Comparison

Tap vs PixelFlip

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

Head to head
About

Tap

Features
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TapRelay turns your room into a playground — a multi-device reaction & fitness game. Place several iPhones around the room. They light up one by one, and you run and tap them as fast as you can, using your reflexes, speed, and focus. Great as a party workout with friends, or solo reaction training. ■ Two Modes - Simple: run to the lit device and tap - Color Call: say the displayed ink color out loud — a Stroop brain-teaser (uses the microphone) ■ Features - Connect 2–8 iPhones (no internet — devices connect directly to each other) - 4 difficulty levels, combos, ranks, best-record tracking - A distance setting that adds time to reach devices placed farther apart - Solo practice with reaction-time display (works on one device) - 3 BGM tracks (Dance / Rock / City Pop) - Japanese & English ■ Pricing Free to play. The free version includes: - Simple mode - 2-device play (this device + 1) - 15s / 30s time limits - Near / Normal / Far distance - BGM #1 A single ¥100 in-app purchase unlocks everything: - Color Call mode - Up to 8 devices - 60s / Custom time (up to 3 min) - Custom distance (up to 10s) - BGM #2 / #3 / Random * Color Call mode uses on-device speech recognition. English voice recognition runs offline on recent iPhones; on older devices it may require an internet connection. * No ads.

About

PixelFlip

Experience a unique arcade challenge where failing in one game drops you into another. Master Pinball, Breakout, and Hurdle in a descending sequence, with increasing difficulty and surprising twists. Save your progress and compete for high scores.

Highlights
  • Three stacked retro arcade games
  • Descending challenge mechanic
  • Random flipper swaps and traps
  • Progressive difficulty
  • Save and Quit functionality
  • High score tables and achievements
Features
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PixelFlip is three retro arcade games stacked on top of each other, and the only way out of one is down into the next. You start on a pinball table. Drain the ball and the game doesn't end. You fall into Breakout. Lose the ball there and you drop again, all the way down to Hurdle, where you run, jump and try not to crash. Make it through and you can climb back up to where you started. A single game can take you through all three, more than once. It starts out friendly. It doesn't stay that way. The longer you survive, the faster and tougher everything gets, so every run is a race to bank as many points as you can before it all catches up with you. Only a crash in Hurdle costs you a life, and you get three. PLAYS GREAT ON iPHONE DUO PixelFlip now supports both screens on iPhone Duo. Play folded on the outer screen, or open it up and use the big inner screen for a wider view of the table. The table, the bricks and the controls are sized to fit either one, and you can pause, fold or unfold, and pick up right where you left off. PINBALL Flippers, bumpers, targets and a launcher, the way you remember them. Light up all three wall targets if you can. Rack up enough points and one bumper starts pulsing. Hit it and your flippers swap sides until you sort yourself out. It isn't the only trap on the table, either. BREAKOUT A circle of bricks waiting to be knocked out, with gates behind them. Some gates help you. Some really don't. Breakout remembers which bricks you've already broken, so coming back is never quite a fresh start. A short 3-2-1 countdown before every serve gives you a second to get your paddle in place. HURDLE A run along the bottom of everything. Jump the hurdles, grab gold rings for bonus points, and hang on as the pace keeps climbing. KEEP SCORE • A top-10 high score table with three-letter initials, just like the arcade. • A Game Center leaderboard to see how you stack up against friends and everyone else. • 14 achievements. Some are obvious. A few only make sense once you've earned them. • Save & Quit in Pinball before any launch, with two save slots so two people can each keep a run going. Each save can be used once. THERE'S MORE IN HERE PixelFlip has hidden games tucked away in it. We won't tell you where. Poking around and finding them is half the fun. TRY IT FREE Play a full game before you spend anything. If you enjoy it, one small purchase unlocks everything for good: saving, every hidden game, and all future updates. No ads, no subscription, no account, and no tracking. PixelFlip is made by one independent developer. Thanks for giving it a try.

Screenshots

Tap4 screens
PixelFlip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PixelFlip at weekly against Tap's every 2 months. Tap's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Tap sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PixelFlip sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tap ships an update every 2 months, PixelFlip weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Tap versus PixelFlip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTapPixelFlip
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerseiji hondaRobert Laramee

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tap

One-time1
  • Unlock Everything$0.49
1 purchases

PixelFlip

One-time1
  • Full Unlock$0.99

Questions

Is Tap free?
Tap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PixelFlip free?
PixelFlip is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tap or PixelFlip have ads?
Neither Tap nor PixelFlip shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tap or PixelFlip?
Tap ships an update every 2 months, and PixelFlip weekly. Most recently, Tap was updated on October 28, 2026 and PixelFlip on October 31, 2026.

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