Comparison

Super Jetpack vs Updraft

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

Updraft

Features
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One thumb. One cave. One question: how far? Hold to rise, let go to fall, and thread your panicking little blob through an endless neon cave that gets tighter and faster the longer you survive. Crash and you'll die in increasingly ridiculous ways — then you'll tap to fly again before you've finished groaning. • Dead-simple one-thumb controls • An endless, ever-tightening neon cave • Campaign mode - 60 handcrafted caves across 6 unique regions • Ridiculous death animations you'll want to collect • Skins with personality + cave themes to unlock • A new Daily Cave for everyone, every day • Plays offline, anywhere Mash your thumb. Skim the walls. Blame gravity.

Screenshots

Super Jetpack4 screens
Updraft4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Super Jetpack at none against Updraft's 4. Updraft's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Updraft sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Super Jetpack asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Super Jetpack ships an update every 4 days, Updraft weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Super Jetpack versus Updraft: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSuper JetpackUpdraft
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKevin WestSeif Ibrahim

In-app purchases

None

Super Jetpack

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Updraft

One-time4
  • Snack Pack$0.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Campaign Mode$2.99
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  • Mega Bundle$4.99

Questions

Is Super Jetpack free?
Super Jetpack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Updraft free?
Updraft is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Super Jetpack or Updraft have ads?
Neither Super Jetpack nor Updraft shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Super Jetpack or Updraft?
Super Jetpack ships an update every 4 days, and Updraft weekly. Most recently, Super Jetpack was updated on November 6, 2026 and Updraft on October 31, 2026.

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