Flow Free vs Cross Virus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flow Free
Connect matching colored pipes to fill the board, using new bridge mechanics to cross over existing pipes. Offers hundreds of levels with varying difficulty, from relaxed to challenging, and a time trial mode for speed enthusiasts.
- Connect matching colored pipes
- Create a Flow to cover the entire board
- Use new bridge mechanics
- Over 2,500 levels in Free Play
- Daily Puzzles
- Time Trial mode
- 10 board sizes
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From the makers of the hit app Flow Free®, comes a fun and challenging new twist: Bridges! If you like Flow Free, you'll love Flow Free: Bridges®! Connect matching colors with pipe to create a Flow®. Pair all colors and cover the entire board. Use the new Bridges to cross two pipes and solve each puzzle! Free play through hundreds of levels, or race against the clock in Time Trial mode. Gameplay ranges from simple and relaxed, to challenging and frenetic, and everywhere in between. How you play is up to you. So, give Flow Free: Bridges a try, and experience "mind like water"! *** Flow Free: Bridges features *** * Content - Over 2,500 levels available in Free Play mode, and new Daily Puzzles every day! - 10 different board sizes - Starter, Challenge, Bonus, Classic, Mania, and Jumbo level packs - Bridges! * Challenge - Game Center achievements as you solve levels and complete packs - Track your completion of each level in Free Play mode - Strive for accuracy in Free Play using the fewest, most efficient moves - Strive for speed in Time Trial for the most and fastest solves - 20 scored Time Trial variants to choose from by board size and duration * Look & Feel - Smooth, polished touch interaction - Colorful UI - Fun sound effects - Clean vector graphics and animations - Labels available for color impaired players Enjoy.
Cross Virus
A puzzle game where players strategically place blocks to contain and minimize the growth of viruses. The objective is to limit the spread of viruses by blocking their paths, preventing them from growing uncontrollably.
- Strategic block placement
- Virus growth containment
- Minimize virus count
- Cross-directional virus growth
- Touch-based controls
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This game is the 19th iOS game for the Web game site "DAN-BALL". Game to be enclosed by a block, virus to grow in a cross direction. You can place blocks in the locations that you have touched. Viruses can’t grow where there are blocks. After you have placed three blocks, the viruses will grow. It is the end of the game when a virus can not be growth. Place the block so that the number of virus is minimized.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Flow Free at 4.8 against Cross Virus's 4.3. Flow Free also leads on ratings volume (10K vs 8) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 26 months). Cross Virus's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and review sentiment (100% vs 90%). On price, ads 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. Flow Free sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Cross Virus asks for nothing beyond the download.
Flow Free holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flow Free has 10K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 90% of Flow Free's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cross Virus's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Flow Free ships an update every 5 months, Cross Virus every 26 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flow Free | Cross Virus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (10K ratings) — better | 4.3 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 26 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Big Duck Games LLC | DAN-BALL |
Customer experience
Flow Free
Cross Virus
Bugs and requests
Flow Free
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes when viewing ads
- Inability to exit or skip ads
- Inconsistent button placements across updates
- Daily puzzle progress not saving correctly
Requested features
6 requests- More challenging puzzle packs or levels
- Ability to reset progress on specific packs
- Option to disable animations or reduce visual effects
- Improved ad placement and control
- Syncing progress across devices
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- Customizable UI elements and settings
Cross Virus
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Flow Free
- 5 Hints$0.99
- 9x9 Mania$1.99
- Rainbow Pack$1.99
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- 8x8 Mania$1.99
- Jumbo Pack$1.99
- Blue Pack$1.99
- Unlock All Themes$1.99
- 20 Hints$2.99
- Unlock All Packs and Remove Ads$4.99
- 100 Hints$9.99
Cross Virus
No in-app purchases
Questions
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