Comparison

Flingwall vs Stop the Timer

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

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About

Flingwall

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Flingwall is a one-thumb reflex game about a glowing orb that clings to two walls while neon bars fall toward it. Tap, and the orb arcs across to the opposite wall. That is the whole control scheme. There is no joystick, no menu to learn, and no tutorial to sit through — you tap the home screen and you are already playing. THE TWIST: SOMETIMES YOU SHOULD NOT TAP Most reflex games ask how fast you can react. Flingwall asks something harder. Red bars block one side of the screen, so you have to be on the other side when they arrive. But the arc takes real time, so you cannot leave it until the last moment — you have to commit early and trust it. Then, once you find your rhythm, purple center bars start to appear. Those kill you in mid-air. Suddenly the instinct you have spent the whole game building — see a bar, tap — becomes the thing that ends your run. You have to sit still on your wall, watch the bar come, and not move. It is a small idea that turns out to be surprisingly hard, because the game has spent two minutes training you to do the opposite. FIVE WORLDS THAT ARRIVE AS YOU EARN THEM Every run starts in the VOID: deep purple and gold. Keep going and the whole screen changes around you — electric cyan and hot pink in NEON, molten reds in INFERNO, pale blues in FROST, and finally the deep purple and magenta of COSMIC. Nothing about the rules changes. It is simply the game showing you how far you got, and it lands better than a number would. BUILT TO RESPECT YOUR TIME A run lasts as long as you last. There are no energy meters, no daily timers, and no waiting for anything to refill — nothing in this game is gated behind a clock. Restarting is a single tap on any part of the screen, so a bad run costs you about a second. If you want one, you can turn on a single daily reminder of your best score; if you do not, the game will never ask you again. It works completely offline, on a plane or underground. Every sound in the game is generated live on your phone rather than played from a file — the jump chirp rises in pitch as you chain taps, the dodge tick climbs with your score, and reaching a new world plays a chord built from four tones. It means the audio reacts to how you are actually playing. WHAT YOU GET - One control: tap. Learnable in about three seconds. - Runs that last from two seconds to several minutes, entirely up to you. - Five visual worlds unlocked purely by score. - A personal best that the game will tell you honestly how close you came to. - Coins you earn by playing, and cosmetics you choose to spend them on. - No timers, no energy, no waiting. - Full offline play. Flingwall is made by one developer. If something feels unfair, that is worth telling me about — the opening of this game was rebuilt from scratch after watching how new players actually died in it.

About

Stop the Timer

Test your sense of time in this reflex challenge where you tap to stop a hidden timer. Compete in different game modes, track your progress, and aim for perfect stops. It's a simple yet challenging game of precision and focus.

Highlights
  • Hidden timer reflex challenge
  • Three distinct game modes
  • Scored to the hundredth of a second
  • Adjustable difficulty levels
  • Progress tracking and achievements
  • Offline play
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THE CLOCK HIDES. YOU COUNT. Tap GO. Count in your head. Tap STOP at exactly the right moment. That's it. That's the game. And it's way harder than it sounds. Stop the Timer is the viral stopwatch challenge, built into a real game for iPhone. No aiming, no puzzles, no luck. Just you and your sense of time. You've seen it all over your feed. Now it's your turn. THREE WAYS TO PLAY SUDDEN DEATH One life. Each round the target gets longer and the timing gets stricter. Chain PERFECT stops, build a streak, and see how deep you can go before one miss ends it all. LADDER Ten rounds, climbing from 1 second to 10. Every hundredth you're off adds up. Lowest total wins. Two minutes, endlessly replayable. FREE PLAY Make your own game. Set the timer, pick the target, choose how the answer is revealed. Practice on your own or pass the phone around and settle it with friends. FAIR DOWN TO THE HUNDREDTH Stop at 10.01 and the game says 10.01. Every stop is scored to the hundredth of a second, so a PERFECT is real bragging rights. You always see your target, your time, and exactly how close you came. PICK YOUR CHALLENGE • Easy: the timer stays visible the whole time • Medium: a quick peek, then it hides • Hard: fully hidden, no help. The real flex. Start easy. Train your inner clock. Then go for Hard. WATCH YOURSELF GET GOOD Track your best streak, your longest run, and how close you land on average. Earn all eight achievements. Beat your own best, then beat it again. FREE. OFFLINE. NO NONSENSE. • No ads, no subscriptions, no in-app purchases • Plays anywhere: airplane mode, the subway, the couch • No account, no sign-up, no data collection • Small download, instant play Can you stop it at exactly 10.00? One way to find out.

Screenshots

Flingwall4 screens
Stop the Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Stop the Timer at none against Flingwall's shown. Flingwall's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price and in-app purchases 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.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Flingwall versus Stop the Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlingwallStop the Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMuhammad AwwadCovelo Tech

In-app purchases

None

Flingwall

No in-app purchases

None

Stop the Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flingwall free?
Flingwall is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stop the Timer free?
Stop the Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Flingwall or Stop the Timer have ads?
Flingwall shows ads; Stop the Timer does not.

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