Tiny Alien vs Flippy Pancake
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tiny Alien
Embark on a fast-paced arcade adventure through space. Jump, shoot, and defeat an evil empire to reclaim sacred gems. Enjoy retro pixel graphics, power-ups, and challenging boss battles.
- Fast-paced arcade platforming
- Pixel graphics
- Power-ups
- Boss battles
- Unlockable characters
- Game Center leaderboards
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Jump and shoot your way through space! Can you defeat the evil empire and bring back the sacred gems? You are our only hope T I N Y A L I E N ! * Fast paced arcade platforming action! * Sweet pixel graphics! * Music by Boy vs Bacteria! * Power-ups! * Bosses! * Unlock different characters! * Haptic Feedback on supported devices! * Game Center Leaderboards & Achievements! Good Luck!
Flippy Pancake
Master the art of pancake flipping in this engaging game. Tap and hold to cook, then time your release perfectly to flip, rotate, and land pancakes in various pans. Aim for targets, unlock new items, characters, and locations as you progress.
- Tap and hold to cook
- Precise release timing for flips
- Multiple pans and rotations
- Unlockable items and characters
- Explore new locations
- High score challenges
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Do you even flip, duder? Tap and hold to cook the pancake. Carefully time your release as your pancake flips, switches, rotates and somersaults from one pan to the next. Can you hit the target and fatten up the customers? Rack up the high scores and play through endlessly zany situations, with plenty of new items to unlock, characters to see and locations to explore!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Tiny Alien at none against Flippy Pancake's shown. Tiny Alien also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (79% vs 62%). Flippy Pancake's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 50). 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. Tiny Alien sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Flippy Pancake sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Flippy Pancake holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flippy Pancake has 1.1K ratings behind it against 50, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of Tiny Alien's written reviews are positive against 62% of Flippy Pancake's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Tiny Alien ships an update fortnightly, Flippy Pancake every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tiny Alien | Flippy Pancake |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (50 ratings) | 4.6 (1.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.2% of reviews — better | 62.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 50 | 1.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 months |
| 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 | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 205 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | A Small Game AB | Full Fat Productions Ltd |
Customer experience
Tiny Alien
Flippy Pancake
User reviews
Tiny Alien
From 50 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great time killer
- 👾 Nice retro/8-bit feel
- ✨ Cute design and graphics
- 🚀 Simple and well-made gameplay
- 💰 Not pay-to-win
Room to improve
- 😩 Too many ads
- ⏳ Game is too short
- 🔄 Endless mode gets boring
- 🛒 Ads interrupt gameplay
- 💡 Items don't stack/stacking issues
Flippy Pancake
From 1.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and charming game
- 🚀 Simple and addictive gameplay
- 💡 Unique and funny characters
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional glitches and crashes
- 🔋 Repetitive gameplay can get boring
- 🤔 Aiming and controls could be improved
Bugs and requests
Tiny Alien
Reported bugs
7 issues- Glitch where aliens can't be stopped
- Cannot re-enable story mode
- Black screen after dying/restarting
- Bounce pads don't work sometimes
- Glitchy issues on iPad Air
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- First boss is too hard/impossible to dodge
- Green alien can't jump high enough for certain platforms
Requested features
9 requests- More levels/bosses
- Multiplayer mode
- Randomized boss encounters in endless mode
- Ability to re-enable story mode after beating
- More alien skins/characters to buy
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- Sensitivity change option
- More buttons/control options
- Bosses with scrollable screens
- Add power-ups for aliens
Flippy Pancake
Reported bugs
3 issues- High score not saving correctly
- Ads opening App Store unexpectedly
- Aim reticle disappearing during gameplay
Requested features
3 requests- Add difficulty levels
- Implement sound/vibration settings
- Provide more customization options
In-app purchases
Tiny Alien
- Remove Ads!$0.99
Flippy Pancake
- Remove Adverts$5.99
