Comparison

Pocket Stables vs Flippee Ball

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

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About

Pocket Stables

Build and manage your own horse ranch, training racehorses to compete in thrilling races. Expand your facilities, attract visitors, and breed new generations of champions to achieve international fame.

Highlights
  • Ranch management
  • Racehorse training
  • Facility building
  • Horse breeding
  • Attract visitors
  • Compete in races
Features
Currently charting
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Manage your very own ranch while training your racehorses to win big in exciting races! Build training facilities like dirt courses and pools amidst the beautiful natural surroundings of your ranch. Increase your ranch's fame and entice visitors to spend some dough at your ranch's amenities, like ice cream stands and gift shops. Find horses with the right combination of stamina and speed and intensity and train them to race. Keep winning races to earn bigger and better prizes, as well as the ability to compete in even bigger and more exciting races on an international scale. Send once-great racehorses out to stud. Find effective pedigree combinations and breed a new generation of talented colts. Can you train a Triple Crown winner and bring fame and glory to your ranch? -- Try searching for "Kairosoft" to see all of our games, or visit us at https://kairopark.jp/iphone. Be sure to check out both our free-to-play and our paid games! Kairosoft's pixel art game series continues! Follow kairokun2010 on Twitter for the latest Kairosoft news and information. https://twitter.com/kairokun2010

About

Flippee Ball

Features
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Are you ready for a challenge? A minimal, one-button, two-player game of maximal skill where pinball meets basketball. Learn the shots in the Academy, practice against the computer, then challenge your friends and family. A single button flips your flippers but gives you precise control of your shots. Master your timing, improve your reactions to your opponent, learn all the tricks and develop your own techniques until the ball is under your control and scoring becomes second nature. The free version has: • 20 levels of the Academy – 20 “assists” for you to try to score from to help perfect your technique. • Easy & Medium “longest streak mode” – see how many games in a row you can win against the computer in games up to 3 minutes long. • Multiple control options – touch screen, mouse, keyboard and game controller. • Professional and amateur game speeds. • “Aim assist” – need a little help? Then enable this! • Sudden Death – first to score in the event of a tie wins the game. • Buzzer beater – baskets scored after the buzzer still count if hit before it sounds • Possession timer – hands the ball to your opponent if you keep it for too long. • No adverts. Purchasing the single in-app purchase unlocks the full game giving: • 80 more Academy levels giving a total of 100 (50 amateur and 50 professional) covering all the shots you need to become a Flippee Ball master. • Increase maximum game length from 3 to 30 minutes. • Four more game modes: • Hard longest streak mode. • Progressive longest streak mode where each game the computer gets progressively harder to beat. • Career mode – also increases difficulty with every game won – but this time your progress is saved so losing isn’t the end. • Player vs player – play against your friends, family and enemies on the same device • Stats: • In-game display of each player's current points per minute. • Saving the highest points per minute to your device. • Player vs AI game stats. • Current and longest vs AI winning streak stats. • Tracking of current and longest winning streak across all four longest streak modes and both game speeds. • Tracking of the highest shot. Flippee Ball. Simple. Skillful.

Screenshots

Pocket Stables4 screens
Flippee Ball4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Flippee Ball at Free against Pocket Stables's $5.99. Flippee Ball also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 10 months). Pocket Stables's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#83 vs unranked). On ads 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

Flippee Ball is free to download; Pocket Stables costs $5.99 up front. Flippee Ball sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pocket Stables asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pocket Stables ships an update every 10 months, Flippee Ball every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Pocket Stables versus Flippee Ball: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket StablesFlippee Ball
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (78 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings78 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#83 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKairosoft Co.,LtdThe Bounce Forge Ltd

Bugs and requests

Pocket Stables

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Horses getting stuck on railings during races
  • Menu button not working on some devices
  • Economy issues after recent update

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more horse breeds and coat patterns
  • Allow breeding of mares
  • Implement an option to retire old horses
  • Expand the ranch to accommodate more facilities

Flippee Ball

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Pocket Stables

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Flippee Ball

One-time1
  • Unlock local PvP & high score.$0.99

Questions

Is Pocket Stables free?
Pocket Stables costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flippee Ball free?
Flippee Ball is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pocket Stables or Flippee Ball have ads?
Neither Pocket Stables nor Flippee Ball shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pocket Stables or Flippee Ball?
Pocket Stables ships an update every 10 months, and Flippee Ball every 2 weeks. Most recently, Pocket Stables was updated on November 7, 2026 and Flippee Ball on November 4, 2026.

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