Comparison

Laps! vs Break the Balloon

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

Head to head
About

Laps!

Navigate a dynamic track by tapping to turn 90 degrees. Avoid walls to score points and change direction every five laps. The speed increases as you play, challenging your reflexes and timing.

Highlights
  • 90-degree turns
  • Dynamic track changes
  • Increasing speed
  • High score tracking
  • Simple tap controls
  • Challenging gameplay
Features
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How to play: Tap the screen every time you want to turn 90 degrees. If you hit a wall the game resets. Each time you pass the finish line you get 1 point. Every 5 laps the direction changes. This is a fun challenging game where you find yourself respawning again and again. The track changes during the game. The track can change height, width, rotation and run direction - So this game should challenge your timing and your ability to adjust. Every time you tap the screen you turn 90 degrees but if your timing isn’t right you’ll hit a wall and the game resets. Every 5th lap you will change direction along with the speed continuously increasing. You will find yourself crashing over and over again while slowly improving your reflexes and skills. How many laps can you run without hitting a wall? And most importantly... can you beat your best friend’s highscore? 5/5 Stars “Such a smooth experience <3" 5/5 Stars "Flappy Bird 2 - JUST BETTER!" You are more than welcome to post bug-reports or any game suggestions at my Facebook-page <3 www.facebook.com/DagAndersenGames The App preview video is edited by Dario Kozuh Music in the App preview video: Black Vortex Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

About

Break the Balloon

Become a ghost hero and lead the charge against invading cats. Your mission is to pop all the balloons to drive them away and restore fear to the land. Explore a spooky kingdom and enjoy new ghost updates.

Highlights
  • Pop balloons
  • Ghost hero gameplay
  • Halloween theme
  • Defeat cats
  • New ghost updates
Features
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Ghost Town is a perfect kingdom for all kind of fears and horrors until... The Cats came. And they can detect Ghosts, disturb them, hunt them... You, the new Ghost hero in Town, lead us to destroy all Cat's balloons to drop them, bring back fear to the land!!! ------------------------------- ***NEW GHOSTS UPDATED*** Get the game!

Screenshots

Laps!4 screens
Break the Balloon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Laps! at none against Break the Balloon's 4. Laps! also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.1). Break the Balloon's advantage is review sentiment (92% vs 57%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 11 months). On price, rating 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. Break the Balloon sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Laps! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Break the Balloon holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Break the Balloon has 1K ratings behind it against 105, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Laps!'s written reviews are positive against 92% of Break the Balloon's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Laps! ships an update every 11 months, Break the Balloon every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Laps! versus Break the Balloon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLaps!Break the Balloon
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (105 ratings)4.6 (1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews92.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1051K — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.1
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDag AndersenGosiha Pte. Ltd

Customer experience

Laps!

All ratings104 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral3.8%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%

Break the Balloon

All ratings1,048 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral5.5%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews456 reviews
Positive92.1%
Neutral3.7%
Negative4.2%

Bugs and requests

Laps!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Break the Balloon

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashes on launch
  • Unresponsive controls
  • Dying in mid-air glitch

Requested features

3 requests
  • Leaderboards and multiplayer
  • More level variety
  • Improved performance on older devices

In-app purchases

None

Laps!

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Break the Balloon

One-time4
  • 1000 SOULS$0.99
  • Unlock All Ghost & Remove Ads$0.99
  • 3000 SOULS$1.99
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  • 9000 SOULS$2.99

Questions

Is Laps! free?
Laps! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Break the Balloon free?
Break the Balloon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Laps! or Break the Balloon?
Break the Balloon is rated higher. Laps! averages 4.4 out of 5 from 105 ratings, while Break the Balloon averages 4.6 from 1K ratings.
Do Laps! or Break the Balloon have ads?
Break the Balloon shows ads; Laps! does not.
Which is updated more often, Laps! or Break the Balloon?
Laps! ships an update every 11 months, and Break the Balloon every 2 months. Most recently, Laps! was updated on November 1, 2026 and Break the Balloon on November 6, 2026.

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