Ball King vs Tappy Lap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ball King
Experience arcade basketball with a twist, throwing quirky objects through the hoop. Compete with friends and millions of players across various game modes and unlockable environments.
- Throw unique objects
- Compete with friends
- Two exciting game modes
- Unlock new environments
- Unlock new objects to throw
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Want to feel like King? Throw ducks, frogs or even old radios through the basket and crush your friends score! Join 3 million players and compete in two exciting game modes and unlock new environments to play in and new objects to throw! No pop-up advertisements or timers stopping you from playing, just pure fun! Enjoy the game!
Tappy Lap
Experience thrilling one-finger stock car racing. Tap to steer, hold to adjust speed, and master drafting for bonus points. Race through 18 tiers of varied modes and unlock faster cars as you improve.
- One-finger tap steering
- Context-sensitive controls
- Drafting for bonus points
- Blocking for speed boost
- 18 tiers of race modes
- Unlockable faster cars
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Fantastic one-finger Stock Car Racing! Just "Tap" to change steering direction. Hold the screen to straighten up, speed match the car in front, or just brake. It's brilliantly context sensitive. Get bonus points by Drafting other cars using the slipstream, blocking faster cars for a speed boost, or racing clean laps. Race 18 tiers of varied race modes: star grabbing, rival races and more. Get faster cars as your skills improve for some some intense Tappy Lap action! This game features In App Purchases to remove advertising, or gain additional currency to unlock cars more quickly.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Tappy Lap at none against Ball King's shown. Tappy Lap also leads on iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). Ball King's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (1.9K vs 35). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Ball King sells 16 one-off in-app purchases and Tappy Lap sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ball King holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ball King has 1.9K ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 93% and 93% positive.
Ball King ships an update every 2 months, Tappy Lap every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ball King | Tappy Lap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.9K ratings) — better | 4.5 (35 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.4% of reviews — better | 93.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 35 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Qwiboo Ltd | Uprising Games Ltd. |
Customer experience
Ball King
Tappy Lap
Bugs and requests
Ball King
Reported bugs
2 issues- Game crashing on launch after updates
- Disappearing coins/prizes after opening gifts
Requested features
4 requests- More game modes and challenges
- Ability to customize player character
- Improved progression system for unlocks
- Multiplayer or leaderboard functionality
Tappy Lap
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ball King
- Bowling Ball$0.99
- Baseball Ball$0.99
- Burger$0.99
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- Zombie Head$0.99
- Yin Yang$0.99
- Skull$0.99
- Lucky Shamrock$0.99
- Old Radio$0.99
- Money Bag$0.99
- Lucky Dice$0.99
- Ninja$0.99
- Skeleton$0.99
- Bomb$0.99
- Yellow Duck$0.99
- Tree Frog$0.99
- Piggy Bank$2.99
Tappy Lap
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Small Star Pack$0.99
- Large Star Pack$1.99
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