Comparison

Whoosh Balloon vs Gridlock

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

Head to head
About

Whoosh Balloon

Features
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A torn balloon falls forever. You tap left, you tap right. The wall of obstacles climbs faster than your reflexes. Read your momentum three obstacles ahead โ€” or hit one and start over. Whoosh Balloon is a one-thumb arcade faller built around impulse physics. There is no "right time to tap." Every tap carries inertia: a save at score 50 will over-correct you into a wall at score 500 when the world is twice as fast. Mastery is learning to predict your own drift. โ€” FEATURES โ€” โ€ข One-thumb controls. Tap the left half of the screen to thrust left, the right half to thrust right. That's the whole input. โ€ข Endless vertical descent. Score = distance fallen. No levels, no end. โ€ข Daily and monthly leaderboards. Your top score per period sits with everyone else's. Reset at midnight UTC. Climb fresh. โ€ข Beaten alerts. Opt in to a notification the moment another player passes your score on the daily or monthly leaderboard. โ€ข Crisp pixel art. Native 1ร— rendering, no smoothed edges, no soft fonts. Built to look right on every iPhone. โ€ข Anonymous play. Open the app, tap, play. No account required. Sign in with Apple optional, only to keep your score across devices. โ€ข No timers, no energy bars, no cosmetics, no microtransactions for power. One single "Remove Ads" purchase if you want to skip the ads. That's it. โ€” WHO THIS GAME IS FOR โ€” You like Flappy Bird. You liked Downwell. You replay your own runs in your head walking to the train. You don't want a story or an unlock tree โ€” you want a wall of strangers and a daily reason to beat them. Sessions are 1โ€“5 minutes. Days are weeks of those minutes adding up. โ€” WHO THIS GAME IS NOT FOR โ€” You want a relaxing experience. You want to collect things. You want a story. You want progression that hands you wins. None of that is here. The game is short, sharp, and unkind. The balloon doesn't wait. The leaderboard doesn't sleep. See you on the wall.

About

Gridlock

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Gridlock is a minimalist memory game that challenges your focus and pattern recognition. Watch the grid light up. Remember the sequence. Tap it back โ€” in order. Get it right and the sequence grows longer. Complete the grid and the board expands: 2ร—2 becomes 3ร—3, then 4ร—4. One wrong tap and it's over. No timers. No distractions. Just you and the grid. HOW TO PLAY - Watch the squares flash in sequence - Tap them back in the same order - Each round adds one more square to remember - Complete all rounds to unlock a bigger grid - One mistake ends the game Simple to learn. Hard to master.

Screenshots

Whoosh Balloon4 screens
Gridlock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gridlock at none against Whoosh Balloon's 1. Gridlock also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Whoosh Balloon sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Gridlock asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Whoosh Balloon versus Gridlock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhoosh BalloonGridlock
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDailyโ€”
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size90 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSaimcan SesigurONURCAN ISIK

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Whoosh Balloon

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
None

Gridlock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Whoosh Balloon free?
Whoosh Balloon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gridlock free?
Gridlock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Whoosh Balloon or Gridlock have ads?
Whoosh Balloon shows ads; Gridlock does not.

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