Paper vs MindStep
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Paper
Experience the nostalgic fun of paper airplanes with this iPhone app. Compete with friends to see whose paper plane flies the farthest. Learn the best techniques to achieve maximum distance.
- Paper airplane simulation
- Distance competition
- Physics-based flight
- Swipe-to-throw mechanic
- Practice and improve throws
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We made a paper plane iPhone app. We have reproduced in iPhone app a paper plane that played at an early age. Who best paper plane fly far, to compete with your friends. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ How to play 1)You will swipe from left to right of the screen, as soon as possible, long, parallel. 2)The air plane does not fly too fast swipe. 4)Please look forward to the distance. Try unable to locate the point where paper planes fly well.
MindStep
A simple yet challenging jumping game where players time their jumps from moving logs to reach a goal. Avoid falling into the sea with precise timing and aim for high scores.
- Log-to-log jumping
- Precise jump timing
- Avoid falling into the sea
- Goal-oriented gameplay
- Aim for 100 jumps
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It’s a jump game that’ll make you hum “boing, boing!” without even realizing it! Jump from log to log, keep jumping toward the goal! But be careful — one wrong move and you’ll fall right into the sea! Aim for the legendary 100 jumps! ■ How to Play ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Just press the Jump button — it’s that simple! Time your jumps carefully to land on the moving logs. Let your guard down, and you’ll plunge straight into the ocean! You’ll be shouting “Aaaah!!” before you know it!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Paper at none against MindStep's shown. Paper also leads on update cadence (every 9 months vs every 51 months) and ratings volume (15 vs 1). MindStep's advantage is review sentiment (77% vs 45%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MindStep holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Paper has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Paper's written reviews are positive against 77% of MindStep's.
Paper ships an update every 9 months, MindStep every 51 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Paper | MindStep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.8% of reviews | 76.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months — better | Every 51 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | marge co., ltd. | OMOSHIRO KAKUMEI CAPSULE PLUS, K.K. |
Customer experience
Paper
MindStep
In-app purchases
Paper
No in-app purchases
MindStep
No in-app purchases
