Backflip Madness 2 vs Skater Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Backflip Madness 2
Experience an extreme sports game focused on parkour and performing spectacular tricks. This sequel offers enhanced graphics, realistic physics, and new features like explorable levels and character customization for an ultimate parkour sandbox.
- Realistic physics-based gameplay
- Parkour and freerunning acrobatics
- Fully explorable levels
- Character customization
- Multiplayer mode
- Combo chaining
- Gameplay recording
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Fast-paced, parkour-flavored extreme sports game. Your goal is simple - make tons of spectacular tricks and stunts. Take it to the extreme, again! The long-awaited sequel has finally arrived! Backflip Madness 2 brings more thrills with enhanced graphics, realistic physics, smooth animations, and new features like fully explorable levels, character customization, multiplayer mode, and combo tricks. Dive into the ultimate parkour experience now and join the backflip revolution. Features: - Realistic physics-based gameplay - Parkour / Freerunning acrobatics - Fully explorable levels - Ragdoll physics and simulation - Multiple backflips, gainers, and front flip - Combo chaining - SloMo and Lunar Gravity - Record gameplay with one tap - Character customization - Controller supported - Game Center leaderboards - Optimized and battery friendly performance Easy to learn, hard to master backflip game. Jump from the roof, flip from the cliff, train backflips and become real flip master! Play with friend on your device with additional gamepad or keyboard in Two Players mode. Backflip Madness 2 is a premium game with no ads or in-app purchases.
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 price: Skater Mobile at Free against Backflip Madness 2's $0.99. Skater Mobile also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and review sentiment (88% vs 79%). Backflip Madness 2's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On rating and ratings volume 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
Skater Mobile is free to download; Backflip Madness 2 costs $0.99 up front. Skater Mobile sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Backflip Madness 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Backflip Madness 2 against 4.8 for Skater Mobile. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 230 and 464 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Backflip Madness 2's written reviews are positive against 88% of Skater Mobile's.
Backflip Madness 2 ships an update every 3 weeks, Skater Mobile every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Backflip Madness 2 | Skater Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (230 ratings) | 4.8 (464 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.2% of reviews | 88.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 230 | 464 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #25 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 194 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Hubert Sliwka | Oliver Eriksson |
Customer experience
Backflip Madness 2
Skater Mobile
User reviews
Backflip Madness 2
From 230 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Nostalgic connection to the first game
- 🚀 Improved physics and mechanics
- 💡 New features like running and bigger maps
- ✨ Satisfying physics-based gameplay
- 🤩 Great upgrade from the first game
Room to improve
- 👎 Controls can be complicated/weird
- 🐛 Game feels unpolished/buggy
- 🤔 Physics feel strange/floaty to some
- 📉 Downgrade in jump and landing mechanics for some
- 🤷♂️ Objectives can be hard to find
Skater Mobile
From 464 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Satisfying gameplay and controls
- 🚀 Smooth and responsive physics
- 💎 Realistic and fun skateboarding experience
- 🎨 Visually appealing and clean design
Room to improve
- 🔍 Maps/levels are too short
- 📢 Excessive advertisements
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
- 🔁 Lack of ability to continue/loop levels
Bugs and requests
Backflip Madness 2
Reported bugs
4 issues- Retry button not working
- Game not restarting after retry
- First level seems impossible/glitched
- Backpack spawn point feature not working
Requested features
14 requests- Add twisting flips (180s, 360s)
- Add female character option
- Allow customization of character colors
- Reintroduce the old replay feature
- Add a marker/teleport feature like Skate 3
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- Add more levels/bigger maps
- Improve walking/running mechanics
- Add buttons instead of joystick for controls
- Add community maps
- Add more screaming sound effects
- Add roll animation on landing
- Import stages from the first game
- Add photo customization for characters
- Add double/triple jumps expansion
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
Backflip Madness 2
No in-app purchases
Skater Mobile
- No Ads + Carlsbad$4.99
Questions
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