Penguin Roll vs High Like a Fly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Penguin Roll
Guide a rolling penguin home through icy challenges. Tilt your device to steer, shake to hop, and navigate obstacles like icicles and seals. Enjoy 25 levels of cartoon casual fun for all ages.
- 25 challenging levels
- Tilt and shake controls
- Slide, jump, and bounce mechanics
- Avoid obstacles like seals and icicles
- Collect rings for higher scores
- Play with your own music
- Offline play supported
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Enjoy crazy penguin velocity. Turn your screen to get the penguin to his friends, but be careful this penguin can’t swim. Shake your device to help him hop. Slide across the ice, bounce on springs, avoid the icicles and sleepy seals to get your penguin to safety. 25 levels to unlock. The most fun this side of the arctic. Help a penguin get home and have fun doing it. Slide, jump, slip, flip and wobble in this cartoon casual game. Collect rings as you go to increase your score. Simple fun for all ages. Game supports listening to your own music while playing. A great game for kids. Features: -25 levels of sliding, slipping, icy, penguin rolling fun -Fun, phone and iPad tilting and shaking action for the whole family (turn your device to control) -Listen to your own music while you play -Break ice, bounce on springs, and outsmart the sleeping seals. -25 levels to unlock -No ads, no in-app purchases -No wifi game, no wifi needed to play after download
High Like a Fly
Navigate a fly through challenging obstacles using intuitive swipe controls. This game offers a deceptively difficult experience that tests your reflexes and precision.
- Swipe-based navigation
- Challenging gameplay
- Intuitive controls
- High difficulty
- Fly simulation
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It probably looks like yet another Flappy Bird clone, but in this game you navigate the fly by swiping your finger instead of tapping. It is much more difficult than it seems.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: High Like a Fly at Free against Penguin Roll's $0.99. High Like a Fly also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.1) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). Penguin Roll's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 1). On ads, 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
High Like a Fly is free to download; Penguin Roll costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
High Like a Fly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Penguin Roll has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Penguin Roll's written reviews are positive against 100% of High Like a Fly's.
Penguin Roll ships an update every 3 months, High Like a Fly weekly. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Penguin Roll | High Like a Fly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.1 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Critical Gameplay | Denis Tokarev |
Customer experience
Penguin Roll
High Like a Fly
In-app purchases
Penguin Roll
No in-app purchases
High Like a Fly
No in-app purchases
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