Snowball vs Slow Fall
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.
Slow Fall
Guide a parachuter through an endless sky, dodging eagles and finding the safest descent. Customize your flight suit and master the controls to achieve the best score.
- Endless falling gameplay
- Eagle avoidance mechanics
- Side-to-side steering
- Speed boost by holding a side
- Customizable flight suits
- Safe path finding
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Fall past endless eagles in Slow Fall, an endless runner with a flying twist! Guide your way through various areas and find the safest path to fall through. - Steer yourself by leaning side to side - Hold a side to move faster - Avoid the eagles that come at you from all sides - Pick your favourite flight suit to parachute in Install Slow Fall and guide yourself to safety as you descend through the skies!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Slow Fall at 4.3 against Snowball's 2.9. Slow Fall also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 9 months) and review sentiment (67% vs 48%). Snowball's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (185 vs 3). 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.
Slow Fall holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Snowball has 185 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Snowball's written reviews are positive against 67% of Slow Fall's.
Snowball ships an update every 9 months, Slow Fall every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Snowball | Slow Fall |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (185 ratings) | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.3% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 185 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 5 weeks — 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 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 119 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paul Ewers | Adknown |
Customer experience
Snowball
Slow Fall
Bugs and requests
Snowball
Reported bugs
2 issues- Poker invite message appears every time
- Sound plays even on vibrate
Requested features
6 requests- Add levels
- Add mission mode
- Add unlockable characters
- Option to turn off sound
- Remove poker invite message
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- Option to revert to older version
Slow Fall
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Snowball
No in-app purchases
Slow Fall
No in-app purchases
