Comparison

Up & Down! vs Ball Avalanche

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head

Break your record!

About

Up & Down!

Features

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How high can you fly? Hop from platform to platform or break through them! Achieve perfect combos on your way up, complete missions, unlock achievements, level-up to collect coins for building your city! Have fun!

About

Ball Avalanche

Features

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Your reflexes against an endless avalanche. That simple, that brutal. In Ball Avalanche, there are no second chances. It's just you and a relentless rain of obstacles designed to crush you. Tap to dash, change direction, and survive as long as humanly possible. - Fast, frictionless action: Drop in, play, die, repeat. - Global Leaderboards: Smash your friends' records and dominate the global leaderboards. - The Secret Achievement: Unlock medals at 40s, 50s, and 60s. Survive beyond what's humanly possible to reveal a hidden achievement almost no one has seen. Download now. 100% free, zero ads, and no microtransactions. Just pure skill.

Screenshots

Up & Down!4 screens

Ball Avalanche4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Ball Avalanche at none against Up & Down!'s shown. Ball Avalanche also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 months). Up & Down!'s advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Up & Down! sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Ball Avalanche sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Up & Down! ships an update every 5 months, Ball Avalanche every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level

Up & Down! versus Ball Avalanche: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	Up & Down!	Ball Avalanche
Price	Free	Free
Update frequency	Every 5 months	Every 3 days — better
Ads	Yes	No — better
In-app purchases	Yes	Yes
Devices	iPhone, iPad, iPod	iPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS	13.0 — better	15.0
Further details — not scored
Size	181 MB	29 MB
Age rating	4+	4+
Developer	Sandor Tasnadi	Adrian Aguilar Torres

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Up & Down!

One-time4

100 Coins$0.99
250 Coins$1.99
No Ads$2.99

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1000 Coins$8.99

1 purchases

Ball Avalanche

One-time1

Remove Ads$3.99

Questions

Is Up & Down! free?

Up & Down! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

Is Ball Avalanche free?

Ball Avalanche is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

Do Up & Down! or Ball Avalanche have ads?

Up & Down! shows ads; Ball Avalanche does not.

Which is updated more often, Up & Down! or Ball Avalanche?

Up & Down! ships an update every 5 months, and Ball Avalanche every 3 days. Most recently, Up & Down! was updated on November 6, 2026 and Ball Avalanche on November 7, 2026.