Comparison

Skullduggery! vs Red's First Flight

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

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About

Skullduggery!

Control a semi-organic skull as a tax collector for the afterlife's IRS. Use your brain's elasticity to flick yourself through fortresses, avoid obstacles, and take out enemies. Engage in stealth, trick shots, and even multiplayer challenges.

Highlights
  • Flick-based brain elasticity controls
  • Bullet time for trick shots
  • Stealth mechanics for enemy takedowns
  • Multiplayer head-to-head mode
  • Unlockable skulls
  • Surreal levels and boss battles
Features
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Headshots! Paperwork! Semi-Organic Autonomous Skulls collecting taxes from the Deadbeats of the Afterlife! Official Selection, PAX 10 Indie Showcase, PAX Prime 2014 9/10 - Pocket Gamer (Pocket Gamer Gold Award) 5/5 - AppSpy 4.5/5 - Touch Arcade 4/5 - 148 Apps 4/5 - Gamezebo 8.5/10 - GameMob ======================================================== You know the old saying, “you can’t take it with you?” Well, we’ve got news for you, my friends, they were WRONG! “Deadbeats” have been taking their riches with them to the afterlife for centuries and it’s the job of the INFERNAL Revenue Service — and its army of skulls — to collect! That’s where you come in. In “Skullduggery!” you’ll play a Semi-Organic Autonomous Skull employed as a collection agent for the IRS. Using the elasticity of your own brain, flick yourself around the fortresses of the afterlife’s biggest deadbeats. - BRAIN POWER: Pull back ANYWHERE on the screen to stretch out your brain! Let go to snap your skull forward like a brainy rubber band. - BULLET TIME: Touch and hold in mid-air to slow down time, change directions, avoid deadly obstacles, and pull off crazy trick shots! - GRAVITATIONAL TRUANCY: Repeatedly jump by aiming again while your skull is mid-flight. - STEALTHINESS: Being small has advantages! Hide in trash cans, chests, and jars. Slip behind surly guards and take them out while their backs are turned! - HEADSHOTS: Take out enemies with a single well-placed fling to the cranium. - HEAD TO HEAD: Play ‘head to head’ against your friends to become the afterlife’s most successful agent. - BUREAUCRACY: Fill out paperwork and reflect on the inherent emptiness of existence! “Skullduggery!” features the endearingly grotesque art stylings of game artist extraordinaire Bill Mudron, inspired by the Max Fleischer animations of the 1930’s, and a quirky, doom-jazzy, bureau-noir soundtrack from industrial musician Michael Arthur Holloway. MORE FEATURES: - NO In App Purchase. Buy the game, play the game. That’s it! - A finely-tuned and deeply-satisfying one-touch control scheme specifically tailored to mobile. - Three distinctly unique and atmospheric worlds with more on the way. - Dreadful puns. - Single Player mode with 24 surreal and pleasantly spooky levels. - Multiplayer “Head to Head” mode with a variety of brain-pounding arenas. - Hidden rooms and secret chests containing treasure and other delights. - Pleasing power-ups and epic boss battles! - Dozens of collectables and secondary objectives for maximum replayability. - Over 20 unique skulls to unlock, including guest celebrity skulls from some of our favorite games. - Universal App - play on your new iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and iPad mini. - Full iCloud support - sync your progress across all your devices. - Compete with Game Center Achievements and Leaderboards. - Paperwork, paperwork, paperwork! =================================================== Hi, We're ClutchPlay Games! We’re a small indie game studio located in not-so-sunny yet idyllic Portland, Oregon. Our first game, Little Chomp was selected as one of six featured titles at the 2013 PAX East Indie Showcase and more recently, “Skullduggery!” was featured in the PAX 10 Indie Showcase at PAX Prime, 2014. We'd love to hear your feedback, so please drop us a line or just say hi at feedback@clutchplaygames.com, or follow us on Twitter at @ClutchPlayGames We hope you enjoy “Skullduggery!” For news, support and updated info, please visit us at: https://www.facebook.com/DepartmentOfSkullduggery https://www.facebook.com/clutchplaygames https://twitter.com/ClutchPlayGames http://www.clutchplaygames.com/Support

About

Red's First Flight

Launch birds with a slingshot to destroy structures and defeat greedy pigs who have stolen eggs. This classic physics-based puzzle game offers hundreds of levels and unique bird abilities for strategic and skillful gameplay.

Highlights
  • Physics-based slingshot gameplay
  • 8 original episodes with over 390 levels
  • Unique bird powers
  • 3-star all levels
  • Golden Egg hunting
  • Classic characters
  • Mighty Eagle support
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Rebuilt from the ground up, Red's First Flight is a faithful re-make of the original Angry Birds game that took the world by storm! The survival of the Angry Birds is at stake. Dish out revenge on the greedy pigs who stole their eggs. Use the unique powers of each bird to destroy the pigs' defenses. Angry Birds features challenging physics-based gameplay and hours of replay value. Each level requires logic, skill and force to solve! – Enjoy fun and satisfying slingshot gameplay! – Play all 8 original Angry Birds episodes from 2012 – over 390 levels! – 3-star all the levels and hunt for the Golden Eggs! – All the original classic characters just as you remember them! – Call in the Mighty Eagle to destroy those hard-to-beat levels! – No IAPs! – No intrusive pop-up ads interrupting gameplay! Relive your first smartphone gaming experience with THE mobile game of mobile games. We may update the game periodically, for example, to add new features or content or to fix bugs or other technical issues. Please note that the game may not function properly if you do not have the newest version installed. If you have not installed the latest update, Rovio will not be responsible for the game failing to function as expected. -------- Terms of Use: http://www.rovio.com/eula Privacy Policy: http://www.rovio.com/privacy

Screenshots

Skullduggery!4 screens
Red's First Flight4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Red's First Flight at 83K against Skullduggery!'s 198. Red's First Flight also leads on chart position (#1 vs unranked). Skullduggery!'s advantage is price ($2.99 vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On rating, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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

Skullduggery! costs $2.99 and Red's First Flight $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Skullduggery! against 4.8 for Red's First Flight. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Red's First Flight has 83K ratings behind it against 198, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of Skullduggery!'s written reviews are positive against 85% of Red's First Flight's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Skullduggery! ships an update every 2 months, Red's First Flight monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Skullduggery! versus Red's First Flight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkullduggery!Red's First Flight
Price$2.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.8 (198 ratings) — better4.8 (83K ratings)
Positive reviews86.9% of reviews — better84.8% of reviews
Number of ratings19883K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank—#1 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size148 MB212 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperClutchPlay GamesRovio Entertainment Oyj

Customer experience

Skullduggery!

All ratings198 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral1.0%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews206 reviews
Positive86.9%
Neutral3.9%
Negative9.2%

Red's First Flight

All ratings82,992 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral2.3%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews2,354 reviews
Positive84.8%
Neutral4.1%
Negative11.0%

User reviews

Skullduggery!

From 198 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Unique and fun gameplay
  • 👍 Polished and well-designed
  • 🎨 Excellent graphics and art style
  • 🎶 Great music and sound effects
  • 💰 Good value for money

Room to improve

  • 🤯 Extremely difficult and frustrating at times
  • 🕰️ Repetitive and monotonous after a while
  • 🐛 Some bugs and glitches reported
  • 🕹️ Occasional control issues

Red's First Flight

From 83K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great nostalgic experience
  • 👍 No ads or microtransactions
  • 🎁 Free Mighty Eagle
  • 💰 Good value for money

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Some physics/visual issues
  • 🔍 Missing certain levels/features
  • 🔍 Smaller screen size on newer devices

Bugs and requests

Skullduggery!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes and freezes on certain levels
  • Compatibility issues with older devices
  • Bugs with boss battles and enemy AI

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and worlds
  • Achievements and leaderboards
  • Online multiplayer mode
  • Difficulty settings or adjustable challenge

Red's First Flight

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Persistent white popup after restarting levels
  • Impossible to get 100% on certain levels
  • Sound issues when skipping cutscenes

Requested features

4 requests
  • Bring back other classic Angry Birds games
  • Add more levels/episodes
  • Restore missing features (Red's Mighty Feathers, etc.)
  • Improve physics and visual consistency

In-app purchases

None

Skullduggery!

No in-app purchases

None

Red's First Flight

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Skullduggery! free?
Skullduggery! costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Red's First Flight free?
Red's First Flight costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Skullduggery! or Red's First Flight?
Skullduggery! is rated higher. Skullduggery! averages 4.8 out of 5 from 198 ratings, while Red's First Flight averages 4.8 from 83K ratings.
Do Skullduggery! or Red's First Flight have ads?
Neither Skullduggery! nor Red's First Flight shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Skullduggery! or Red's First Flight?
Skullduggery! ships an update every 2 months, and Red's First Flight monthly. Most recently, Skullduggery! was updated on October 21, 2026 and Red's First Flight on October 28, 2026.

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