Super Pipe Bird vs Loopy Bird
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.
Loopy Bird
Relive the classic arcade experience with this challenging endless runner. Tap to guide a bird through obstacles, aiming for a high score. Enjoy addictive extras and surprises in a retro gaming environment.
- Classic tap-to-fly gameplay
- Endless runner mode
- High score challenges
- Retro gaming feel
- Addictive extras and surprises
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One tap to fly. One pipe to end it all. How far can you go? Loopy Bird is a pixel-art arcade game about tapping at exactly the right moment. Flap through the gaps, beat your best, and unlock birds that each play in their own way. It's quick to learn, hard to master, and impossible to put down. 24 BIRDS, EACH WITH ITS OWN TRICK - Loopy Bird flies backwards - Crazy Bird scores double - Bounce Bird bounces off the ground and the tops of pipes - Ghost Bird races a replay of your own best run - Gravity Bird turns the whole world upside down every 10 pipes - Hummingbird hovers: hold to rise, let go to drop - Phoenix rises from the flames once per run - Owl slows time, and pipes passed in slow motion score double - Bat flies at night and only sees what its light reaches - Twin Birds: two birds, one tap - Space Bird warps through portals, Cyber Bird blasts pipes, Retro Bird flies in a 4-bit world - ...and more, plus one bird you can never buy: it has to be earned 10 BACKGROUNDS TO PICK FROM Fly over Country Town, Volcano Island and Space Town, or through 7 new worlds: Haunted Hollow, Ember Peaks, Twilight Forest, Flower Garden, Sunny Beach, Orbital Station and Mirror Lake. Each has its own pipes. DAILY CHALLENGE Every day, everyone gets the same bird and the same pipes. Hit the day's target and climb the daily leaderboard. EARN EVERYTHING BY PLAYING Unlock birds with your best run, or keep a daily streak going and every pipe adds up. 31 Game Center achievements and a leaderboard for every bird. Every earnable bird can be earned by playing. If you'd rather not wait, the store has single birds, team packs and the Loopy Pass, which unlocks every bird and background in the game. Buy once, keep forever. No subscriptions. Made by one person who has been flapping since the beginning. Thanks for playing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Super Pipe Bird at none against Loopy Bird's 10. Super Pipe Bird also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.8). Loopy Bird's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (75% vs 67%). On price, ratings volume, 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. Loopy Bird sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Super Pipe Bird asks for nothing beyond the download.
Super Pipe Bird holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 246 and 138 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Super Pipe Bird's written reviews are positive against 75% of Loopy Bird's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Super Pipe Bird ships an update every 4 months, Loopy Bird monthly. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Super Pipe Bird | Loopy Bird |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (246 ratings) — better | 3.8 (138 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 246 — better | 138 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Elaine Rocha | Empoc, LLC |
Customer experience
Super Pipe Bird
Loopy Bird
Bugs and requests
Super Pipe Bird
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Loopy Bird
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game freezing and crashing
- Achievements not working properly
- Inconsistent bird speed and responsiveness
- Ads popping up during gameplay
Requested features
5 requests- Add more game modes (tunnel, spikes, etc.)
- Provide an option to mute music
- Make the first levels easier for beginners
- Add a way to unlock birds more easily
- Improve the sensitivity and control of the bird
In-app purchases
Super Pipe Bird
No in-app purchases
Loopy Bird
- Mini Bird$0.99
- Flower Garden$0.99
- Sunny Beach$0.99
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- Orbital Station$0.99
- Mirror Lake$0.99
- Retro Bird$1.99
- Legend Team$2.99
- Bird Pack$4.99
- The Dream Team$4.99
- Loopy Pass$12.99
Questions
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