NovaTap vs LOOPTRAP
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NovaTap
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The first few seconds are calm. Then the speed takes over. NovaTap starts as a simple flow-state game, but the chill vibe disappears quickly. Level 1 is your warm-up. By Level 2, the pace shifts. By Level 4, you're in a high-speed survival mode where orbs spawn and vanish in a heartbeat. It's a game of reflexes and rhythm. One missed tap resets your combo and drains your health. Stay focused, hunt the rare orbs, and see how long you can last as the difficulty ramps up aggressively. What to expect: The pacing curve is steep. You won't be relaxing for long. Leveling up happens fast, bringing more orbs and shorter reaction windows. It’s about finding a rhythm in the chaos. Combos are your lifeline. Hit 10 taps and you're at 2x points. Hold it together until 100 and you’re scoring at 10x. Watching that multiplier build while the screen fills with orbs is where the real rush happens. Different orbs change your strategy. Blue orbs are the baseline. Golden, Rainbow, and Mega orbs are the high-scorers. But as the clock ticks down, you'll be desperate for Time and Health orbs just to keep the run alive. Precision haptics make every tap feel physical. The feedback intensifies as your combo grows, letting you feel the speed through your phone. The visuals evolve with the intensity. Animated backgrounds shift from calm stars to cosmic nebulae as you climb through the levels. Compete on leaderboards and chase achievements. How fast can you tap? How long can you survive the flow?
LOOPTRAP
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Trap the glitches. Close the loop. You are the cursor. The system is infected. Your only weapon is the wire you spool behind you — cross your own wire and everything inside the loop gets zapped. Easy to learn, hard to put down: • One-finger controls — drag to fly, your ship spools wire automatically, lift to recharge. • 10 glitch types that hunt you, shoot, split, cut your wire, teleport, drain your energy, and hide behind directional shields you have to loop from behind. • 4 bosses, each with their own tricks: the CORRUPTION NODE floods the arena with bullets, THE SEGMENTER dashes through your wire with giant shears, THE REPLICATOR spawns more glitches every time you wound it, and THE OVERSEER hides behind a rotating shield gap while it deploys reinforcements. • Three ways to play — ENDLESS, a seeded DAILY challenge that gives the whole world the same waves, and BOSS RUSH: fight all four bosses back to back and purge the system. • 16 upgrade modules — chain lightning, time dilation, shockwaves, bullet-eating wire, a phase-dodge, a wire shield, and a one-time failsafe reboot. Build a different run every time. • Permanent unlocks — every point you ever score counts toward new starting gear. • Full accessibility suite — reduce flashing (photosensitive-safe), a colourblind-friendly palette, high-contrast wire, and screen-shake and haptics toggles. • Tactile haptics and a synthesized soundtrack that layers up as the waves escalate. • No ads. No in-app purchases. No data collection. Plays fully offline. How long can you keep the loop closed?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LOOPTRAP at none against NovaTap's 1. LOOPTRAP also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.5). 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. NovaTap sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. LOOPTRAP asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | NovaTap | LOOPTRAP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MAHMUT EMRE TEMIZ | Ranny Randolf Libayan |
In-app purchases
NovaTap
- Remove Ads$0.99
LOOPTRAP
No in-app purchases









