Comparison

ZigZag vs Surfiesta

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

Head to head
About

ZigZag

Tap the screen to change the ball's direction and navigate a zigzagging path. Avoid falling off the edges and see how far you can go. Challenge yourself to achieve the highest score.

Highlights
  • Tap to change direction
  • Avoid falling off edges
  • Score as many zigzags as possible
  • Endless gameplay
Features
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Stay on the wall and do as many zigzags as you can! Just tap the screen to change the direction of the ball. Try not to fall off the edges! How far can you go?

About

Surfiesta

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The wave is breaking behind you, and a shark is on your tail. Steer across the face with one finger, carve hard off the bottom, launch off the lip and shoot through the barrel before the foam or the shark catches you! Surfiesta is an endless surf runner on a real breaking wave. Every wave breaks its own way: stay in the pocket to keep your speed, time your turns and take to the air whenever you can. HOW TO PLAY • Drag left and right to ride up and down the wave, or tilt your phone. • Drop to the bottom and turn hard: bottom turns and snaps build your speed. • Hit the lip with speed to launch an aerial: swipe in the air to spin, tap to grab, tap again to backflip. • Tap to hop over paddling surfers, buoys, reefs and shark fins. • Ride the barrel: stay in the glowing band and hold your finger down for a hand drag; the barrel carries you faster. SHARK ESCAPE A shark lurks behind you. One stumble wakes it up; hit something again while it's chasing you and it's got you. Hop the fins, keep clear of the jellyfish and the leaping sharks, and get away on a jet-ski, with the dolphins or up in the sky on a parasail. FLOW AND COMBOS Mix up your moves to fill the FLOW meter. When it's full you speed up and every trick scores double. MORE WAYS TO SURF • Classic Surf: no shark, only the foam chasing you (opens at level 3). • Races: beat the ghosts of each beach's Local Legends and earn stars (opens at level 2). • Wave of the Day: a new wave with medals every day, daily missions, streak rewards and a Login Calendar (opens at level 5). • Weekly Leaderboard: your longest Shark Escape run of the week sets your rank; a new board every Monday. POWER-UPS AND UPGRADES Jet-ski, Dolphins, Magnet, Leash, Double Coins and Parasail Surf, where a speedboat lifts you into the sky on a parasail: glide left and right and grab the trail of coins. Upgrade each power-up up to level 5 to make it last longer. BEACHES Coral Bay, Dune Beach, Pipe Point, the Maldives and Santorini: every beach breaks differently. Atmospheres from sunrise to night, a pirate galleon, a lighthouse and pier bars along the coast. CHARACTERS AND BOARDS 10 characters, 9 of them with a skill (a penguin, a dino, an octopus, a crab, a sea turtle, an alien, robot Bolt with his costumes and the surfers), and 9 boards that ride differently: speed, turning, tube and spin. Board paints are never sold: they come from the Mystery Box. PROGRESS 30 levels with three goals and rewards each. Gift boxes are earned by playing (and with optional rewarded ads); they can't be bought, and the odds of what's inside are shown in the game. • Plays offline; no account or sign-in. • No in-app purchases. • Contains ads: rewarded ads are optional; an occasional ad may show between runs, and a banner under the results screen. • Available in English, Turkish, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Indonesian, Malay and Filipino.

Screenshots

ZigZag4 screens
Surfiesta4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Surfiesta at none against ZigZag's 2. Surfiesta also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 months). ZigZag's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads 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. ZigZag sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Surfiesta asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ZigZag ships an update every 2 months, Surfiesta daily. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ZigZag versus Surfiesta: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZigZagSurfiesta
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (32K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews63.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings32K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsDaily — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size176 MB130 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperKetchappEmre Ozturk

Bugs and requests

ZigZag

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezes and crashes
  • Ads cause the game to freeze or fail
  • Gem/ball purchases disappear

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more levels and content
  • Implement a pause button
  • Reduce ad frequency
  • Introduce power-ups and bonuses
  • Add multiplayer mode

Surfiesta

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

ZigZag

One-time2
  • 10 Extra Lives$0.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
None

Surfiesta

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ZigZag free?
ZigZag is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Surfiesta free?
Surfiesta is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ZigZag or Surfiesta have ads?
Both ZigZag and Surfiesta show ads.
Which is updated more often, ZigZag or Surfiesta?
ZigZag ships an update every 2 months, and Surfiesta daily. Most recently, ZigZag was updated on November 12, 2026 and Surfiesta on November 10, 2026.

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