Comparison

PapiFlap vs Hello, Mario!

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

Head to head
About

PapiFlap

Tap to make a character flap and navigate through obstacles. Avoid hitting poles and stay within the screen to keep playing. This game is a port of a classic released in 2007.

Highlights
  • Tap to flap
  • Avoid wood poles
  • Stay within screen
  • Classic gameplay
  • Simple controls
Features
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Mr.Papi (red ball guy) is flapping in the air! Tap anywhere to flap and avoid wood poles. The game ends if he goes out of the screen. - This app is the porting of our old game released in 2007 Japan named Soratobu Meido Jiisan.

About

Hello, Mario!

Engage with Mario's face by pulling, stretching, and poking him to create various expressions. Add iconic items and characters from the Mushroom Kingdom to the scene. Enjoy interactive play with a built-in feature that encourages screen time breaks.

Highlights
  • Manipulate Mario's face
  • Add game items and characters
  • Play peekaboo with Mario
  • Built-in screen time breaks
  • Offline play
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"Hello, Mario!" Are you ready to play? With this free application from the little-kid-friendly My Mario brand, you and your kiddo can play with Mario's face and delight in all his various expressions. ■Make Silly Faces Team up with your kiddo to see how silly Mario can get when you pull and stretch his face or take turns poking and spinning him around. Tap on the ? Block in the top-left corner of the screen and select an icon to make items—like a Super Mushroom, a Super Star, or pipes—and even enemies appear alongside Mario. ■Peekaboo! Invite Mario to play peekaboo by tapping on the leftmost icon in the ? Block menu. Boo may even make a guest appearance! ■Built-In Breaks Good night, Mario! Mario gets tuckered out after playing for a while and will fall fast asleep. At that point no amount of poking can wake him up! This is a great opportunity to take a break and help parents limit their child's screen time. If you want to keep the fun going, you can turn off this feature by tapping the gear icon in the top-right corner of the screen when the application starts. ■Play Offline There's no need to be connected to the internet to play this application. After you download it, you're good to go! Operation is not guaranteed for all devices that meet the operating conditions. It may not work properly depending on the device's performance and specifications, device-specific application usage conditions, etc. Please be sure to read the Health and Safety information provided in the application settings before you start playing. Settings can be accessed by tapping the gear icon in the top-right corner of the screen when the application starts to access the menu. ©Nintendo

Screenshots

PapiFlap3 screens
Hello, Mario!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PapiFlap at 5.0 against Hello, Mario!'s 4.6. PapiFlap also leads on iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). Hello, Mario!'s advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 21 months) and ratings volume (324 vs 5). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PapiFlap holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hello, Mario! has 324 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of PapiFlap's written reviews are positive against 90% of Hello, Mario!'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PapiFlap ships an update every 21 months, Hello, Mario! every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PapiFlap versus Hello, Mario!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPapiFlapHello, Mario!
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better4.6 (324 ratings)
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews89.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5324 — better
Update frequencyEvery 21 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS6.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB137 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYohei IwasakiNintendo Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

PapiFlap

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral4.8%
Negative9.5%

Hello, Mario!

All ratings279 ratings
Positive89.6%
Neutral3.9%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews156 reviews
Positive89.7%
Neutral3.8%
Negative6.4%

In-app purchases

None

PapiFlap

No in-app purchases

None

Hello, Mario!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PapiFlap free?
PapiFlap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hello, Mario! free?
Hello, Mario! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PapiFlap or Hello, Mario!?
PapiFlap is rated higher. PapiFlap averages 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Hello, Mario! averages 4.6 from 324 ratings.
Do PapiFlap or Hello, Mario! have ads?
Neither PapiFlap nor Hello, Mario! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PapiFlap or Hello, Mario!?
PapiFlap ships an update every 21 months, and Hello, Mario! every 4 months. Most recently, PapiFlap was updated on October 10, 2026 and Hello, Mario! on October 23, 2026.

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