Comparison

Vector vs Flipbook

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

Head to head
About

Vector

Experience a retro space shooter with dazzling vector graphics and particle effects, reminiscent of unreleased 1980s arcade machines. Engage alien invaders with unique shield mechanics and collect power-ups in an asteroid bonus level.

Highlights
  • Advanced vector graphics and particle systems
  • Retro arcade-style gameplay
  • Alien shields requiring timed shots
  • Asteroid bonus level with power-ups
  • Analog synthesized sounds and retro soundtrack
  • iCade compatibility
Features
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Based on a mythical vector arcade machine of the late 1980s that was never released, Vector-Z is a space shooter with advanced vector graphics and particle systems designed to dazzle your senses… it's as if the 1980's arcades never went away and the games kept getting better. Vector-Z is a unique, retro-style arcade game with glowing multicolor vector-graphics, analog synthesized sounds, and a retro soundtrack with amazing spaced out tunes to zap extraterrestrial invaders to. Some of Vector-Z's aliens have shields you have to time your shots to break through. There’s also an asteroid bonus level where you can break up asteroids for points, and break up bigger asteroids for power-ups, including bonus shields, extra lives, score multiplier, and a faster fire rate. HINTS: • Vector-Z’s ship holds 2 missiles. One fires from each wing, so there’s a slight offset. There is also a brief reload time. • Aliens are worth more points when they are attacking you. Even more points when they are really close! • Go for the bonus points from accuracy: at 50% you get 100 pts per hit, 200 pts at 75%, 400 pts at 90%, and 800 bonus pts per hit with 100% accuracy! • Aim for the bigger asteroids to collect hexagonal power-ups Vector-Z is compatible with iCade, and requires iOS 7.1 or later.

About

Flipbook

Easily create animated flipbooks and movies with drawing and painting tools. Print your creations to assemble physical flipbooks. Includes tutorials and lesson plans for kids, parents, and teachers.

Highlights
  • Draw, paint, and animate easily
  • Create cartoon characters and shape animations
  • Printable flipbooks in PDF format
  • Intuitive controls and tutorials
  • Stylus integration (e.g., Apple Pencil)
  • Lesson plans for parents and teachers
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Flipbook:Animate is an easy way for kids to create animation flipbooks and movies. Draw,paint and animate easily in this app designed specifically for kids. Create flipbooks and movies of cartoon characters,paintings or just doodle simple animations of shapes. Each animated movie can be printed out physically and assembled by hand to make a flipbook. *Print out your flipbooks,using the common PDF format *Intuitive controls and tons of tutorials *Integrates well with styluses like Ipad Pencil and Note *Features lesson plans for parents and teachers to create fun arts and crafts projects Flipbook:Animate is created by Appy Monkeys , the award winning studio behind Blox 3D,Animate Me and Draw 3D Junior which have collectively been downloaded more than 3 million times globally and been featured by Apple and Google.Our apps have won awards from Children's Tech review and have been featured by Purdue University in their STEAM/STEM guide for parents.

Screenshots

Vector3 screens
Flipbook3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Vector at 4.2 against Flipbook's 2.3. Vector also leads on review sentiment (40% vs 13%) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 7 months). Flipbook's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On ratings volume, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Vector costs $0.99 and Flipbook $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Vector holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Vector's written reviews are positive against 13% of Flipbook's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vector ships an update every 6 weeks, Flipbook every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Vector versus Flipbook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVectorFlipbook
Price$0.99 — better$2.99
Rating4.2 (10 ratings) — better2.3 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews — better12.5% of reviews
Number of ratings1010
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB137 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJuggleware, LLCArjun Gupte

Customer experience

Vector

All ratings10 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%

Flipbook

All ratings10 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative70.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive12.5%
Neutral25.0%
Negative62.5%

In-app purchases

None

Vector

No in-app purchases

None

Flipbook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vector free?
Vector costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flipbook free?
Flipbook costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Vector or Flipbook?
Vector is rated higher. Vector averages 4.2 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Flipbook averages 2.3 from 10 ratings.
Do Vector or Flipbook have ads?
Neither Vector nor Flipbook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vector or Flipbook?
Vector ships an update every 6 weeks, and Flipbook every 7 months. Most recently, Vector was updated on September 28, 2026 and Flipbook on October 1, 2026.

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