTS OF TRICKS Do a variety of tricks on your skateboard. Do flips, spins, grinds and slides. Combine tricks and do tricks in combos such as a kickflip nosegrind nollie heelflip out. FOR SKATERS, MADE BY A SKATER This game is made by a developer that has been skateboarding for 20 years. SKATE IN FIRST PERSON Look through the eyes of a skater with the POV perspective. Feel like a real pro skater by looking down at your skateboard while doing tricks. Features: - Physics based gameplay - Endless trick combinations and combos - Realistic skateboard animations - 16 different skateboarding levels in unique locations - Handcrafted skate spots - POV First Person Skateboarding mode
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HALFPIPE. at none against Skater Mobile's 1. HALFPIPE. also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). Skater Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (450 vs 145). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Skater Mobile sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. HALFPIPE. asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for HALFPIPE. against 4.8 for Skater Mobile. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 145 and 450 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of HALFPIPE.'s written reviews are positive against 88% of Skater Mobile's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HALFPIPE. | Skater Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (145 ratings) | 4.8 (450 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.7% of reviews | 88.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 145 | 450 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 168 MB | 194 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Leaked Productions LLC | Oliver Eriksson |
Customer experience
HALFPIPE.
Skater Mobile
Bugs and requests
HALFPIPE.
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Skater Mobile
Reported bugs
3 issues- Getting stuck in certain states (manual, air)
- Inconsistent flip trick animations
- Crash when trying to rate the game
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to flip out of grinds
- More maps/levels with increased variety
- Character customization options
- Alternative camera views (e.g., third-person)
- Trick progression system or challenges
In-app purchases
HALFPIPE.
No in-app purchases
Skater Mobile
- No Ads + Carlsbad$4.99
