Comparison

Don't Touch The Spikes vs Flapping Cage

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

About

Flapping Cage

Guide a bird through a series of challenging rooms filled with spikes and traps. Test your reflexes and compete with players worldwide on leaderboards. Unlock new skins and collect items as you progress through hundreds of unique levels.

Highlights
  • Avoid spikes and traps
  • Hundreds of different rooms
  • Online multiplayer with leaderboards
  • Unlockable skins
  • Collectable feathers and stars
  • Playable offline
Features
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Make your Bird fly and don't touch the spikes! In Flapping Cage, birds are trapped into cages full of spikes and traps... Let them flap through hundreds of different rooms unaware of what will come next! Every 10 scores you'll be teleported in a new room with random obstacles, In which room will you die? Challenge hundreds of player online in 4 different servers (newbie, junior, pro and elite) with leaderboards that will be refreshed every hour (The game works also offline)! Flapping Cage includes: - 57 Skins to unlock. - 72 Achievements. - 150 collectable feathers. - 10 collectable stars. - 21 different rooms. - 18 Ranking levels. - 5 types of Medals (if you play online): Golden, Silver, Bronze, Top 10 and Top 30. - 4 types of leaderboard server. - App playable Online and Offline. In a few words: Avoid spikes! Be aware of spikes! Don't touch the spikes! Flapping Cage! Website: http://www.flappingcage.com

Screenshots

Don't Touch The Spikes4 screens
Flapping Cage4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Flapping Cage at 92% against Don't Touch The Spikes's 42%. Flapping Cage also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). Don't Touch The Spikes's advantage is ratings volume (9.2K vs 73) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). 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. Flapping Cage asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flapping Cage holds the better App Store score, 4.7 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 73, 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 92% of Flapping Cage's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Don't Touch The Spikes ships an update every 2 months, Flapping Cage every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and July 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Don't Touch The Spikes versus Flapping Cage: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDon't Touch The SpikesFlapping Cage
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (9.2K ratings)4.7 (73 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.9% of reviews91.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9.2K — better73
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.06 — better
Further details — not scored
Size216 MB42 MB
Age rating+99+
DeveloperKetchappAlessandro Pezzetti

Customer experience

Don't Touch The Spikes

All ratings9,248 ratings
Positive82.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative9.9%
Written reviews403 reviews
Positive41.9%
Neutral14.1%
Negative43.9%

Flapping Cage

All ratings73 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral4.1%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews49 reviews
Positive91.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.2%

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

Flapping Cage

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
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  • 3000 Candies$4.99
  • 5000 Candies$6.99
None

Flapping Cage

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 Flapping Cage free?
Flapping Cage is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Don't Touch The Spikes or Flapping Cage?
Flapping Cage is rated higher. Don't Touch The Spikes averages 4.3 out of 5 from 9.2K ratings, while Flapping Cage averages 4.7 from 73 ratings.
Do Don't Touch The Spikes or Flapping Cage have ads?
Don't Touch The Spikes shows ads; Flapping Cage does not.
Which is updated more often, Don't Touch The Spikes or Flapping Cage?
Don't Touch The Spikes ships an update every 2 months, and Flapping Cage every 6 months. Most recently, Don't Touch The Spikes was updated on September 26, 2026 and Flapping Cage on July 6, 2026.

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