Comparison

POINPY vs Loopwing

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

Head to head
About

POINPY

Bounce upwards, dodging enemies and collecting fruit to feed a hungry beast. Unlock new abilities and modes as you climb higher in this vertical action game. Explore randomly generated areas and master one-handed controls.

Highlights
  • Intuitive one-handed controls
  • Bounce and flip mechanics
  • Collect fruit for beast's juice
  • Dodge adorable baddies
  • Unlockable puzzle and endless modes
  • Randomly generated areas
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Bounce up, dodge adorable baddies and feed the blue beast that's hot on your heels. A vertical climber from the creator of the award-winning Downwell. Keep going higher and higher because new and more challenging areas await. Earn and unlock abilities that will help you jump into your next run with a better shot at reaching the end. FEATURES Juice 'em up: Use intuitive, one-handed controls to bounce, flip around and grab fruit for the beast's juice. Climb & collect: Evade creatures lurking in randomly generated areas. Collect special abilities like the octobub, which sucks in fruit, and the handy snail clock, which stops time while you ready your next jump. Plus many others! Open new modes: Find a not-so-well-hidden area to unlock the tricky puzzle mode. Complete Poinpy to unlock an endless mode.

About

Loopwing

Guide a flock of starlings through challenging aerial courses, growing the flock by passing through rings and defending against predators. Experience a unique, procedurally generated gameplay experience that adapts to your touch. Unlock uninterrupted play with a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • One-finger flock control
  • Procedurally generated gameplay
  • Growth and survival mechanics
  • Hawk evasion
  • Daily progression
  • Bird facts between flights
  • Game Center leaderboards
Features
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Loopwing is a living murmuration you steer with one finger. A cloud of starlings flocks by the same simple rules real birds follow, so the shapes that ripple out of your touch are never quite the same twice. Sweep the flock through rings of light and it grows. Coil it tight when a hawk dives, because every bird it takes is health you lose. Survive into deep night and dawn brings the next day, endlessly, for as long as the flock holds together. No ads. Between flights the game pauses for one short, true fact about birds instead. A single $1.99 unlock turns them off forever if you would rather fly uninterrupted. Game Center keeps two boards: Top Score and Longest Flight. Your progress rides iCloud, so a new phone picks up right where the flock left off. Built native with SpriteKit and Metal, running at up to 120 Hz on ProMotion displays. Play in portrait or landscape on any iPhone or iPad. On iPhone Duo the sky fills both displays, folded or open.

Screenshots

POINPY4 screens
Loopwing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: POINPY at free against Loopwing's free with in-app purchases. POINPY also leads on ratings volume (269 vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. POINPY sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Loopwing sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for POINPY against 5.0 for Loopwing. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: POINPY has 269 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

POINPY ships an update every 2 weeks, Loopwing every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
POINPY versus Loopwing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPOINPYLoopwing
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (269 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews95.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings269 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size218 MB12 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperDevolver Digital, Inc.GravityFish, LLC

Customer experience

POINPY

All ratings153 ratings
Positive98.7%
Neutral0.7%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive95.4%
Neutral2.3%
Negative2.3%

Loopwing

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

POINPY

One-time3
  • Standard Tip$1.99
  • Generous Tip$4.99
  • Super Generous Tip!$9.99
1 purchases

Loopwing

One-time1
  • Remove Bird Facts$1.99

Questions

Is POINPY free?
POINPY is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Loopwing free?
Loopwing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, POINPY or Loopwing?
Loopwing is rated higher. POINPY averages 5.0 out of 5 from 269 ratings, while Loopwing averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do POINPY or Loopwing have ads?
Neither POINPY nor Loopwing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, POINPY or Loopwing?
POINPY ships an update every 2 weeks, and Loopwing every 2 months. Most recently, POINPY was updated on October 25, 2026 and Loopwing on October 25, 2026.

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