Comparison

Make It Fly! vs Shut Up Fly

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

Head to head
About

Make It Fly!

Design and build your own airplanes using an intuitive interface. Complete exciting missions and challenges with your custom aircraft. Become a master constructor and pilot your creations to success.

Highlights
  • Intuitive building interface
  • Design custom airplanes
  • Complete exciting missions
  • Unlock new elements and bases
  • Become a pilot and constructor
Features
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Become a master constructor and create flying machines that stand the test of quality - only sky's the limit! Build your own airplanes and use them to complete exciting missions. Are you ingenious enough to make all of it work? FEATURES: - Intuitive building interface - use available elements in your own, creative way - Various tasks to complete - think about them when you build! - Unlock new types of elements & bases - never run out of ideas! - Become a pilot and a constructor - hold your fate in your hand! Make it Fly is the ultimate dream of a flight enthusiast. Not only complete exciting flying tasks, but do it in the planes of your own design and creation! Create the most effective flying contraptions you can think of or go crazy and see if the wildest machines you can imagine can still fly. Complete all of the challenges the game has in store for you or invite your own. Live your own dream about flying. Sky’s the limit! IGRS rating: 13+

About

Shut Up Fly

This tactical arcade game uses your device's sensors to create a realistic hunting ground for flies. React to movement and sound to squash them before they multiply, mastering increasingly challenging environments.

Highlights
  • Flies react to real-world movement and sound
  • Tactile tap-to-squish gameplay with haptic feedback
  • Infestation battles with hatching maggots
  • Unlockable Armoury with unique weapons
  • 51 challenging environments with rising difficulty
  • Three-star level mastery system
  • Local and worldwide leaderboards
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They’ve been crapping all over this island for years. Time to take it back. Hold steady. Let it land. SQUISH. Shut Up Fly turns a fly-infested island into a fast, ridiculous arcade battle. Flies react to your movement and approach. Strike at the right moment, chain your squishes, and earn increasingly outrageous ways to deal with the next invasion. CLEAR THE ISLAND Beat the 30-second campaign clock. Squish every fly and maggot, restore one island region at a time, and reclaim all 51 levels. Tackle Regular, Medium, and Neon, each with its own progress. Finish the island and earn your Fly Break. BUILD YOUR ARSENAL Bring a newspaper to a fly fight. Or a Salt Shotgun. Or La Chancla. Four-hit fly-and-maggot combos earn weapons for your Armoury. Discover 13 weapons and rewards, including the Electric Racquet, Bug Bomb, Frog, and the legendary Fly of Valour. Get to know your favourites in the practice Range. TAKE A FLYDUKO BREAK Give your swatting finger a rest and your brain a turn. Take on 300 fly-themed puzzles, win weapons from the prize machine, and bring your winnings back to the island. STOCK UP YOUR WAY Earn weapons through play, or visit the Supply Shack and choose an optional ad to stock up on a favourite. Bank up to 99 ad-earned deployments per eligible weapon, then take your haul back into battle. Ads require internet and availability varies. Ordinary gameplay does not require watching ads. No in-app purchases. FEEL EVERY SQUISH Enjoy comic splats, expressive celebrations, haptic feedback, an orchestral soundtrack, and layered insect sounds. Choose music or the quieter ASMR experience. Chase three-star results and compare eligible scores on separate Regular, Medium, and Neon Game Center boards. PLAY ON YOUR TERMS The single-player campaign and local records work offline after download. Optional Game Center rankings require internet and Apple sign-in. No developer account is required. Camera and motion inputs power fly reactions on your device. Camera images are not recorded or saved. The game does not use the microphone. Optional rewarded ads use Google AdMob. Privacy details and choices: https://shutupfly.timhudson.com/privacy/ Stay calm. Strike fast. Shut up fly.

Screenshots

Make It Fly!4 screens
Shut Up Fly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Shut Up Fly at 100% against Make It Fly!'s 33%. Shut Up Fly also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 7). Make It Fly!'s advantage is ratings volume (7.2K vs 4) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Make It Fly! sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Shut Up Fly asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shut Up Fly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Make It Fly! has 7.2K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Make It Fly!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Shut Up Fly's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Make It Fly! ships an update every 2 months, Shut Up Fly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Make It Fly! versus Shut Up Fly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMake It Fly!Shut Up Fly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (7.2K ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews32.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7.2K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size323 MB616 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperTapNice Sp. z o.o.tim hudson

Customer experience

Make It Fly!

All ratings7,173 ratings
Positive75.8%
Neutral5.2%
Negative18.9%
Written reviews311 reviews
Positive32.8%
Neutral8.4%
Negative58.8%

Shut Up Fly

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Make It Fly!

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game freezing and crashing
  • Plane parts not functioning properly
  • Inconsistent physics and slingshot behavior
  • Progress and coin issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and content
  • Ability to customize plane parts
  • Option to remove ads for a one-time fee
  • Difficulty settings and challenge modes

Shut Up Fly

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Make It Fly!

One-time7
  • Special Offer 1$0.99
  • Small Coins Pack$0.99
  • Medium Coins Pack$1.99
Show 4 more
  • Remove ads$2.99
  • Special Offer 2$4.99
  • Big Coins Pack$4.99
  • Special Offer 3$9.99
None

Shut Up Fly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Make It Fly! free?
Make It Fly! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shut Up Fly free?
Shut Up Fly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Make It Fly! or Shut Up Fly?
Shut Up Fly is rated higher. Make It Fly! averages 4.1 out of 5 from 7.2K ratings, while Shut Up Fly averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Make It Fly! or Shut Up Fly have ads?
Both Make It Fly! and Shut Up Fly show ads.
Which is updated more often, Make It Fly! or Shut Up Fly?
Make It Fly! ships an update every 2 months, and Shut Up Fly every 3 days. Most recently, Make It Fly! was updated on October 19, 2026 and Shut Up Fly on October 7, 2026.

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