Snowball vs Flap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Snowball
Guide a penguin on a journey to collect snowflakes and build a giant snowball. Navigate treacherous crumbling floors with simple swipe or tilt controls. Enjoy an ad-free and purchase-free gaming experience.
- Collect snowflakes
- Build a snowball
- Crumbling floor mechanic
- Swipe controls
- Tilt controls option
- No ads
- No in-app purchases
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Snowball is easy to play, but hard to master. Play as a penguin trying to collect enough snowflakes to make his very own snowball, but watch out as the floor crumbles below! Simply swipe to move, or enable classic tilt controls via the options menu. The game contains no ads or in-app purchases. Snowball has been available exclusively for iPhone since 2008.
Flap
Control a bat's flight by tapping to keep it airborne for as long as possible. Explore four distinct visual themes and compete with friends through Game Center integration.
- Tap-to-fly gameplay
- Endless runner mode
- Four unlockable themes
- Game Center integration
- High score tracking
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Tap to fly your bat as long as you can. > 4 Themes available. > Game Center Supports.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Snowball at 48% against Flap's 0%. Snowball also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Flap's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.6). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Snowball ships an update every 9 months, Flap every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Snowball | Flap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (185 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 48.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 185 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paul Ewers | Hoon Nam |
Customer experience
Snowball
Flap
In-app purchases
Snowball
No in-app purchases
Flap
No in-app purchases
