Lava Bird vs Jetscout
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lava Bird
Tap to control a bird that shoots lava with every flap. Navigate treacherous environments, dodge enemies, and avoid your own fiery projectiles in this endless flying adventure. Discover an epic story as you play.
- Tap to fly mechanic
- Avoid enemies and spikes
- Shoot lava balls
- Earn a shield
- Unlock an epic story
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You are a bird with an unfortunate medical condition that causes you to spew lava balls with every flap of your wings. Tap to fly. Avoid enemies, spikes, and your own fiery spit balls in this neverending flying game. - If you can tap on your phone, you can play. - Enemies increase in difficulty over time. - Earn a handy shield. - Uncover the most epic story ever written by anyone.
Jetscout
Navigate challenging levels using a jetpack with limited fuel. Avoid various hazards to reach the end of each mission and master flight basics. Explore a distant solar system and uncover secrets in a related adventure.
- Jetpack-based platforming
- Limited fuel mechanic
- Hazard avoidance (spikes, lasers, plants)
- 3 unique training missions
- Exploration of a distant solar system
- Uncover secrets of an alien race
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Welcome to Jetscout: Boot Camp, a completely free jetpack-based platformer featuring the Jetscout Essential Training Simulation (JETS) for all new Jetscout recruits! Your goal is to reach the end of each mission using only a jetpack with limited fuel. Avoid deadly spikes, plants, lasers and more as you complete 3 unique missions to master the basics of Jetscout flight! When you're ready, you can tackle your first real mission of exploring a distant solar system and uncovering the secrets behind the strange Valunian race in the game Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Jetscout at none against Lava Bird's 1. Jetscout also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.0 vs 3.8). Lava Bird's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 30 months) and review sentiment (90% vs 75%). On price 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. Lava Bird sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Jetscout asks for nothing beyond the download.
Jetscout holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lava Bird has 16 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 90% of Lava Bird's written reviews are positive against 75% of Jetscout's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Lava Bird ships an update fortnightly, Jetscout every 30 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lava Bird | Jetscout |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (16 ratings) | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.5% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 30 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.1 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 141 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Unept | Dustin Auxier |
Customer experience
Lava Bird
Jetscout
In-app purchases
Lava Bird
- Remove Ads$0.99
Jetscout
No in-app purchases
