Flip or Hold vs Contraptix
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flip or Hold
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Flip 7 cards to score big or bust! How far will you push your luck before you decide to hold? In Flip or Hold, every card can increase your score, or bring your round to an early end. Flip cards, use powerful special cards, challenge your rivals, and race to reach 200 points. This fun card game is easy to learn, but every turn brings a new decision. Keep flipping to build a bigger score, or choose Hold and secure your points before a duplicate number makes you bust. Every flip comes with a risk. If you reveal a number you already have, you bust and lose the points you earned that round. Reach 7 number cards without busting, hold, or get frozen by another player, and your run ends with your points secured. Special cards can change the round at any moment. Boost your score with bonus cards, multiply your points, use a second chance to protect your run, or freeze a rival so they can no longer draw cards that round. The goal is to reach at least 200 total points across multiple rounds. If two or more players reach 200 points in the same round, the player with the highest total score wins. HOW TO PLAY • Players take turns drawing cards. • Choose Flip to reveal another card and keep building your score. • Choose Hold to stop drawing cards for the rest of the round and secure your points. • Collect up to 7 number cards. Special cards such as +8 and ×2 do not count toward this limit. • Reveal a duplicate number and you bust, losing your points for that round. • Reach 7 number cards without busting to finish your run and secure your points. • Use special cards to boost your score, get a Second Chance, or Freeze a rival. • Keep playing rounds until at least one player reaches 200 points. • If multiple players reach 200 points in the same round, the highest total score wins. Play it safe and hold your points, or take another chance and go for an even bigger score. If you enjoy a card game with simple rules, competitive matches, and plenty of “one more card” moments, Flip or Hold is ready to play. Flip, score, hold, and race your rivals to 200 points.
Contraptix
Engage in a physics-based puzzle game where you complete unfinished machines by adding missing parts. Solve over 300 levels with unique mechanics and compete in daily challenges.
- Chain reaction physics puzzles
- 300 levels across 75 stages
- Daily challenge with leaderboards
- Free mode for creative building
- Community-created maps
- Offline play
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Place ramps, gears, magnets, balloons and rockets, press Play and watch every piece set off the next one. Contraptix is a physics puzzle game where every level is an unfinished machine: you add the missing parts and real physics decides whether it works. 300 LEVELS ACROSS 75 STAGES Start with simple chain reactions and finish with huge machines full of belts, pulleys, pipes, switches and timers. Every stage introduces a new part. A THOUSAND WAYS TO SOLVE IT There's no single answer. There's always a spare part on purpose: choosing well is part of the puzzle. Use few parts and be quick to earn all three stars. PARTS WITH PERSONALITY Bouncing balls, gears passing on their spin, fans, scissors that cut ropes, boxing gloves, light bulbs, cannons, trampolines and a mouse running in its wheel. Plus lasers and mirrors, portals, springs, electromagnets, dynamite and upside-down gravity zones. DAILY CHALLENGE A new puzzle every day. Fewest parts wins; on a tie, the fastest. Compete on the world and country leaderboards. FREE MODE Build whatever you like with every part you've discovered. COMMUNITY Build your own maps in Free mode, remove some parts and publish them as a challenge. Play other players' maps, rate them and climb the community and creator leaderboards. ACHIEVEMENTS Unlock achievements and compete on the Game Center leaderboard. PLAY YOUR WAY No sign-up, plays offline. Link Google or Apple whenever you like and your progress follows you to any phone. Available in 9 languages. Contraptix is free, with ads and optional in-app purchases (coins for hints and removing ads).
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Verdict
Flip or Hold and Contraptix are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Flip or Hold sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Contraptix sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Flip or Hold ships an update every 5 days, Contraptix every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flip or Hold | Contraptix |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 268 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Tripledot Studios | Roberto Diaz |
In-app purchases
Flip or Hold
- Package 1.99$1.99
- Package 7.99$7.99
- Package 14.99$14.99
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- Package 29.99$29.99
- Package 49.99$49.99
- Package 99.99$99.99
Contraptix
- Bag of coins$0.99
- Chest of coins$2.99
- Remove ads$2.99
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- Coin treasure$5.99





