Comparison

Flag Painters vs First To Life

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

Head to head
About

Flag Painters

A new game challenges players to carry a flag and paint it as they race to a flag pole. It offers a fun and engaging experience with a focus on skillful flag painting and navigation.

Highlights
  • Carry a flag
  • Paint the flag
  • Race to flag pole
  • Challenging gameplay
  • Fun experience
Features
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Flag Painters is a new game where you carry a flag, paint it on the way to the flag pole. Also, you have to paint your flag on the way before you reach the flag pole. It is a new, challenging, and fun experience. Good Luck!

About

First To Life

Guide swimmers through challenging levels, collecting units to create and customize your own babies. Battle armies and bosses in a fun, satisfying experience with many levels.

Highlights
  • Create and customize babies
  • Swim through obstacles
  • Collect units
  • Battle armies and bosses
  • Challenging levels
  • Satisfying gameplay
Features
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Join together and make your own babies! -Swim through obstacles, collect units, and reach the eggs! -Customize your own babies, and play as them! -Battle formidable armies and bosses -Lots of fun and challenging levels -Satisfying gameplay with lots of swimmers

Screenshots

Flag Painters4 screens
First To Life4 screens

Verdict

The call

Flag Painters and First To Life both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 57% of Flag Painters's written reviews are positive against 39% of First To Life's. First To Life's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Flag Painters sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and First To Life 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 — 4.6 for Flag Painters against 4.7 for First To Life. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 76K and 26K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of Flag Painters's written reviews are positive against 39% of First To Life's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flag Painters ships an update every 3 weeks, First To Life fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Flag Painters versus First To Life: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlag PaintersFirst To Life
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (76K ratings)4.7 (26K ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.2% of reviews — better39.3% of reviews
Number of ratings76K — better26K
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size481 MB1.3 GB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperVoodooSUPERSONIC STUDIOS LTD

Customer experience

Flag Painters

All ratings75,571 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral4.7%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews1,188 reviews
Positive57.2%
Neutral9.9%
Negative32.8%

First To Life

All ratings25,875 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral4.2%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews300 reviews
Positive39.3%
Neutral15.7%
Negative45.0%

User reviews

Flag Painters

From 76K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Fun and educational game
  • 👍 Helps learn flags and geography
  • 🌈 Includes LGBTQ+ flag
  • 🥳 Addictive and engaging

Room to improve

  • 🤖 Too many ads
  • 🐛 Crashes and freezes
  • 🗺️ Missing many country flags
  • 🔁 Repeats same levels after completion

First To Life

From 26K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun game concept
  • 🤩 Relaxing gameplay
  • 💯 Smooth animations

Room to improve

  • 🤬 Excessive ads
  • 🐛 Frequent glitches and crashes
  • 🤯 Laggy performance
  • 🤒 Game freezing issues

Bugs and requests

Flag Painters

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashes on launch
  • Flags not displayed correctly
  • Character movement glitches

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more country flags
  • Reduce number of ads
  • Ability to choose countries/levels
  • Improve performance and stability

First To Life

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game resets progress after updates
  • Ads causing game to freeze or crash
  • Inability to progress past certain levels

Requested features

3 requests
  • Reduce number of ads
  • Improve game stability and performance
  • Add option to disable ads for a fee

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Flag Painters

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
1 purchases

First To Life

One-time1
  • No Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Flag Painters free?
Flag Painters is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is First To Life free?
First To Life is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Flag Painters or First To Life?
First To Life is rated higher. Flag Painters averages 4.6 out of 5 from 76K ratings, while First To Life averages 4.7 from 26K ratings.
Do Flag Painters or First To Life have ads?
Both Flag Painters and First To Life show ads.
Which is updated more often, Flag Painters or First To Life?
Flag Painters ships an update every 3 weeks, and First To Life fortnightly. Most recently, Flag Painters was updated on November 3, 2026 and First To Life on November 3, 2026.

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