Happy Wheels vs Swipe Arrows!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Happy Wheels
Experience a physics-based obstacle course game with over a billion online plays. Choose from various characters and vehicles to navigate deadly challenges and race to victory. Create your own levels with the built-in editor.
- Physics-based gameplay
- Over 60 challenging levels
- Level editor for custom courses
- Variety of unique characters and vehicles
- Realistic physics engine
- Game Center leaderboards
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** IMPORTANT - SUPPORTED DEVICES iPhone 4S, iPad 2, iPod Touch 5, iPad Mini 1, or better.** Happy Wheels is a side-scrolling, physics-based, obstacle course game with over a billion plays online and is now available for your mobile devices. Assume the role of your inadequately prepared racer and ignore severe consequences in a desperate search for victory. Now play as Pogo Stick Guy, Effective Shopper in an electric motor cart, Wheelchair Guy on a jet-powered wheelchair, Irresponsible Dad and his son on a bicycle, or as Business Guy on a personal transporter. Features: • Over 60 unique and challenging levels • Create your own levels in the editor • Deadly obstacles: spikes, mines, wrecking balls, harpoons, and much more • Smooth, realistic physics • Game Center leaderboard support
Swipe Arrows!
A simple and fast-paced game where the only requirement is to swipe quickly. Test your reflexes and see how long you can keep up with the rapid pace.
- Simple swipe controls
- Fast-paced gameplay
- Reflex testing
- Minimalist design
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Just swipe fast! That's all!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Swipe Arrows! at none against Happy Wheels's 1. Swipe Arrows! also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (91% vs 61%). Happy Wheels's advantage is ratings volume (41K vs 9) and chart position (#12 vs unranked). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Happy Wheels sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Swipe Arrows! asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Happy Wheels against 4.4 for Swipe Arrows!. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Happy Wheels has 41K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 61% of Happy Wheels's written reviews are positive against 91% of Swipe Arrows!'s.
Happy Wheels ships an update every 4 months, Swipe Arrows! every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Happy Wheels | Swipe Arrows! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (41K ratings) | 4.4 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.0% of reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 41K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #12 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jim Bonacci | Jin Tae Kim |
Customer experience
Happy Wheels
Swipe Arrows!
Bugs and requests
Happy Wheels
Reported bugs
4 issues- Characters randomly exploding
- Unresponsive controls
- Levels not loading properly
- Crashing when accessing level editor
Requested features
5 requests- Add more characters and levels
- Improve level editor with more tools and options
- Allow sharing and playing of user-created levels
- Reduce ads or provide ad-free option
- Fix bugs and crashes
Swipe Arrows!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Happy Wheels
- Remove Ads$1.99
Swipe Arrows!
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Happy Wheels free?
Is Swipe Arrows! free?
Which has better reviews, Happy Wheels or Swipe Arrows!?
Do Happy Wheels or Swipe Arrows! have ads?
Which is updated more often, Happy Wheels or Swipe Arrows!?
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