Ape UP! vs GyroSphere Trials
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ape UP!
Tap to ascend a towering obstacle course, bouncing off friendly creatures and avoiding hazards. Grab power-ups to blast through levels and collect coins to customize your character's appearance. This arcade climber offers simple, addictive gameplay with a retro aesthetic.
- Tap to jump gameplay
- Bounce off obstacles
- Collect bananas for power-ups
- Smash through floors
- Customize ape colors
- Pixel art retro style
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How high can your little ape climb today? Tap to jump. Bounce off the friendly green crocs to springboard even higher, and watch out for the toothy brown ones, they bite. Grab a flying banana and go SUPER. The screen lights up, your ape glows, and you blast through floor after floor. GAMEPLAY A simple one tap arcade climber that gets faster, taller, and wilder the higher you go. GO SUPER Bananas are rare. Catch one and your ape rockets up the screen, smashing crocs out of the way like they owe you. Pure joy. DRESS YOUR APE Coins stick around forever. Spend them in the shop on new jumper colors. Blue, green, pink, with more on the way. A loving pixel art comeback of the original Monkey Hop, with new moves, fresh polish, and that same chunky retro charm. Terms of service (EULA) : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
GyroSphere Trials
Navigate a challenging abstract world with a rolling sphere, mastering physics-based tracks and unpredictable obstacles. Test your reflexes and speed to unlock new arenas and beat your high scores. Can you conquer the sphere?
- One finger swipe ball control
- Realistic physics-based tracks
- Unlock new arenas
- Wildcards for playing levels
- In-app purchases for spheres and cards
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Join the fun and test your ability to master the GyroSphere! Go break your own records and tell your friends about it! It’s a fast-paced race through endless, unpredictable obstacles and time is running out! Roll, spin, jump, but don’t fall and lose lives! It’s a challenging course in an abstract world, but with uncompromising physics! You will easily learn to control the GyroSpere, but can you master it? Time is of the essence! Only speed and focus will help you unlock more arenas with new challenges ahead! Keep trying to be better and beat your own times! Work your way up! Features: • Easy, one finger swipe ball control • Super-realistic physics-based tracks • Earn points to unlock new arenas • Wildcards let you play a level without losing spheres/lives • Offers in-app purchases to buy more spheres and free play cards. Our fans say it even better: Wipe that look off your face by Nordicblood "Hey, you! Yes. You. The one staring at these words with that weird look of confusion and amusement. Stop. You look stupid. This game starts easy, and you'll think you have it in the bag, then whammy, you're ported to a world of hair-tearing frustration. Stop. Wipe that arrogant look of confidence off your face. You wit succeed. No one escapes the Gyrosphere. No one. I mean, if you feel like you can get over the difficult controls and fling your ball over the abyss below and land on a little platform with a little circular target on it that, depending on your speed and trajectory, will launch you to another platform of equally frustrating obstacles. See. That's the face I'm looking for, curious and determined. Give it a go, you may like it. I do. I haven't yet reached the end of all of the paths. I've sacrificed life and limb for the 'sphere. Welcome to it kid." Please contact us with feedback at WeListen@pronetis.com. We’d love to hear from you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ape UP! at 5.0 against GyroSphere Trials's 4.2. Ape UP! also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). GyroSphere Trials's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 133 months) and ratings volume (1K vs 1). On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Ape UP! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and GyroSphere Trials sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ape UP! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GyroSphere Trials has 1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Ape UP! ships an update every 133 months, GyroSphere Trials every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ape UP! | GyroSphere Trials |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.2 (1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 58.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 133 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | — | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | — | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 183 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | omytap | Pronetis |
Bugs and requests
Ape UP!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
GyroSphere Trials
Reported bugs
3 issues- Frequent crashes and freezes
- Connectivity issues and loading problems
- Unresponsive or inconsistent controls
Requested features
4 requests- Add more levels and arenas
- Improve controls and camera
- Implement an ad-free or premium option
- Increase daily rewards and lives/spheres
In-app purchases
Ape UP!
- Remove Ads$0.99
GyroSphere Trials
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Pack of 100 Spheres$1.99
- Pack of 5 Free Play Cards$1.99
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- Pack of 250 Spheres$3.99
- Pack of 12 Free Play Cards$3.99
- Pack of 600 Spheres$5.99
- Pack of 30 Free Play Cards$5.99
- Unlock All Levels Discounted$6.99
- Unlock All Levels$9.99
- Unlock All Levels & Remove Ads$10.99
Questions
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