Climb Up! vs MindStep
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Climb Up!
A scrolling action game where players flick and tilt to navigate a stickman up extremely long bars. Collect coins to unlock powerups and see how high you can climb while avoiding obstacles.
- Scrolling action gameplay
- Tilt controls for navigation
- Obstacle avoidance
- Coin collection
- Powerup system
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Climb Up! is a scrolling action game to climb up very very loooooong bars. Flick and tilt to avoid obstacles! Collect coins to get powerups! How far can you climb?
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 rating: MindStep at 5.0 against Climb Up!'s 3.7. MindStep also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Climb Up!'s advantage is update cadence (every 13 months vs every 51 months) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 81% of Climb Up!'s written reviews are positive against 77% of MindStep's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Climb Up! ships an update every 13 months, MindStep every 51 months. The most recent releases landed on August 31, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Climb Up! | MindStep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.0% of reviews — better | 76.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months — better | Every 51 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | KAZUYA KAMIOKA | OMOSHIRO KAKUMEI CAPSULE PLUS, K.K. |
Customer experience
Climb Up!
MindStep
In-app purchases
Climb Up!
No in-app purchases
MindStep
No in-app purchases
