Comparison

Chalkwing vs Spike Flick

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

Head to head
About

Chalkwing

Features
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Every trick here is broken into an ordered run of beats: the setup, the moment of misdirection, the move itself, the reveal, and the reset. Beside each beat two columns sit apart, one for what the audience is looking at, one for what your hands are actually doing. Nothing counts as learned until you put the beats back in order yourself and point to the exact instant the attention is pulled away. There are 48 tricks across six families, covering cards, coins, rope, mentalism, stage pieces and pure misdirection. The second half of the app exists to stop all of that from fading. Tap along to a target tempo and read your drift in milliseconds, rebuild a cue sequence against a countdown, or drag two handles around a ring of seats to mark the arc where the move would be visible. Practice away from the phone, come back, and log the attempt honestly as clean, flashed or dropped. All three carry the same credit, because what gets counted is turning up again. Confidence in a trick cools on its own, so the call board keeps reordering itself around whatever has gone quiet longest. Once a handful of tricks hold up, pin six of them into a running order and the reading will flag a repeated prop, two neighbours from the same family, or a pair of angles that fight each other. Everything stays on the device. No account, no ads, no network.

About

Spike Flick

Features
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This app tests and sharpens your reaction skills. You control a golden sphere, dragging it freely across a dark arena while dodging red spikes that constantly shoot out from the edges and retract. Amber warning flashes appear at the edges; the slightest hesitation means getting impaled. As you progress through the levels, the spikes appear more frequently, the warning time shortens, and the spikes grow longer. The game features a 12-level campaign, an endless challenge mode for setting records, a "Blueprint Workshop" for creating custom rules, and a 20-second "Test Bench" to quickly get a feel for the controls. The controls are minimalistβ€”simply press and drag anywhere on the screen, ensuring your finger never blocks the sphere. Perfect for quick gaming sessions; rounds last only seconds, yet the tension mounts as you play. Keep a close eye on the edgesβ€”don't let the spikes touch you.

Screenshots

Chalkwing4 screens
Spike Flick4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Chalkwing at none against Spike Flick's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Chalkwing versus Spike Flick: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChalkwingSpike Flick
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyβ€”
AdsNo β€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad β€” better
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size7 MB5 MB
Age rating17++4
DeveloperChaim StolovichDevadatta Hosangadi

In-app purchases

None

Chalkwing

No in-app purchases

None

Spike Flick

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chalkwing free?
Chalkwing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spike Flick free?
Spike Flick is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chalkwing or Spike Flick have ads?
Spike Flick shows ads; Chalkwing does not.

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