Super Jetpack vs Pitfall 2600
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Super Jetpack
A retro-style arcade game where players control a jetpack with a single tap. Navigate through challenging obstacles and survive as long as possible in a fast-paced, ever-increasing environment. Compete for high scores on global leaderboards.
- One-tap jetpack control
- Obstacle avoidance
- Increasing difficulty
- Multiple worlds
- Game Center leaderboards
- No ads or purchases
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Super Jetpack is back! Hold to fire your jetpack. Let go to fall. Super Jetpack is a one-tap arcade game in the style of classic 80s home consoles. Thread the pillars. Time the laser gates. Dodge the asteroids drifting between them. The further you fly the faster it gets, the tighter the gaps close, and the more the world throws at you. How long can you survive? • One control: hold to rise, release to fall • Four kinds of hazard, introduced as you get further • Four worlds, cycling as you fly • Game Center leaderboards, all-time and weekly • No ads, no purchases, no accounts, nothing collected
Pitfall 2600
Navigate a jungle world across 256 interconnected screens to collect 32 treasures within a time limit. This classic-style adventure challenges players to master the environment and find all the hidden items.
- Collect 32 jungle treasures
- Explore 256 interconnected screens
- Time-based challenges
- Flip-screen gameplay
- Classic adventure style
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Pitfall Larry is found in the jungle collecting all the 32 treasures within a certain amount of time. The jungle world consists of 256 screens which are horizontally connected in a flip screen manner.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Super Jetpack at Free against Pitfall 2600's $0.99. Super Jetpack also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.0) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 months). Pitfall 2600's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.6 vs 17.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Super Jetpack is free to download; Pitfall 2600 costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Super Jetpack holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pitfall 2600 has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Super Jetpack ships an update every 4 days, Pitfall 2600 every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Super Jetpack | Pitfall 2600 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.0 (26 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 26 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 131 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kevin West | Lazaros Dinakis |
Customer experience
Super Jetpack
Pitfall 2600
In-app purchases
Super Jetpack
No in-app purchases
Pitfall 2600
No in-app purchases
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