Comparison

Mindfly vs ThreadMan

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

Head to head
About

Mindfly

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Tilt your head to guide a glowing firefly through an enchanted forest at night. Dodge spiders, frogs, bats, and raindrops. Activate powerful abilities with facial expressions — open your mouth to blast obstacles away, puff your cheeks to magnetically pull power-ups toward you. How long can you survive? UNIQUE FACE-TRACKING GAMEPLAY Your iPhone's TrueDepth camera tracks your head movements in real time. Tilt left to fly left. Look up to fly up. No touching the screen — just you and your instincts. RECORD & SHARE - Record your gameplay with your face overlaid in the corner (picture-in-picture style) - Watch replays and share your best runs with friends and family FACIAL EXPRESSION ABILITIES - Open your mouth wide to unleash Sonic Pulse — a shockwave that blasts obstacles away - Puff your cheeks to activate Glow Gulp — magnetically pull power-ups toward you ENDLESSLY ESCALATING DIFFICULTY Mindfly starts gently — giving you time to calibrate your sensitivity and find your range of motion. The longer you survive, the more relentless the forest becomes — spawning faster, hitting harder, never letting up. Survive long enough and it's raining hazards from every direction at full speed — no ceiling, no finish line, no mercy. There is no "beating" Mindfly. There is only one question: how long can you last? COLLECT & UPGRADE - 4 Power-Ups: Starlight Shield, Moon Glow, Forest Blessing, Firefly Swarm — each upgradable to Level 5 - Earn Glow Dust every run to unlock upgrades, trails, and characters - Amber Shards for premium unlocks and instant revives UNLOCK CHARACTERS & TRAILS - Classic Firefly, Cosmic Butterfly, Forest Sprite, Mystic Hummingbird — each with unique flight animations - Golden Stardust, Rainbow Ribbon, Autumn Ember, Galactic Stardust trail effects PUT YOUR FACE ON THE FIREFLY - Take a selfie and watch yourself soar through the enchanted forest - Mindfly's face personalization feature lets you apply your own photo to your flying character - Share your runs and let your friends see YOU crashing into spiderwebs COMPETE GLOBALLY - Game Center leaderboards — see how you rank worldwide - Earn free Amber Shards for scoring 4,000+ points PRIVACY FIRST - Face tracking stays 100% on your device - No data is collected or uploaded - Camera is only used for gameplay and optional recording A guided tutorial walks you through every mechanic, so you'll be flying confidently in no time. Requires iPhone XS or later (TrueDepth camera required).

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ThreadMan

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WEB-SWING, DODGE, RESCUE AND RUN IN A RETRO PIXEL ARCADE CITY! Become a spider-style swing hero: shoot your web-thread at the skyscraper walls, swing through falling debris, runaway drones and giant bosses, sprint down the neon street and save the trapped pets of PetsCity. One finger, short runs, big "how did I survive that?!" moments. ONE TAP TO SWING Tap the left or right wall to anchor your thread and swing. Tap high to vault into the sky, or tap low to slingshot along the street. Easy to learn and hard to master. THREE MODES + A DAILY CHALLENGE • CITY RUN: Endless dodging. The sky shifts from sunset to midnight as your speed climbs through 13 levels. • DOOR RESCUE: Break into sealed rooms, dodge moving traps and free a caged pet before the timer runs out. You get one life, and every door you clear saves a checkpoint. • STREET RUN: The street scrolls by and never stops. Tap to jump over benches and brick stacks, stay low under crane beams and drones, grab tokens and chase your best distance as the run speeds up. • DAILY CHALLENGE: The same run for everyone, one shot per day. Keep your day streak alive and climb the daily leaderboard. BOSS BATTLES Six pixel bosses crash the skyline when the WARNING siren sounds: Sky Raider Glider, Ironhorn Crusher, Stormcore Overlord, Void Titan, Kraken Engineer and Inklash Symbiont. Slam them with your thread to take them down for big points and Gold Web Tokens. GRAZE COMBOS AND POWER-UPS • Skim past hazards to trigger slow-mo and build combos up to 10X. • Grab power-ups like Nano-Mesh Forcefield, Reflex Focus slow-mo, Hyper Star Warp and Chrono Web Stasis. • Race across 5 city themes: Blazing Ruins, Neon Tokyo, Frozen City, Sunset Mesa and Ghost Town, with rain, fog and storms. 10 HERO SUITS, EACH WITH ITS OWN PHYSICS Unlock suits from Thread Classic to Cosmic Captain by reaching score targets, or spend your tokens to get a regular suit early. Each one swings differently and has its own ability, from Fast Burst to Zero-G Flight. RESCUE PETS FOR YOUR SANCTUARY Save cats, pups, rabbits and rare companions all the way up to an Ancient T-Rex, then visit them in your Pet Sanctuary. LEADERBOARDS, MISSIONS AND DAILY GOALS • Compete on the TODAY, WEEK and ALL-TIME leaderboards for City Run and Street Run, plus the DAILY CHALLENGE board. • Three fresh daily missions every day, each paying out tokens, plus city missions and achievements in every mode. • Share your score after a run, and turn on an optional evening reminder for the Daily Challenge. FEATURES • Hand-crafted pixel art with a retro CRT glow (switch it off any time) • 8-bit chiptune soundtrack and arcade sound effects • Haptic feedback for shield blocks, combos, pet rescues and boss kills • Reduce Effects option: no screen shake, flashes or lightning • Back up your progress with a code and restore it on any device, no account needed • Fully playable in English and Vietnamese, in-game text included • Play offline (leaderboards and purchases need a connection) • No ads SUPER HERO PASS An optional one-time purchase, with no subscription. It unlocks all 10 hero suits right away, premium suits included. Restore Purchases is supported. Anchor your thread, swing high and save PetsCity!

Screenshots

Mindfly4 screens
ThreadMan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ThreadMan at none against Mindfly's shown. ThreadMan also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Mindfly sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and ThreadMan sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mindfly ships an update every 2 weeks, ThreadMan every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences Ā· 2 level
Mindfly versus ThreadMan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindflyThreadMan
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB12 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperGraham CohenTran Cong Minh

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Mindfly

One-time9
  • Handful of Amber$0.99
  • Pouch of Glow Dust$0.99
  • Sack of Amber$3.99
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  • Bag of Glow Dust$3.99
  • Remove Ads$3.99
  • Golden Firefly$4.99
  • Celestial Wings$4.99
  • Trove of Glow Dust$9.99
  • Chest of Amber$9.99
1 purchases

ThreadMan

One-time1
  • Super Hero Pass$9.99

Questions

Is Mindfly free?
Mindfly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ThreadMan free?
ThreadMan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mindfly or ThreadMan have ads?
Mindfly shows ads; ThreadMan does not.
Which is updated more often, Mindfly or ThreadMan?
Mindfly ships an update every 2 weeks, and ThreadMan every 6 days. Most recently, Mindfly was updated on November 5, 2026 and ThreadMan on October 31, 2026.

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