Comparison

Tiny Wings vs Spottle

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

Spottle

This game encourages children to play outdoors by identifying shapes in the clouds and earning real prizes. It offers an offline mode for indoor play and prioritizes child safety with no data collection or ads.

Highlights
  • AI cloud shape identification
  • Customizable real-world prizes
  • Offline Imagination Mode
  • Parent Dashboard
  • COPPA compliant safety features
  • Multiple child profiles
  • Age-appropriate content settings
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Spottle gets kids OUTSIDE, looking UP at the sky instead of DOWN at screens — and rewards them with real prizes you choose at home. Your child points the camera at the clouds and taps "Spottle It." Nancy the bunny — Spottle's friendly AI guide — traces a glowing gold outline around the shape she sees and tells your child a fun fact about it. A dinosaur. A whale. A magic dragon. Each find earns a point. When the clouds are wispy, Nancy gets creative with cloud poetry — a cozy pillow, a magic ribbon, a fluffy cloud-cat. MEGA PRIZES — THE SECRET SAUCE Mega Prizes are real-world rewards YOU set up — a special treat, extra screen time, a trip to the park, an ice cream date — that your child can earn during play. You pick from 15 kid-friendly presets (or write your own) in the Parent Dashboard. Spottle randomly drops a Mega Prize roll during fast-answer Imagination Mode rounds, and when your child wins one, the app shows a celebration card telling them to come find you and cash it in. It's the secret sauce that turns "fun cloud game" into "the thing my kid asks to play every day." - YOU choose the prizes — they're whatever YOUR family values - Set up to 3 active prizes; rotate them anytime - Award frequency is YOURS to control (every 24 hours, 12 hours, etc.) - Kids never see prizes inside the app until they win one - Optional — Spottle works great without them too IMAGINATION MODE (offline and unlimited) When there are no clouds in the sky (or the kids are stuck inside), Imagination Mode keeps the magic going. A puffy cloud cover dissipates over a hidden shape, and your child taps the matching answer before the clock runs out. Quick answers earn extra points and a chance at one of your Mega Prizes. - Works without an internet connection - No daily limit — play as long as you like - Fast answers unlock the Mega Zone (bonus and prize-roll window) HOW SPOTTLE WORKS Each day, your child gets a fresh batch of 50 cloud finds. Every time the camera analyzes the sky, that counts as one find. Once the daily batch is used up, the app gently wraps up with "see you tomorrow" — and refills overnight. Imagination Mode is unlimited, so kids can keep playing once the cloud batch is done. - 50 cloud finds per day, every day - Counter resets at midnight - Healthy session length, not a screen-time marathon - Parent Dashboard shows today's usage and Mega Prize stats BUILT FOR YOUR FAMILY'S SAFETY Spottle is COPPA compliant and built with your child's safety as the top priority: - Designed for ages 4 to 13 - NO personal data collected from children - Photos are analyzed by AI then immediately discarded - NO ads, NO tracking, NO behavioral profiling - NO social features, NO chat - Sun-detection warns kids not to point at the sun - Indoor detection redirects kids back outside - Parent info stored only on this device PARENT FEATURES - Up to 4 child profiles per device - Age-appropriate content (4-6, 7-9, 10-13 brackets) - Spanish and English with one-tap switch - Mega Prize setup and tracking - Daily usage stats - Parental gate for grown-up settings Spottle is more than a game — it's a daily nudge to look up, get outside, and earn real-world rewards from the people who love you. Built by a parent, for parents who want screen time that points the screen at the sky. Download Spottle today and turn cloud-watching into your family's favorite afternoon adventure.

Screenshots

Tiny Wings4 screens
Spottle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Spottle at none against Tiny Wings's 1. Spottle also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months) and price ($1.99 vs $2.99). Tiny Wings's advantage is ratings volume (15K vs 19) and chart position (#7 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, ads and monetization model 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 Spottle $1.99 up front. Tiny Wings sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Spottle asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spottle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tiny Wings has 15K ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Tiny Wings's written reviews are positive against 100% of Spottle's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tiny Wings ships an update every 4 months, Spottle weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Tiny Wings versus Spottle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTiny WingsSpottle
Price$2.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.8 (15K ratings)5.0 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews93.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15K — better19
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#7 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB216 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndreas IlligerADAM KEITH GOLD

Customer experience

Tiny Wings

All ratings14,887 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral1.2%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews1,961 reviews
Positive93.0%
Neutral2.7%
Negative4.3%

Spottle

Written reviews16 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Spottle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tiny Wings

One-time1
  • Sun bird$2.99
None

Spottle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tiny Wings free?
Tiny Wings costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Spottle free?
Spottle costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tiny Wings or Spottle?
Spottle is rated higher. Tiny Wings averages 4.8 out of 5 from 15K ratings, while Spottle averages 5.0 from 19 ratings.
Do Tiny Wings or Spottle have ads?
Neither Tiny Wings nor Spottle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tiny Wings or Spottle?
Tiny Wings ships an update every 4 months, and Spottle weekly. Most recently, Tiny Wings was updated on October 28, 2026 and Spottle on October 22, 2026.

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