Super Pipe Bird vs Circle Shape Rush
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Super Pipe Bird
Tap the screen to make a small bird flap its wings and fly through a series of pipes. Avoid crashing to achieve the highest score possible in this simple yet challenging arcade game.
- Simple tap controls
- Crispy gameplay
- High score challenges
- Original game mechanics
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Tap to flap and find your way through the pipes. Keep flying, beat your best score, then try again. Play Original for a familiar challenge, or choose Arcade for pipes that move and change the gaps as you fly. Super Pipe Bird keeps it simple with pixel art, one-tap controls and Game Center leaderboards. Play on iPhone or iPad, turn sideways to see more of the course, and choose whether music plays during your run. No ads. Just you, the bird and the next pipe.
Circle Shape Rush
Tap to change direction and hit highlighted barriers to earn points. Navigate through obstacles in this fast-paced arcade game.
- Tap to change direction
- Hit highlighted barriers
- Earn points
- Fast-paced gameplay
- Simple controls
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Earn points by hitting the highlighted barriers. Tapping anywhere on the screen will change the direction of the players movement.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Circle Shape Rush at 5.0 against Super Pipe Bird's 4.3. Circle Shape Rush also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 months). Super Pipe Bird's advantage is ratings volume (252 vs 5). 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.
Circle Shape Rush holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Super Pipe Bird has 252 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Super Pipe Bird's written reviews are positive against 100% of Circle Shape Rush's.
Super Pipe Bird ships an update every 4 months, Circle Shape Rush every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Super Pipe Bird | Circle Shape Rush |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (252 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 252 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Elaine Rocha | Christopher Ramirez |
Customer experience
Super Pipe Bird
Circle Shape Rush
In-app purchases
Super Pipe Bird
No in-app purchases
Circle Shape Rush
No in-app purchases
Questions
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