TextShooter vs Hop Slide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TextShooter
A straightforward arcade shooter challenges your reflexes with falling targets. Survive as long as possible by tapping the screen rapidly to eliminate incoming threats. The game offers pure, unadulterated gameplay without any in-app purchases or advertisements.
- Deceptively simple gameplay
- Fast-paced tapping action
- Falling target mechanics
- No in-app purchases
- Ad-free experience
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A deceptively simple shooter that will put your tapping to the test. When these X's start falling, you'll need every finger you've got just to stay alive! No IAP, no ads, just good old-fashioned shooting. The source code for this game, and full description of how to go about building something like this on your own, is available in the new "Beginning iOS 7 Development" from Apress.
Hop Slide
A highly addictive game where players strategically jump over blue obstacles while allowing red ones to pass. Master the timing and pattern to achieve high scores in this simple yet challenging experience.
- Strategic jumping mechanics
- Blue and red obstacle interaction
- Addictive gameplay loop
- Simple controls
- High score chasing
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You jump over the blues and let the reds jump over you. !Warning Very Addicting!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Hop Slide at weekly against TextShooter's every 33 months. Hop Slide also leads on ratings volume (26 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). TextShooter's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TextShooter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hop Slide has 26 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
TextShooter ships an update every 33 months, Hop Slide weekly. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | TextShooter | Hop Slide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.7 (26 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 90.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 26 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 33 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 15.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rebisoft | Tobias Hales |
Customer experience
TextShooter
Hop Slide
In-app purchases
TextShooter
No in-app purchases
Hop Slide
No in-app purchases
