Waddle vs Fliperama
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Waddle
Play classic Doom WADs on your iPhone or iPad. This app allows you to import your own game files and mods, offering customizable touch controls and full controller support. It comes bundled with two free games and is open-source.
- Play classic Doom WADs
- Import your own WAD files
- Customizable touch controls
- Full game controller support
- Bundled with Freedoom games
- Open-source software
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Play the classic-Doom-engine games you own, anywhere. Waddle is a WAD player for iPhone and iPad: a game library and touch controls built around Woof! - the modern continuation of the Boom and MBF ports that faithfully preserves original gameplay while supporting today's mods, up through the MBF21 standard. Ready to play out of the box. Waddle bundles Freedoom Phase 1 and Phase 2: two complete, freely licensed games built by the Freedoom project for this engine family. Tap and play - nothing to configure. Bring your own WADs. Import WAD files you own from the Files app, iCloud Drive, or the share sheet - commercial IWADs you've purchased, or any of thousands of community-made maps and megawads. Zip archives and DeHackEd patches are supported. Every map set is a game. Import a megawad and it lands on your shelf as its own game, already paired with the right base game. Add-ons and DeHackEd patches attach to any game from its page, where you also set the load order and compatibility level (vanilla, Boom, MBF, MBF21 - or auto) and find its saves, which are kept per game. Play your way. Touch controls with two schemes (classic twin-stick and modern drag-to-turn), adjustable feel, and buttons you can drag wherever your thumbs want them - plus full support for game controllers and hardware keyboards. Walk into doors and switches to use them, and pan and zoom the automap by touch. Open source. Waddle is free software under the GPL-3.0; the engine it descends from is GPL-2.0-or-later. Source code for the entire app is available on GitHub. Waddle includes no copyrighted commercial game content. Only the freely licensed Freedoom data is bundled; commercial WADs must be imported by you, from copies you own. This app is not affiliated with or endorsed by id Software or Bethesda.
Fliperama
Transform your device into a retro arcade with multiple classic consoles and a library of free, openly licensed games. Enjoy authentic controls, import your own legally owned ROMs, and experience local multiplayer.
- Pocket arcade cabinet design
- Seven classic consoles supported
- Curated catalog of free games
- Import your own ROM files
- Bluetooth controller support
- Local 2-player mode
- Automatic saves and quick states
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Fliperama turns your iPhone into a pocket arcade cabinet: seven classic consoles, a curated catalog of free openly licensed games, and controls that actually feel right. THE ARCADE FEEL - Arcade skin with 8-way stick and big buttons, tuned with a real multi-touch model (running while jumping just works) - Or switch to each console's original pad, faithfully recreated - Bluetooth controllers supported, including 2-player local play SEVEN CONSOLES IN ONE CABINET Relive the golden age of pixel art: Game Boy, Game Boy Color, NES, Super Nintendo, Mega Drive / Genesis, Master System and Atari 2600. FREE CURATED CATALOG - Dozens of real homebrew games, all openly licensed by their authors, license and author shown on every card - Download and play instantly, no account needed - New games added regularly YOUR GAMES - Import your own ROM files (including .zip), use only games you legally own - Cartridge shelf with custom labels from your own photos - Automatic battery saves plus quick save states in every game PREMIUM One cheap monthly subscription removes all ads and helps fund new consoles and features. The catalog stays free for everyone. Legal: Fliperama does not include, share or host commercial ROMs. Trademarks belong to their respective owners; Fliperama is not affiliated with or endorsed by Nintendo, Sega or Atari. Emulation powered by the open-source cores SameBoy (MIT) and ares (ISC). Privacy Policy: https://a4tech.ai/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Waddle at none against Fliperama's 1. Waddle also leads on ads (none vs shown). Fliperama's advantage is update cadence (daily vs weekly) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Fliperama sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Waddle asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Waddle against 5.0 for Fliperama. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Waddle ships an update weekly, Fliperama daily. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Waddle | Fliperama |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Tyler Vick | A4 Tech Ltda |
In-app purchases
Waddle
No in-app purchases
Fliperama
- Premium$2.991 Month









