Subway Surfers vs Flippy Skate
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.
Flippy Skate
Perform exciting skateboard flips and tricks to reach new heights. This game offers challenging gameplay with a dynamic progression system and a wide selection of skateboards to unlock.
- Perform flips by tapping and holding
- Unlock over 20 different skates
- Challenging gameplay
- Dynamic progression system
- Reach for the sky
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Brand new super cool skate board game! Tap and hold in order to perform flips. Try to reach the sky! ◉ More than 20 skates available ◉ Challenging gameplay ◉ Dynamic progression
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Subway Surfers at 87% against Flippy Skate's 17%. Subway Surfers also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.1) and ratings volume (3.9M vs 161). Flippy Skate's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Subway Surfers sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Flippy Skate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Subway Surfers holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Subway Surfers has 3.9M ratings behind it against 161, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Subway Surfers's written reviews are positive against 17% of Flippy Skate's.
| Parameter | Subway Surfers | Flippy Skate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.9M ratings) — better | 4.1 (161 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.6% of reviews — better | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.9M — better | 161 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #6 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 395 MB | 157 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Sybo Games ApS | Ketchapp |
Customer experience
Subway Surfers
Flippy Skate
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
Flippy Skate
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
Flippy Skate
- No Ads$2.99
Questions
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