Spring Chicken vs Slap Beat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spring Chicken
Control a chicken with a spring to launch itself as far as possible. Time your jumps to land on platforms and earn bonus points in this challenging arcade game. Discover the reason behind the chicken's epic journey.
- Spring-powered chicken launch
- Platform landing challenges
- Score and bonus points
- Timing-based gameplay
- Master the jump
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Why did the chicken cross the sea? To beat your high score! Spring Chicken is a one tap jumping game with a springy twist. Hold your finger down to squash the spring, then let go to launch your chicken to the next pillar. Hold too long and you overshoot. Let go too soon and you'll splash in the sea. HOW TO PLAY • Hold anywhere to charge the spring • Let go to jump • Land on a pillar to score, then hop again BIG LEAPS, BIG POINTS Jump past a pillar and land on the one after it for bonus points. The farther the leap, the bigger the bonus. Can you pull off One Giant Leap? HARD MODE Ready for a real challenge? In Hard Mode, pillars slide side to side and bob up and down, and they start to shake and sink the moment you land. Keep hopping or go for a swim. MANY WORLDS Jump across a sunny island, a moonlit dusk, snowy mountains, an autumn forest with windmills, and marble columns high above the clouds. COMPETE AND COLLECT • Normal and Hard Mode leaderboards • 18 achievements to unlock, from Hatchling to Pillar of the Cluckmunity • Share your high score and dare your friends to beat it PLAY ANYWHERE No wifi needed. Spring Chicken plays offline, so it's ready for flights, road trips and waiting rooms. Easy to learn, hard to master, and made for one hand. Charge your spring and see how far your chicken can hop!
Slap Beat
Engage in a physics-based game where you control hands to slap and pat various objects and ragdoll characters. Progress through levels by strategically smacking your way to victory.
- Physics-based gameplay
- Control hands to slap
- Pat enemies
- Smack objects and ragdolls
- Progress through levels
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Slap and pat enemies in this fun physics-based game. Control your hands to smack various objects and ragdolls as you progress.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Spring Chicken at 5.0 against Slap Beat's 4.2. Spring Chicken also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 85%) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). Slap Beat's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (169 vs 4). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Spring Chicken sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Slap Beat asks for nothing beyond the download.
Spring Chicken holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Slap Beat has 169 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Spring Chicken's written reviews are positive against 85% of Slap Beat's.
Spring Chicken ships an update every 6 weeks, Slap Beat every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Spring Chicken | Slap Beat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.2 (169 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 85.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 169 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 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 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 568 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Power-Up Game Studios LLC | FourM, K.K. |
Customer experience
Spring Chicken
Slap Beat
In-app purchases
Spring Chicken
- Remove Ads$1.99
Slap Beat
No in-app purchases
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