Comparison

Arrow Pop Flow vs Optrix

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

Head to head
About

Arrow Pop Flow

Tap matching direction buttons to pop falling arrows and score points. Achieve double points by hitting the flash bar. Offers Easy and Hard modes with increasing challenges.

Highlights
  • Timing-based arrow popping
  • Double point flash bar
  • Easy and Hard modes
  • Unlockable levels
  • High score chasing
  • Rhythmic gameplay
Features
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Arrow Pop Flow is a fast‑paced casual arcade game about timing, reflexes, and flow. Colorful arrows fall from the top of the screen, and you must tap the matching direction buttons at the bottom to pop them and score points. In the middle of the screen, a glowing white flash bar gives you double points if you pop arrows exactly while they pass through it. Easy Mode focuses on relaxed timing and learning the basics, while Hard Mode introduces reversed red arrows that require opposite inputs for an extra challenge. Unlock levels, chase high scores, and enjoy the rhythmic arrow flow.

About

Optrix

Features
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Optrix is a single-player puzzle game about light, mirrors and patience. Every level hands you a laser, a grid full of optical elements, and a handful of crystals. Each crystal has to be hit by the beam in its own colour. Light them all and the level is solved. Mirrors send the beam off in a new direction. Splitters multiply it. Colour splitters break white light into red, green and blue. Some tiles can be pushed — you can spot them by their subtle wobble — and slide until an obstacle stops them. Bombs, balloons, blockers, doors, barriers and logic tiles arrive gradually across the level packs, so nothing ever lands in front of you unexplained. Designed to be calm. No streaks, no in-app purchases, no ads, no tracking. Put it down and come back later; Continue takes you straight back to where you left off. FEATURES • Play right away: four level packs with nearly 70 levels are built in. They play offline, with no account and no sign-up. • Two stars per level: one for solving it, one for staying inside the step limit. Stars unlock the later levels of a pack. • Made for iPhone and iPad: every orientation, Split View and Stage Manager windows, and larger text sizes. Pinch to zoom into big boards; arrows at the screen edge point at what happens off screen. • Queue up to five moves ahead. • Your music keeps playing: when you listen to your own music or a podcast, the game's music steps aside and the sound effects play on top. • An optional free account keeps your progress on our server and on every device you sign in on, the browser at optrixgame.net included. It also brings more level packs under "Get more packs". Signing up keeps the progress you made as a guest. • Sign in your way: email and password, Sign in with Apple, or Sign in with Google. Delete your account yourself, any time, in the app. • Solution reveals: with an account, the stars you earn pay for reveals. After a loss, reveal the level's reference solution and watch it play. Replaying your own winning run is always free. • Offline first: results you play offline wait on the device and upload once you are online, and the server confirms your stars. • Fully bilingual: English and German. Optrix began in 1995 as a TurboPascal experiment in 16 colours, and was rebuilt in 2025/2026 by the same two people. Version 2 is a native iPhone and iPad app, written in Swift. It is made and run by independent developers on their own hardware — no publisher, no ad network, no analytics. Privacy policy: https://optrixgame.net/legal/privacy Terms of Service: https://optrixgame.net/legal/terms Questions and feedback: optrix@glaveGbR.de

Screenshots

Arrow Pop Flow4 screens
Optrix4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Optrix at none against Arrow Pop Flow's shown. Arrow Pop Flow's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 9, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Arrow Pop Flow versus Optrix: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArrow Pop FlowOptrix
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (988 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings988 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size126 MB119 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer露瑶 朱Robin Glave

In-app purchases

None

Arrow Pop Flow

No in-app purchases

None

Optrix

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Arrow Pop Flow free?
Arrow Pop Flow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Optrix free?
Optrix is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Arrow Pop Flow or Optrix have ads?
Arrow Pop Flow shows ads; Optrix does not.
Which is updated more often, Arrow Pop Flow or Optrix?
Arrow Pop Flow ships an update every 2 months, and Optrix every 2 months. Most recently, Arrow Pop Flow was updated on November 9, 2026 and Optrix on November 9, 2026.

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