Comparison

Don't Touch The Spikes vs Dark Kosmos

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Fly a little bird
  • Avoid spikes
  • Score-based gameplay
  • Endless runner
  • High score challenge
Features
Read full description

Make the little bird fly! Don't touch the spikes! How far can you make it?

About

Dark Kosmos

Features
Read full description

Dark Kosmos is a pixel-art arcade space shooter. Pilot a UFO through the stars, dodge meteors, shoot down enemy ships and keep an eye on your fuel — without it, the flight is over. The game was imagined and drawn by a young creator — every ship, meteor and boss started as a drawing on paper. HOW TO PLAY • Drag your finger to steer the UFO and tap FIRE to launch a rocket. • Fuel burns on its own as you fly, and every crash costs you more. A blue canister tops you up a little, a red barrel fills the tank. • Ammo has a price: an ammo pickup gives you +10 rockets but costs one bar of fuel. Want to shoot? Pay with fuel. • Survive every level until the countdown ends. Between levels, bonus stages rain down fuel and ammo. ENEMIES • Fighters that turn towards you. • Battleships — tough as steel, and they shoot back. • Meteor creatures: pink ones drift slowly, spiky ones bounce off the edges of the screen. • At the end of every round, a giant boss battleship. Beat it three times, across three increasingly tough rounds. FOR EVERY PILOT • Three difficulty levels: normal, easy and very easy — where your fuel never runs out. • High scores on your device and Game Center leaderboards, one for each difficulty. • Play in English, Polish or Spanish — pick the language in the menu. • On iPhone and iPad. • No ads and no in-app purchases.

Screenshots

Don't Touch The Spikes4 screens
Dark Kosmos4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dark Kosmos at none against Don't Touch The Spikes's 5. Dark Kosmos also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Don't Touch The Spikes's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Don't Touch The Spikes sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Dark Kosmos asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Don't Touch The Spikes ships an update every 2 months, Dark Kosmos every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Don't Touch The Spikes versus Dark Kosmos: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDon't Touch The SpikesDark Kosmos
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (9.2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews42.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings9.2K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size216 MB82 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperKetchappInterSID

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

Dark Kosmos

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Don't Touch The Spikes

One-time5
  • 400 Candies$0.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • 1000 Candies$1.99
Show 2 more
  • 3000 Candies$4.99
  • 5000 Candies$6.99
None

Dark Kosmos

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Don't Touch The Spikes free?
Don't Touch The Spikes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dark Kosmos free?
Dark Kosmos is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Don't Touch The Spikes or Dark Kosmos have ads?
Don't Touch The Spikes shows ads; Dark Kosmos does not.
Which is updated more often, Don't Touch The Spikes or Dark Kosmos?
Don't Touch The Spikes ships an update every 2 months, and Dark Kosmos every 2 weeks. Most recently, Don't Touch The Spikes was updated on October 27, 2026 and Dark Kosmos on October 31, 2026.

Other comparisons