Flap Happy vs Daily Dadish
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flap Happy
Guide a determined bird through challenging obstacles with unique power-ups and hazards. Enjoy a visually engaging experience with entertaining sound effects and special death animations. Choose from six distinct birds to embark on this fun yet demanding adventure.
- Progressive and Classic difficulty modes
- Crash Helmets and Jet Boosts
- Head starts and unique hazards
- Special death effects
- 6 playable birds
- Distinctive art and animation
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The smash hit reimagined! • Progressive or Classic difficulty! • Crash Helmets! • Jet Boosts! • Head starts! • Unique hazards! • Special death effects! • 6 birds to choose from! • See why Flap Happy is best in its class! Meet Happy! He's a small, blue bird with a hard, hard head. Help him fly through obstacles to score points. An engaging character, distinctive art and animation, entertaining sound effects and unique twists set Flap Happy apart and make it as fun as it is challenging. Comments or suggestions? Please visit the support URL. Thanks for playing!
Daily Dadish
Embark on a year-long retro platforming adventure with a new handcrafted level released daily. Challenge yourself with unique daily levels, overcome foes, unlock characters, and help a father find his missing children. Enjoy a fun soundtrack and humorous dialogue.
- Daily handcrafted levels
- Over 365 levels
- Unlockable characters
- Time-based challenges
- Character collection
- Retro platforming gameplay
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It’s an adventure that lasts a whole year! Daily Dadish is a retro platformer that features over 365 handcrafted levels - one for every day of the year! Each level is only playable for one day, so beat them while you can. Face challenging foes, unlock cool characters, and help reunite Dadish with his missing kids all over again! • A retro platformer with a different level every day • Over 365 handcrafted levels • 10 playable characters to unlock • Can you beat the clock? Complete levels quickly to earn medals and stars • Rescue your children, and also a screechy possum • Dialog that is reasonably funny • A rockin’ soundtrack featuring remixes of classic Dadish tunes • Experience the joys of fatherhood, every day!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Flap Happy at none against Daily Dadish's shown. Flap Happy also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 10.0). Daily Dadish's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 28 months) and ratings volume (508 vs 19). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Flap Happy sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Daily Dadish sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Flap Happy against 4.4 for Daily Dadish. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Daily Dadish has 508 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Flap Happy's written reviews are positive against 82% of Daily Dadish's.
Flap Happy ships an update every 28 months, Daily Dadish every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 18, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flap Happy | Daily Dadish |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (19 ratings) | 4.4 (508 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.6% of reviews — better | 82.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 508 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 28 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 10.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 155 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Funnerware | Thomas Young |
Customer experience
Flap Happy
Daily Dadish
Bugs and requests
Flap Happy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Daily Dadish
Reported bugs
4 issues- Levels repeating instead of new ones
- Timer disappearing
- Infinite loading screen soft-lock
- Issues with the first level on certain days
Requested features
5 requests- Allow playing past missed levels
- Add a level creator
- Introduce more characters and costumes
- Implement a leaderboard system
- Add a calendar to track progress
In-app purchases
Flap Happy
- Permanent Ad Removal$0.99
- Unlock for All Bird Awards$0.99
- Pile of 1,000 Coins$0.99
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- Full Unlock (The Tweet Deal)$2.99
Daily Dadish
- Remove Ads$6.99
Questions
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