Don't Touch The Spikes vs Flappy Fish
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Don't Touch The Spikes
Guide a small bird through a challenging obstacle course. Avoid touching spikes to achieve the highest possible score. Test your reflexes and see how far you can fly.
- Fly a little bird
- Avoid spikes
- Score-based gameplay
- Endless runner
- High score challenge
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Make the little bird fly! Don't touch the spikes! How far can you make it?
Flappy Fish
Guide a small fish through a challenging obstacle course by tapping your screen. Avoid hitting pipes to achieve a high score in this simple yet addictive game.
- Tap to navigate
- Avoid pipe obstacles
- Simple one-touch gameplay
- High score challenge
- Addictive arcade experience
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Navigate the little fish with tapping your finger on the screen and avoid the obstacles.
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Verdict
Don't Touch The Spikes and Flappy Fish both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Flappy Fish's written reviews are positive against 42% of Don't Touch The Spikes's. Flappy Fish also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). Don't Touch The Spikes's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (9.2K vs 2). On price, rating 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. Don't Touch The Spikes sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Flappy Fish asks for nothing beyond the download.
Flappy Fish holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Don't Touch The Spikes has 9.2K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Don't Touch The Spikes's written reviews are positive against 100% of Flappy Fish's.
Don't Touch The Spikes ships an update every 2 months, Flappy Fish every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Don't Touch The Spikes | Flappy Fish |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (9.2K ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9.2K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 16 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 | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 216 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ketchapp | Tobias Johansson |
Customer experience
Don't Touch The Spikes
Flappy Fish
Bugs and requests
Don't Touch The Spikes
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game not properly scaling to newer devices
- Crashes and freezes during gameplay
- Duels and challenges not functioning correctly
Requested features
4 requests- Add multiplayer mode
- Bring back unlockable birds
- Improve ad placement
- Add sound/music settings
Flappy Fish
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Don't Touch The Spikes
- 400 Candies$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- 1000 Candies$1.99
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- 3000 Candies$4.99
- 5000 Candies$6.99
Flappy Fish
No in-app purchases
Questions
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