Comparison

Swipe the Flow vs Sylva

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

Head to head
About

Swipe the Flow

Explore fluid dynamics and wind simulation with interactive touch controls. Create mesmerizing visuals, solve physics-based challenges, and import images to shape the flow. Save and share your creations as photos or videos.

Highlights
  • Real-time fluid simulation
  • Interactive touch controls
  • Photo and logo import
  • Multiple simulation modes
  • Physics-based challenges
  • Photo and video export
  • Game Center leaderboards
Features
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Pour water, draw walls, and change the flow with your fingertips. Swipe the Flow is a hands-on playground for water, wind, and smoke. Enjoy the basic features of all five free-play modes and the first five stages of each of the five challenge games for free. Unlock more challenges and premium visuals with Pro—a one-time purchase, not a subscription. NEW CHALLENGE: WIND TARGET Draw walls, then rotate, move, and carve shapes. The arrow shows how hard the wind pushes—keep its tip inside the box to win. Kites, a sailboat, an umbrella, roof luggage, and a bike behind a truck all catch the wind. • Stages 1–5 are free; Pro includes stage 6 onward • Longer arrows mean a stronger push WATER PLAYGROUND Catch water from a faucet and guide it along walls. Add a drain, pour or erase water, and stir it with your finger to build your own waterway. • Move faucets and drains; adjust each one's size, direction, and speed • Build with cups, funnels, photos, and shapes • Tilt your device to move the water and adjust its thickness • Basic features are free, with up to 10 faucets and drains combined FIVE WAYS TO PLAY • Water Playground: Pour water and draw walls to shape its flow. • Smoke Lab: Follow smoke to see invisible air. Adjust each chimney's smoke output and add a Smoke Eraser. • Wind Tunnel: Watch wind split around walls, photos, and logos. Turn on flow lines and wind push indicators to explore what happens. • Liquid Art: Create, push, stretch, and merge liquid drops. Tilt your device to move them. • Swipe the Flow: Swipe across the screen to draw colorful currents and spirals. FIVE CHALLENGE GAMES • Wind Target: Change the shapes to get the tip of the wind's arrow into the box. • Make Waterways: Draw walls and erase holes to send water where you want it. • Wind Paths: Draw walls to guide wind into the target. • Wind Maze: Carve a route and get the wind out before time runs out. • Smoke Delivery: Move chimneys and draw walls to send smoke where you want it. Stages 1–5 are free in each game. Pro includes Wind Paths 6–15, Wind Maze 6–15, Smoke Delivery 6–13, Make Waterways 6–24, and Wind Target 6–18. Try Game Center leaderboards and achievements, then share a photo of your cleared stage and record. CREATE AND SHARE • Import photos and logos, with background removal on your device • Move, resize, and rotate photo and shape layers with editing handles • Choose flow strength, playback speed, colors, and detail • Pause, reset, save photos, record videos, and share • Photos and videos are processed on your device SWIPE THE FLOW PRO One purchase. No subscription. • Challenge stages beyond the free section • No watermarks • More detailed simulation and all premium visual styles • Up to eight photo or shape layers • Up to 20 chimneys and Smoke Erasers combined in Smoke Lab • Up to 20 faucets and drains combined in Water Playground The free version includes one photo or shape layer. Every day, one Pro stage is free at the top of Home in "What will you play today?" Create without a fixed answer, or take on a puzzle with a goal.

About

Sylva

Grow a unique tree by guiding its branches towards targets in this physics-based puzzle game. Adapt to challenges, avoid falling branches, and explore diverse game modes. Create your own levels or play community-made ones.

Highlights
  • Grow and shape unique trees
  • Physics-based puzzle levels
  • Creator Mode for custom challenges
  • Community-made levels
  • Infinite Mode
  • Global leaderboards
Features
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Welcome to Sylva, a puzzle game where every branch counts. Grow a living tree and guide its branches toward each target. But be careful: every new branch changes the balance of your tree. Grow too far in the wrong direction and a branch may fall, taking part of your creation with it. Observe, adapt, and find the right way to grow through every challenge. Features: • Grow and shape your own unique tree • Solve physics-based puzzle levels • Face dangerous zones and strange anomalies • Discover portals, black holes, mirrors, and more • Create your own challenges in Creator Mode • Play levels made by the community • Customize the game with a wide range of themes • Compare your scores on global leaderboards • Push your limits in Infinite Mode As time passes, older branches become fixed and can no longer move. Every decision shapes what your tree can become. How far can you make it grow?

Screenshots

Swipe the Flow4 screens
Sylva4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sylva at 5.0 against Swipe the Flow's 4.3. Sylva also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Swipe the Flow's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. Swipe the Flow sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sylva asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sylva holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Swipe the Flow versus Sylva: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwipe the FlowSylva
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 4 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerjunho kimAntoine Pellissier

Customer experience

Swipe the Flow

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Sylva

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Swipe the Flow

One-time1
  • Swipe the Flow Pro$4.99
None

Sylva

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Swipe the Flow free?
Swipe the Flow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sylva free?
Sylva is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Swipe the Flow or Sylva?
Sylva is rated higher. Swipe the Flow averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Sylva averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Swipe the Flow or Sylva have ads?
Sylva shows ads; Swipe the Flow does not.
Which is updated more often, Swipe the Flow or Sylva?
Swipe the Flow ships an update every 4 days, and Sylva every 4 days. Most recently, Swipe the Flow was updated on October 21, 2026 and Sylva on October 22, 2026.

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