Don't Touch The Spikes vs Stranger Cubes
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?
Stranger Cubes
A retro-style action game where players catch falling cubes while avoiding obstacles. It offers an easy-to-learn mechanic that quickly escalates in difficulty, challenging players to see how far they can progress in its endless mode.
- Cube catching gameplay
- Spike avoidance mechanics
- Endless mode
- Escalating difficulty
- Retro visual style
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Catch the cubes and avoid the spikes. It's easy to learn but it gets really difficult! How far can you get in Endless Mode?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Don't Touch The Spikes at 4.3 against Stranger Cubes's 2.0. Don't Touch The Spikes also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 35 months) and ratings volume (9.2K vs 1). Stranger Cubes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). On price, monetization model, device support and iOS requirement 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. Stranger Cubes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Don't Touch The Spikes holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Don't Touch The Spikes has 9.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Don't Touch The Spikes ships an update every 2 months, Stranger Cubes every 35 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Don't Touch The Spikes | Stranger Cubes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (9.2K ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 41.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9.2K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 35 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 216 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | +9 | 4+ |
| Developer | Ketchapp | Aaron Nemoyten |
Customer experience
Don't Touch The Spikes
Stranger Cubes
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
Stranger Cubes
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
Stranger Cubes
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Don't Touch The Spikes free?
Is Stranger Cubes free?
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