Comparison

Flutter vs Fold

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Flutter

Create a vibrant rainforest sanctuary by collecting and nurturing hundreds of real butterfly species. Watch them grow through their life cycle, learn fascinating facts, and expand your magical forest with beautiful decorations. Enjoy relaxing gameplay with a calming soundtrack and discover new species through missions and events.

Highlights
  • Collect 400+ real butterfly species
  • Nurture butterflies through their life cycle
  • Expand and decorate your forest sanctuary
  • Engage in missions and limited-time events
  • Relaxing gameplay with peaceful ambiance
Features
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Watch your rainforest sanctuary come to life as you collect, nurture, and learn about hundreds of real butterfly species. Nurture each species through their incredible life cycle, feeding to help them grow from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly. Watch your Flutterpedia come alive with fascinating facts about each butterfly you collect. Behold their stunning wing patterns and playful quirks as they flutter around your rainforest sanctuary. Each butterfly is beautifully illustrated and based on real species from around the world. Discover new species, expand your collection, and create a thriving, magical rainforest. Features * Collect 400+ Butterflies: Discover real species from around the world, each beautifully illustrated with vibrant colors and unique wing patterns. * Nurture Each Species: Feed and grow butterflies through their amazing life cycle, from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly. * Expand and Decorate Your Forest: Expand your sanctuary and adorn it with plants and magical décor to help you progress. * Missions and Events: Missions, updates, and limited-time events bring exciting new butterflies, decor, and rewards. There is always something new to discover! * Relaxing Gameplay: Unwind with peaceful rainforest ambiance and a calming soundtrack. Made with love by Runaway, the award-winning studio behind some of the world’s most beloved nature games. Please note: This game is free-to-play but does include in-app purchases. For support or suggestions, contact: support@runaway.zendesk.com.

About

Fold

Features
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FOLD is a game about folding. There is a sheet of paper, some pieces of ink sitting on it, and nothing else. Swipe across the sheet. Everything before your finger folds over the rest, and flips on the way, the way paper actually does. Two pieces landing in the same cell merge, and their parts add up. When the cell is finally full, it becomes a shape: it scores, and it frees itself. Nothing is ever destroyed. What overlaps, though, is lost. That is waste, it never comes back, and too much waste ends the game. That is the whole rule. What you do with it is the hard part. YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S COMING The next pieces are shown above the sheet, in the order they will fall. And they fall on the cells your fold just emptied, so you choose where they land by choosing your fold. Nothing is drawn at random during a game. That is what makes looking ahead genuinely pay. A player who plans three folds ahead scores roughly twice what a player taking the best immediate move does. THE STREAK A fold that scores while wasting almost nothing extends your streak, and the streak multiplies your next fold, up to five times. A lucky hit pays once. Three prepared folds in a row pay far more. THE CUTS How the ink is cut changes the game completely. There are six cuts, and each one starts from a shape and cuts it up. Round: a disc cut into four quarters. You need all four. The easiest one, and the one to start with. Triangle: a square cut along its diagonals. Two triangles facing each other across a border make a diamond, which is what makes chains possible. Square: a square cut into four quadrants. Nothing combines across cells, only a whole cell counts. Cross: five squares in a cross. The middle square crosses folds without ever turning, so it is the one you place first. Octagon: eight parts per cell. The most valuable shape in the game, and the hardest to assemble. Mix: round, triangle and square on one sheet. Two different cuts never merge with each other. Each cut keeps its own best score and its own leaderboard. A good score on Square has nothing to do with a good score on Triangle, so mixing them would mean nothing. THE MODES Endless: the marathon. The sheet refills faster and faster, so a game always ends, but it lasts three to five times longer than Wear. Wear: a crease only takes four folds. Thirty-two folds in all, and scores you can compare directly. Puzzle: 48 levels across eleven chapters, each with a fixed deal, a counted number of folds and a target to reach. Every level has at least one solution, and the game remembers how many tries it took you. The second half is played on other sheet shapes: wider, smaller, larger, notched, perforated. Watermark: a mode of its own. You are shown an imprint and the number of folds that produced it, and it is up to you to find the way back. Paper stacks and is never lost, but a fold cannot be undone. Daily challenge: the same sheet for everyone until midnight. RUN CODES At the end of a game you can copy a code. Send it to someone and they will play the very same sheet, with the same pieces in the same order. It is also what makes the leaderboards hold up. The server replays the game fold by fold from its code and keeps the score it computes itself. A score no game could produce is refused. WHAT THERE ISN'T No account to create, no password, no connection required. The game works entirely offline. Progress is saved to your Apple Account, so it follows you if you change iPhone. Available in English and French.

Screenshots

Flutter4 screens
Fold4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Fold at every 3 days against Flutter's every 8 days. On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Flutter sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Fold sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flutter ships an update every 8 days, Fold every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Flutter versus Fold: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlutterFold
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (4.9K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings4.9K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size539 MB37 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperRunawayMathieu Vigne

Bugs and requests

Flutter

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game resets progress after updates
  • Inability to access Flutterpedia and achievements
  • Inconsistent performance and freezing issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • Offline mode
  • Ability to sell or remove unwanted butterflies
  • More interactive events and mini-games
  • Expanded forest and storage space

Fold

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Flutter

One-time10
  • Beetle Bank$0.99
  • 50 Flutterbucks$1.99
  • Amazing Value Pack$1.99
Show 7 more
  • Starter Park 001$2.99
  • Starter Pack B$4.99
  • 130 Flutterbucks$4.99
  • Nectar Booster$4.99
  • Spirit Booster$4.99
  • 275 Flutterbucks$9.99
  • 700 Flutterbucks$24.99
1 purchases

Fold

One-time1
  • REMOVE ADS$3.99

Questions

Is Flutter free?
Flutter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fold free?
Fold is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Flutter or Fold have ads?
Both Flutter and Fold show ads.
Which is updated more often, Flutter or Fold?
Flutter ships an update every 8 days, and Fold every 3 days. Most recently, Flutter was updated on November 12, 2026 and Fold on October 31, 2026.

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