Comparison

TightWire vs Daddy Long Legs

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

Head to head
About

TightWire

Test your reflexes and steady hand in this challenging game of balance. Guide a daredevil across a wire, using your device's accelerometer to counteract gravity and prevent a fall. Enjoy endless entertainment with realistic physics and high-quality animation.

Highlights
  • Accelerometer-based control
  • Realistic gravitational pull
  • Interactive 3D environment
  • High-quality animation
  • Challenging gameplay
  • Global score submission
Features
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THANKS TO OUR 7 MILLION FANS IN OVER 90 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES FOR DOWNLOADING TIGHTWIRE!! CHECK OUT THE SEQUEL - TIGHTWIRE ADVENTURES!!!! AVAILABLE IN THE APP STORE NOW!! ****************************************** Top Ten App downloaded on iTunes! Twice! ****************************************** Featured on Gizmodo, Forbes and Fox! ****************************************** Staff Favorites - Featured by Apple! ****************************************** See if you can balance our fearless daredevil across the wire and prevent him from plummeting to the ground! Both challenging and eye-catching, TightWire will provide endless entertainment for only four quarters. Featured all over the world!!!! Totally accelerometer based, TightWire is a constant battle against realistic gravitational pull! See if you have the steady hand required to make it across in TightWire!! FEATURES: - Interactive 3D environment where you control the character as he walks across the wire. - Watch as he leans and twists in different directions, allowing you to control his body using just the accelerometer. - High quality animation as the character walks across and even falls off the wire. - Extremely challenging gameplay that will keep you coming back to better your time and score. - Walk between buildings from 3 stories to 50 stories in height. - Polished UI including the ability to save your scores locally and submit them globally. - Simple controls using only the accelerometer, allowing for minimal effort to get started.

About

Daddy Long Legs

Experience the hilariously difficult challenge of walking with impossibly long legs. Control a character with disproportionately long limbs, tapping to advance one leg at a time. Unlock costumes and complete quests in this fun, rewarding, and endlessly entertaining endless walker.

Highlights
  • Endless walking gameplay
  • Control characters with long legs
  • Unlockable costumes
  • Collect gifts for rewards
  • Complete over 60 quests
  • Realistic faceplants
  • High score tracking
Features
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The endless walker. Imagine being a spider with two legs. Sounds kinda hard to walk right? Well, try Daddy Long Legs and find out! It's impossibly hard, but also very very fun. Put one foot ahead of the other and see how far you can get. Play as either Daddy or his Horse, and unlock costumes that makes walking look fabulous! Collect the minis and get a reward day after day! - Played by PewDiePie - IGN - 9.2/10 - AppZap - 8.75/10 - Apple - Best New Games - Apple - What We’re Playing - IndieDB - top 5 - Featured on Touch Arcade - Featured on Pocket Gamer The goal of Daddy Long Legs is very simple, walk as far as you can. But, with legs five times longer than the rest of your body, walking is no easy task. Simply tap the screen to change leg and watch as Daddy Long Legs stumbles across the screen. Also includes: - Play as both Daddy and Horse - Pick up gifts and unlock cool new costumes - Ingame highscore against friends - Global highscore - Complete over 60 quests - Realistic faceplants Daddy Long Legs is for gamers that like a hard challenge and a cheap laugh. The game is weirdly rewarding and it just feels fabulous every time you set that new record. ================| o-: |

Screenshots

TightWire4 screens
Daddy Long Legs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Daddy Long Legs at 89% against TightWire's 43%. Daddy Long Legs also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.6) and update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months). TightWire's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (6.1 vs 12.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TightWire sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Daddy Long Legs sells 18 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Daddy Long Legs holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Daddy Long Legs has 24K ratings behind it against 29, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of TightWire's written reviews are positive against 89% of Daddy Long Legs's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TightWire ships an update every 6 months, Daddy Long Legs monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
TightWire versus Daddy Long Legs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTightWireDaddy Long Legs
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (29 ratings)4.6 (24K ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.3% of reviews88.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2924K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS6.1 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB112 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperiBright StudiosSet Snail ApS

Customer experience

TightWire

All ratings29 ratings
Positive62.1%
Neutral10.3%
Negative27.6%
Written reviews180 reviews
Positive43.3%
Neutral13.9%
Negative42.8%

Daddy Long Legs

All ratings23,583 ratings
Positive91.9%
Neutral3.7%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews2,473 reviews
Positive88.6%
Neutral4.3%
Negative7.1%

User reviews

TightWire

From 29 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 😂 Hilarious and entertaining
  • 🤩 Addictive gameplay
  • 🎨 Great graphics
  • 💪 Challenging and rewarding

Room to improve

  • 🤯 Extremely difficult/frustrating
  • 🐛 Glitchy controls and balance issues
  • 🙄 Intrusive ads
  • 🤖 Lacks updates and new content

Daddy Long Legs

From 24K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and challenging game
  • 🕷️ Cute and creative character design
  • 💰 Reasonable in-app purchases
  • 🎁 Enjoyable gift/reward system
  • 🕹️ Simple yet addictive gameplay

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Lack of tutorial or guidance
  • 🕷️ Horse mode is too difficult
  • 📺 Excessive ads interrupting gameplay
  • 🔁 Repetitive nature of the game
  • 🤯 Extremely challenging at times

Bugs and requests

TightWire

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashes and freezes
  • Broken restart/replay functionality
  • Calibration and control issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • Adjustable difficulty settings
  • More characters and level variety
  • Improved controls and physics
  • Retina display support

Daddy Long Legs

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Costumes/skins disappearing from the inventory
  • Game freezing or crashing after watching ads
  • Inconsistent or unreliable controls/physics

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more game modes or mini-games
  • Implement a checkpoint/save system
  • Allow customization of the background
  • Improve the horse controls and mechanics
  • Introduce power-ups or abilities to assist players

In-app purchases

1 purchases

TightWire

One-time1
  • Unlock Levels$0.99
18 purchases

Daddy Long Legs

One-time18
  • 2 Golden$1.99
  • 50,000 Coins$1.99
  • Small Goldens Pack$1.99
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  • Small Coins Pack$1.99
  • No ads$2.99
  • 125,000 Coins$2.99
  • 5 Golden$3.99
  • 250,000 Coins$4.99
  • Medium Goldens Pack$4.99
  • Medium Coins Pack$4.99
  • 12 Golden$7.99
  • 500,000 Coins$7.99
  • Welcome Pack$7.99
  • Large Goldens Pack$11.99
  • Large Coins Pack$11.99
  • XLarge Coins Pack$19.99
  • XLarge Goldens Pack$23.99
  • XXXLarge Coins Pack$99.99

Questions

Is TightWire free?
TightWire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Daddy Long Legs free?
Daddy Long Legs is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TightWire or Daddy Long Legs?
Daddy Long Legs is rated higher. TightWire averages 3.6 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while Daddy Long Legs averages 4.6 from 24K ratings.
Do TightWire or Daddy Long Legs have ads?
Daddy Long Legs shows ads; TightWire does not.
Which is updated more often, TightWire or Daddy Long Legs?
TightWire ships an update every 6 months, and Daddy Long Legs monthly. Most recently, TightWire was updated on October 5, 2026 and Daddy Long Legs on October 14, 2026.

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