Flapping Cage vs Dancing Line
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flapping Cage
Guide a bird through a series of challenging rooms filled with spikes and traps. Test your reflexes and compete with players worldwide on leaderboards. Unlock new skins and collect items as you progress through hundreds of unique levels.
- Avoid spikes and traps
- Hundreds of different rooms
- Online multiplayer with leaderboards
- Unlockable skins
- Collectable feathers and stars
- Playable offline
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Make your Bird fly and don't touch the spikes! In Flapping Cage, birds are trapped into cages full of spikes and traps... Let them flap through hundreds of different rooms unaware of what will come next! Every 10 scores you'll be teleported in a new room with random obstacles, In which room will you die? Challenge hundreds of player online in 4 different servers (newbie, junior, pro and elite) with leaderboards that will be refreshed every hour (The game works also offline)! Flapping Cage includes: - 57 Skins to unlock. - 72 Achievements. - 150 collectable feathers. - 10 collectable stars. - 21 different rooms. - 18 Ranking levels. - 5 types of Medals (if you play online): Golden, Silver, Bronze, Top 10 and Top 30. - 4 types of leaderboard server. - App playable Online and Offline. In a few words: Avoid spikes! Be aware of spikes! Don't touch the spikes! Flapping Cage! Website: http://www.flappingcage.com
Dancing Line
Guide a growing line through diverse worlds by tapping to turn and avoid obstacles. This music game challenges your reflexes and rhythm as you play along to the beat and melody. Discover unique environments and increasing difficulty with each level.
- Original background music
- Multiple levels with increasing difficulty
- Simple one-finger tap controls
- Music-guided gameplay
- Obstacle and trap avoidance
- Diverse environments
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Dancing Line combines fast-paced gameplay with a carefully selected soundtrack to create an experience like no other. Featuring different worlds of increasing difficulty, each one paints a unique picture and evokes different emotions. The key is to not only watch for obstacles and traps, but also play to the music. Listen to the beat and the melody, and after a short while you will find yourself doing better and better. Come on! Test your reflexes and rhythm skills! See the surprises and wonders every level holds for you. Gameplay: Guide an ever-growing Line through a multiple of environments, listening carefully to the music. Tap the screen to make a sharp turn, avoiding obstacles and reacting to the World changing before your eyes. Game features: 1. Original background music 2. Multiple levels of increasing difficulty with their own stories 3. Very simple practice mode with only one finger tap 4. Music is the key to guide you Support: If you need any support, please send email to dancingline@cmcm.com or you can reach out us on Facebook @DancingLineGame. Business Cooperation: Cheetah Mobile is now sincerely inviting all the amazing mobile game developers globally to achieve mutual success! we are looking forward to the great games! Contact us on: cheetahgames@cmcm.com Privacy Policy: http://www.cmcm.com/protocol/site/privacy.html Terms of Service: http://www.cmcm.com/protocol/site/tos.html Ad Choice: http://www.cmcm.com/protocol/site/ad-choice.html
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Verdict
Flapping Cage and Dancing Line both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 92% of Flapping Cage's written reviews are positive against 50% of Dancing Line's. Flapping Cage also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). Dancing Line's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (96K vs 73). 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
Both are free to download. Dancing Line sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Flapping Cage asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Flapping Cage against 4.6 for Dancing Line. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dancing Line has 96K ratings behind it against 73, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of Flapping Cage's written reviews are positive against 50% of Dancing Line's.
Flapping Cage ships an update every 6 months, Dancing Line every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 6, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flapping Cage | Dancing Line |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (73 ratings) — better | 4.6 (96K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.8% of reviews — better | 50.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 73 | 96K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #29 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 430 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Alessandro Pezzetti | Forward Vision Corporation Limited |
Customer experience
Flapping Cage
Dancing Line
Bugs and requests
Flapping Cage
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Dancing Line
Reported bugs
4 issues- Freezing and lagging during gameplay
- Desynchronization between music and gameplay
- Inconsistent responsiveness of controls
- Rewards/progress not tracking properly
Requested features
5 requests- Level editor or creator
- More original music tracks
- Improved checkpoint/restart system
- Adjustable difficulty settings
- Ability to disable camera shake
In-app purchases
Flapping Cage
No in-app purchases
Dancing Line
- DancingLine Premium$7.997 Days
- Medium Cube Pack$0.99
- Infinite Cubes$1.99
- Small Coin Box$2.99
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- Medium Coin Box$4.99
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- Large Coin Box$9.99









