Comparison

Basement Bump vs Retro Paper Ace

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

Head to head
About

Basement Bump

Keep a balloon airborne by tapping to jump and push it upwards. Avoid obstacles like paper planes and falling books to prevent the balloon from popping or touching the ground. Customize your player with various outfits.

Highlights
  • Keep balloon afloat
  • Avoid paper planes
  • Avoid falling books
  • Player customization
  • Jump to boost balloon
Features
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Keep the balloon afloat in Basement Bump, a simple game built around the idea that the balloon can't touch the ground! Avoid paper planes, and falling books while trying to prevent the balloon from popping! - Jump before hitting the balloon to give it an extra push - Be careful where you jump, paper planes are always in the air - Bump into a hazard and be slowed - Several outfits for the player to choose from Install Basement Bump and see how long you can keep the balloon up!

About

Retro Paper Ace

Engage in an arcade dogfighting experience set in a hand-doodled paper world. Pilot a cutout jet through procedurally generated missions, battling origami invaders with simple one-finger controls and strategic power-ups. Build your squadron with unique aircraft and wingmen, facing challenging bosses and dynamic environmental hazards.

Highlights
  • Hand-doodled paper art style
  • Procedurally generated missions
  • One-finger controls
  • Score multipliers and perks
  • Squadron customization
  • Boss battles
  • Dynamic environmental challenges
Features
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The morning the sky folded open, every radio on Earth played the same sound. Like a pencil snapping. Forever. The aliens came for our ink. You came for them. Retro Paper Ace is an arcade dogfighter drawn entirely in hand-doodled paper: your jet is a cutout, the mountains are pencil scribbles, and the invaders are angry origami with attitude. Fly for Margin Squadron across 2,500 procedurally drawn sorties, from farm towns to glacier fields, and shoot down everything that buzzes. FLY LIKE IT'S RECESS One finger steers. Guns fire on their own. Your job is the fun part: pick the target, hold the line, dodge the fat slow bullets, and shake tails with barrel rolls and a proper airbrake. The world wraps around, the ceiling has real physics, and the ground does not forgive. DOPAMINE BY DESIGN No-hit streaks multiply your score. Knife-range kills pay double. Clear a wave untouched and the perk deck gets deeper. Fill the fever bar for ACE MODE, push it into OVERDRIVE, and clutch it back from one hull in LAST STAND. Every wave ends with a pick-one-of-three perk. Every sortie ends with a boss. A WAR THAT REMEMBERS CROSSHATCH, your rival ace, runs when he is losing and comes back stronger. Whoever shot you down last returns wearing a wanted poster. Five named aces hide in the sectors every week. Storms throw lightning, night ops shrink your radar, and when a theater boils over, your own base is on the line. BUILD YOUR SQUADRON Twelve doodled airframes with unique special weapons. Nine wingmen with their own perks and their own parachutes to catch. A research lab, alien salvage, and ten flyable alien vessels rebuilt from captured parts. Paint your stripe, pick your callsign, and let the radio call you by name. FAIR MEANS FAIR Everything that matters is earned by flying. Purchases save time, never buy wins. One more sortie. You know you want to. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Basement Bump4 screens
Retro Paper Ace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Retro Paper Ace at 100% against Basement Bump's 0%. Retro Paper Ace also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0). Basement Bump's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Retro Paper Ace sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Basement Bump asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Retro Paper Ace holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Basement Bump's written reviews are positive against 100% of Retro Paper Ace's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Basement Bump versus Retro Paper Ace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBasement BumpRetro Paper Ace
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size140 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdknownBrian Solomon

Customer experience

Basement Bump

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Retro Paper Ace

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Basement Bump

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Retro Paper Ace

Subscriptions1
  • Ace Club Monthly$0.991 Month
One-time5
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • Pouch of Gems (200)$2.99
  • Starter Pack$4.99
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  • Jar of Gems (550)$6.99
  • Bucket of Gems (1300)$12.99

Questions

Is Basement Bump free?
Basement Bump is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Retro Paper Ace free?
Retro Paper Ace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Basement Bump or Retro Paper Ace?
Retro Paper Ace is rated higher. Basement Bump averages 4.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Retro Paper Ace averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Basement Bump or Retro Paper Ace have ads?
Both Basement Bump and Retro Paper Ace show ads.

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