Comparison

Tiny Wings vs absOrbs

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

Head to head
About

Tiny Wings

Guide a bird with tiny wings down rolling hills to achieve flight. Master the terrain, flap to gain altitude, and race against the setting sun. Unlock new birds and upgrade your nest as you explore procedurally generated islands.

Highlights
  • One-tap arcade gameplay
  • Procedurally generated worlds
  • Daily mode with missions
  • Unlockable birds
  • Night mode
  • Nest upgrades
  • Split screen multiplayer (iPad)
Features
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You have always dreamed of flying - but your wings are tiny. Luckily the world is full of beautiful hills. Use the hills as jumps - slide down, flap your wings and fly! At least for a moment - until this annoying gravity brings you back down to earth. But the next hill is waiting for you already. Watch out for the night and fly as fast as you can. Otherwise flying will only be a dream once again. Tiny Wings was chosen as the iPhone Game of the Year in App Store Rewind 2011 in Europe and many other countries.
Thank you Apple and a big thank you to all Tiny Wings fans! Highlights:
 • simple "one button" (ok... maybe "one tap") arcade game about the dream of flying
 • the world is changing every day - so it does in this game! Procedural generated graphics will make "tiny wings" look different every day you play 
• Four game modes 
• Daily mode with new islands and missions every day 
• 240 birds to unlock 
• Night mode: play the game at night
 • upgrade your nest by fulfilling tasks • iPad only: Split screen multiplayer! • Supports Game Center with 30 tricky achievements • Supports iCloud syncronization

About

absOrbs

Features
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How long you can keep the colors in harmony? Move your ring by either touch or tilt to catch the orbs of a matching color. Watch your ring grow with your score, but be careful! Grow too large and you'll run out of room to avoid colliding with the orbs of differing colors. As the levels progress the orbs fall faster, sometimes even coming up from below. What starts as a casual color matching game quickly becomes a fast paced test of your reactions. Can you navigate the cascade of color while still posting the highest score possible? ----- Born as a browser game in 2010 and reimagined for mobile with the help of AI, absOrbs is an evolution of a game I designed called "absOrb" that ran in most browsers without a plugin. AbsOrb was imagined as an anti-shooter. I loved the twitch arcade games of the 1980s, their frenetic action and the colorful sprites everywhere.  AbsOrbs is a rethink of its predecessor with optimized controls for the iPhone.

Screenshots

Tiny Wings4 screens
absOrbs3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: absOrbs at none against Tiny Wings's 1. absOrbs also leads on price ($0.99 vs $2.99). Tiny Wings's advantage is chart position (#6 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads 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

Tiny Wings costs $2.99 and absOrbs $0.99 up front. Tiny Wings sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. absOrbs asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Tiny Wings versus absOrbs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTiny WingsabsOrbs
Price$2.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.8 (15K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings15K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#6 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndreas IlligerMin Chang

Bugs and requests

Tiny Wings

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS devices
  • Coins and progress not saving properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • More islands and levels to explore
  • Ability to customize birds with skins/outfits
  • Online multiplayer racing mode
  • Endless mode or procedurally generated levels

absOrbs

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tiny Wings

One-time1
  • Sun bird$2.99
None

absOrbs

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tiny Wings free?
Tiny Wings costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is absOrbs free?
absOrbs costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tiny Wings or absOrbs have ads?
Neither Tiny Wings nor absOrbs shows ads.

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