Super Pipe Bird vs Arclo
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.
Arclo
A one-tap arcade game focused on momentum and timing. Players control two tethered orbs, tapping to swap anchors and propel forward through challenging gates while a void pursues. Offers two distinct play modes and an original synthwave soundtrack.
- One-tap gameplay
- Momentum and timing mechanics
- Two play modes: Orbit and Pendulum
- Progressive tier system with new challenges
- Endless levels with unique layouts
- In-game timer and leaderboards
- Original synthwave soundtrack with player
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One tap. Endless swing. Arclo is a one-tap arcade game about momentum. You pilot a tethered pair of orbs: tap to swap which orb anchors and which one swings, and sling yourself through a run of glowing gates while a rising void hunts you down. Nothing else to learn. Everything else to master. TWO PHYSICS MODES * Orbit: the pair whips around at constant spin. Pure rhythm and release timing. * Pendulum: gravity owns the swing. Build arcs, ride the fall, and time the swap at the top. Every tier plays completely differently in each mode, with separate progress and separate leaderboards. TEN TIERS OF TROUBLE Start with clean gates and an honest void. By the top tiers the course fights back: moving barriers, drifting hazards, tractor beams, gravity zones, spin-flips, fly-ins, and pulsing gaps. Tier 10 adds drifting debuffs that teleport you backward, shrink your tether, jitter the gates, and surge the void. POWER-UPS IN THE CHAOS Shields, freezes, wide gates, gate passes, and tether stretchers spawn mid-run. Snatch one without breaking your line and it might save the streak that saves your run. COMBO SCORING Every clean gate builds your streak and raises your multiplier. One miss resets it, and the void gets faster while you recover. Greed and safety are always arguing. ENDLESS CHALLENGE LEVELS Past level 25, raise the gate cap for longer, harder levels: more gates, more scoring chances, longer streaks. How deep you push is up to you. GAME CENTER LEADERBOARDS Every run posts to leaderboards for each mode, with a separate free-tier board so everyone competes from day one. ORIGINAL SYNTHWAVE SOUNDTRACK A full set of original tracks scores your runs, with separate menu and gameplay moods. The full unlock includes a soundtrack player so you can listen like a music app. FAIR AND SIMPLE Tiers 1 through 3 are free. A single one-time purchase unlocks tiers 4 through 10 forever. No subscription, no ads, no energy meters. Your progress syncs through iCloud. Thread the gates. Outrun the void.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Arclo at 5.0 against Super Pipe Bird's 4.3. Arclo also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). Super Pipe Bird's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (240 vs 1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Arclo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Super Pipe Bird asks for nothing beyond the download.
Arclo 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 240 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Super Pipe Bird ships an update every 4 months, Arclo weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Super Pipe Bird | Arclo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (240 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 240 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Elaine Rocha | Vagabond Burro LLC |
Customer experience
Super Pipe Bird
Arclo
In-app purchases
Super Pipe Bird
No in-app purchases
Arclo
- Arclo Pro$2.99
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