Balloon Capers (Ad Supported) vs Safe Balloon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Balloon Capers (Ad Supported)
Pilot a hot air balloon through an endless maze of girders. Avoid obstacles to stay airborne and achieve high scores. Compete with friends via Game Center.
- Hot air balloon piloting
- Obstacle avoidance gameplay
- Retina display optimization
- Game Center achievements
- Leaderboards
- Facebook/Twitter integration
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Fire up the burners as your Hot Air Balloon soars through the sky. This is no leisure ride though. Watch out for the endless maze of girders that are ready to send you tumbling back to the ground! Features - Retina display optimised. - Game Center achievements and top score leaderboard supported. - Facebook and Twitter functionality supported.
Safe Balloon
Ascend your hot air balloon as high as possible, skillfully navigating through obstacles. Earn crowns for reaching altitude milestones and purchase shields for temporary invincibility. Compete for high scores and track your achievements.
- Altitude-based crown rewards
- Obstacle dodging gameplay
- In-app shield purchases
- Score and high score tracking
- Game Center integration
- Volume control
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Safe Balloon is an action game in which you get your hot air balloon as high as you can, dodging through obstacles. At first you will be rewarded a white crown, but when you achieve 500 meters you'll receive the bronze crown, at 1000 meters you'll have the silver crown. And finally you'll get the gold crown when you reach more than 10000 meters. Now the shields are available for purchase. You can be Invincible as many numbers of shields as you bought! Select "Shield+2" on the list. You can purchase them only once, and the total number of shields you can have is 6 shields. Features - Start button (START) - Game replay button - End button - Star 5 button - Twitter button - Shows Scores and High Scores - The achieved crown will be shown on the initial screen - Volume adjustment (Volume Control) - Shows ads - Support Game Center
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Safe Balloon at none against Balloon Capers (Ad Supported)'s shown. Safe Balloon also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). Balloon Capers (Ad Supported)'s advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Balloon Capers (Ad Supported) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Safe Balloon sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.0 for Balloon Capers (Ad Supported) against 1.0 for Safe Balloon. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.
| Parameter | Balloon Capers (Ad Supported) | Safe Balloon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Paul Andrew Herbert | YUJI HASEBE |
Customer experience
Balloon Capers (Ad Supported)
Safe Balloon
In-app purchases
Balloon Capers (Ad Supported)
- 'Remove Ads'$0.99
Safe Balloon
- Shield+23 variants$2.99
- RemoveAds$3.99
Questions
Is Balloon Capers (Ad Supported) free?
Is Safe Balloon free?
Which has better reviews, Balloon Capers (Ad Supported) or Safe Balloon?
Do Balloon Capers (Ad Supported) or Safe Balloon have ads?
Which is updated more often, Balloon Capers (Ad Supported) or Safe Balloon?
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