Comparison

FatCatFly vs Hop Swap

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

Head to head
About

FatCatFly

Help a magical flying cat eat delicious food while avoiding yucky vegetables. Tap to move left or right, increasing your score and timer with each successful bite. Challenge friends and aim for a high score in this simple, engaging game.

Highlights
  • Tap to move left/right
  • Eat burgers, hot dogs, and pizza
  • Avoid yucky vegetables
  • Increase timer with food
  • High score challenges
  • Game Center support
Features
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Mr. Popcorn needs your help! He suddenly finds himself with the ability to fly (because...you know...magic..) and he wants to eat! Suddenly he finds himself outside of Citytown and there is food to be had! Food appears above Mr. Popcorn, just tap and he flies up! Mr. Popcorn is picky though (a cat that's a picky eater, who would have guess?) and he wants to eat the burgers, hot dogs, and pizza! However, it's not always that simple for Mr. Popcorn, yucky vegetables are appearing too! Avoid the vegetables to keep the game going! Mr. Popcorn is fighting the timer, eat yummy food and increase the timer, healthy vegetables will push the timer down! Eat your way to a high score! Simple tap operation, just tap to the left of Mr. Popcorn and he hops left, right of Mr. Popcorn and he hops right! Share your high scores on Facebook and Twitter! Super easy to learn game play with responsive controls. Challenge your friends with Game Center support!

About

Hop Swap

Navigate a unique platformer where the ground and sky can be swapped. Solve puzzles by jumping between two worlds simultaneously. Features addictive gameplay, retro graphics, and gem collection.

Highlights
  • World swapping mechanic
  • Platform puzzling
  • Intuitive swipe controls
  • Retro pixel graphics
  • Gem collection
Features
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Is the sky blue and the ground yellow? Or is the ground blue and the sky yellow? Hop and then swap - to jump through the ground which now becomes the sky! Journey through two worlds at the same time and swap between them to solve puzzles. • Addictive platform puzzling! • A unique world bending twist! • Swipe left, right, up, & down is all you need to move around • Cutting edge retro pixel graphics! • Can you find all the gems? -Important information- This game contains third party advertising and cross promotion for other nitrome games, both which can be removed via a one time In App Purchase.

Screenshots

FatCatFly2 screens
Hop Swap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Hop Swap at 4.5 against FatCatFly's 4.0. Hop Swap also leads on ratings volume (142 vs 4) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). FatCatFly's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). 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. Hop Swap sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FatCatFly asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hop Swap holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hop Swap has 142 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FatCatFly ships an update every 3 months, Hop Swap monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
FatCatFly versus Hop Swap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFatCatFlyHop Swap
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)4.5 (142 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—66.9% of reviews
Number of ratings4142 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB217 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperJames DavisNitrome

Customer experience

FatCatFly

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Hop Swap

All ratings140 ratings
Positive87.9%
Neutral3.6%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews124 reviews
Positive66.9%
Neutral8.9%
Negative24.2%

In-app purchases

None

FatCatFly

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Hop Swap

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99

Questions

Is FatCatFly free?
FatCatFly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hop Swap free?
Hop Swap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FatCatFly or Hop Swap?
Hop Swap is rated higher. FatCatFly averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Hop Swap averages 4.5 from 142 ratings.
Do FatCatFly or Hop Swap have ads?
Hop Swap shows ads; FatCatFly does not.
Which is updated more often, FatCatFly or Hop Swap?
FatCatFly ships an update every 3 months, and Hop Swap monthly. Most recently, FatCatFly was updated on November 1, 2026 and Hop Swap on November 2, 2026.

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