Comparison

Forcebar vs Glowdrift

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

Head to head
About

Forcebar

Features
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One input. Total focus. Pure survival. Hold the screen to push your bar up against gravity. Release to let it fall. Keep it inside the moving target zone - or your HP drains to zero. 60 seconds is all it takes to prove you're ready for the next tier. The zone moves faster. The edges split apart. A second track appears, then a third - three fingers, three zones, one shared HP bar. - 9 difficulty tiers across 3 track groups - Survive 60s to unlock the next tier - Personal best times tracked for every level - Original soundtrack synced to gameplay - No ads. No in-app purchases. No internet required.

About

Glowdrift

Experience a neon arcade game focused on flow and exploration. Glide through an endless, shifting cavern, collecting light motes to unlock new worlds and abilities. Enjoy a pure, offline experience with intuitive one-thumb controls.

Highlights
  • One-thumb controls
  • Endless, shifting caverns
  • Collect light motes
  • Unlock new worlds and characters
  • Offline play
  • No timers or ads
Features
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Drift through living light. Glowdrift is a one-thumb neon arcade game about flow. You're a glowing orb of light gliding through an endless, ever-shifting cavern. Hold to rise. Release to fall. Thread the gaps, gather light Motes, and feel the whole world dissolve and reform into a brand-new biome around you. No timers. No ads. No internet required. Just you, the light, and one more run. • ONE-THUMB CONTROLS — instantly playable, endlessly hard to put down. • LIVING WORLDS — Aurora and Ember free, with Abyss, Prism, Verdant, Void and more to unlock, each with its own palette, particles and mood. • EARN & UNLOCK — collect Motes as you play to unlock new worlds, glowing orb characters, extra game modes and in-run powers. Top up with Mote packs anytime. • PURE & OFFLINE — plays anywhere, on a plane or underground. Your progress syncs across your devices through iCloud. No subscription. Buy Motes only if you want to — everything can be earned by playing.

Screenshots

Forcebar4 screens
Glowdrift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Forcebar at none against Glowdrift's 4. Forcebar also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price and ads 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. Glowdrift sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Forcebar asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Forcebar versus Glowdrift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForcebarGlowdrift
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDouglas ToddTrelven LLC

In-app purchases

None

Forcebar

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Glowdrift

One-time4
  • Handful of Motes$0.99
  • Pile of Motes$4.99
  • Chest of Motes$9.99
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  • Vault of Motes$19.99

Questions

Is Forcebar free?
Forcebar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Glowdrift free?
Glowdrift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Forcebar or Glowdrift have ads?
Neither Forcebar nor Glowdrift shows ads.

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