Subway Surfers vs Flip Diving
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Subway Surfers
Dash through a vibrant city, dodging trains and collecting coins. Use hoverboards and jetpacks to outrun a grumpy guard and his dog. Challenge friends and enjoy fast-paced, colorful graphics in this endless runner.
- Endless running gameplay
- Dodge oncoming trains
- Grind on trains
- Hoverboard surfing
- Paint-powered jetpack
- Fast swipe acrobatics
- Challenge friends
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DASH as fast as you can! DODGE the oncoming trains! Help Jake, Tricky & Fresh escape from the grumpy Guard and his dog. - Grind trains with your cool crew! - Colorful and vivid HD graphics! - Hoverboard Surfing! - Paint powered jetpack! - Lightning fast swipe acrobatics! - Challenge and help your friends! Join the App Store's most daring chase! A Universal App with HD optimized graphics for retina resolution. Originally co-developed by SYBO and Kiloo.
Flip Diving
Perform daring dives from various heights and locations, executing a wide array of flips and tricks. Master perfect entries into the water while avoiding obstacles, and unlock new characters and moves. Share your spectacular dives or hilarious fails with friends.
- Perform frontflips, backflips, and gainers
- Dive from diverse locations like cliffs, trees, and trampolines
- Unlock new tricks and moves
- Wide range of playable characters with unique physics
- Custom physics engine with animated ragdoll physics
- Record and share dives
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• The World's #1 cliff diving game - now on your mobile! • Pull off Frontflips, Backflips & Gainers from high cliffs, rickety platforms, trees, castles, and trampolines! Choose from a wide range of divers, and unlock new tricks and moves. Aim for a perfect entry into the water, and don’t hit the rocks! Featuring a custom physics engine with animated ragdoll physics, Flip Diving is the most dynamic and entertaining cliff diving experience ever created! Download Flip Diving by MotionVolt NOW, and get: ---------------------------------------- TONS OF BACKFLIPS, FRONTFLIPS, GAINERS + 17 DIVING TRICKS • Layouts, Pikes, Reverses - and more tricks coming soon! • Each trick dynamically animated with ragdoll physics! DEATH-DEFYING LOCATIONS • Dive from trees, boats, trampolines and more! • Over 50 jump platforms to leap from! A HUGE RANGE OF CHARACTERS • Take a dive as a bodybuilder, a businessman, or in a penguin costume! • Each diver has different abilities, weights, and unique physics! • More coming soon! SHOW OFF TO YOUR FRIENDS • Record your best dives - or your biggest fails - and share them with your friends! ---------------------------------------- Play also our other Original & Authentic FLIP games: Flip Master & Flip Runner ! This game does not require internet connection, and can be played offline.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Subway Surfers at weekly against Flip Diving's every 3 months. Subway Surfers also leads on ratings volume (3.9M vs 140K) and chart position (#6 vs #47). On price, rating, review sentiment and 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
Both are free to download. Subway Surfers sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Flip Diving sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Subway Surfers against 4.6 for Flip Diving. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Subway Surfers has 3.9M ratings behind it against 140K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of Subway Surfers's written reviews are positive against 81% of Flip Diving's.
Subway Surfers ships an update weekly, Flip Diving every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 12, 2026.
| Parameter | Subway Surfers | Flip Diving |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.9M ratings) — better | 4.6 (140K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.6% of reviews — better | 80.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.9M — better | 140K |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #6 — better | #47 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 395 MB | 342 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Sybo Games ApS | MotionVolt Games Oy |
Customer experience
Subway Surfers
Flip Diving
User reviews
Subway Surfers
From 3.9M App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Addictive and fun gameplay
- 📱 Works well offline
- 🎨 Diverse characters and themes
- 🎢 Challenging and fast-paced
- 🎁 Rewarding progression system
Room to improve
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
- 🕰️ Frequent updates can be disruptive
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
- 🕹️ Difficulty controlling character at times
- 🔍 Lack of save/sync across devices
Flip Diving
From 140K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💖 Love the game
- 🎮 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 🎨 Great graphics and visuals
- 🏆 Satisfying to perfect the dives
- 🕹️ Smooth controls and physics
Room to improve
- 💸 Too many ads
- 🎢 Repetitive gameplay after unlocking everything
- 🤯 Frustrating when dives are incorrectly judged
- 💰 Coin/unlock system feels grindy
Bugs and requests
Subway Surfers
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game crashes after updates
- Disappearing high scores and progress
- Unresponsive controls during gameplay
- Ads that redirect to App Store unexpectedly
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to save progress across devices
- More customization options for characters
- Difficulty settings or modes
- Multiplayer/competitive features
- Reduced ad frequency or ad-free option
Flip Diving
Reported bugs
2 issues- Game crashes on startup for some users
- Inconsistent dive recognition (bellyflops/backflops)
Requested features
4 requests- More diverse characters and locations
- Free dive mode without scoring constraints
- Ability to customize diver appearance
- Improved daily spin/reward system
In-app purchases
Subway Surfers
- 7,500 Coins$0.99
- 12 500 Coins$0.99
- Starter Pack$0.99
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- Coin Pack 1$0.99
- 45,000 Coins$4.99
- Double Coins$4.99
- 65 000 Coins$4.99
- 25 Keys$4.99
- 40 Keys$4.99
- Key Pack 1$4.99
Flip Diving
- Ticket Starter$0.99
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Ticket stack$1.99
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- Karate Diver$2.99
- The Trampoline$2.99
- Trampoline Hill$2.99
- Hot Air Balloon$2.99
- Zombie diver$3.99
- Super Ticket Stack$4.99
- Hyper Ticket Stack$9.99
