Comparison

Bit Storm vs Skiplash

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

Head to head
About

Bit Storm

Guide falling bits to match their corresponding colors by controlling the wind. Aim to achieve the highest score possible in this simple, old-school arcade game designed for quick play.

Highlights
  • Control wind to guide bits
  • Match bits to their colors
  • Score-based gameplay
  • Touch controls
  • Tilt controls
  • Pass the time game
Features
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The storm has just begun and bits are raining from the clouds! Control the wind and guide the bits to land on their colors! Welcome to Bit Storm. It's a perfect game to pass the time. The goal is to rack up as many points as you can. Simple gameplay. Old school style. How far can you get? HOW TO PLAY Touch Mode: • Tap and hold the either side of the screen to make the bits land on their colors! Tilt Mode: • Tilt your device right or left to make the bits land on their colors!

About

Skiplash

Features
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One tap. Perfect timing. A stone across still water. Skiplash is a minimalist skipping-stone game about rhythm, restraint, and waiting for your moment. Each tap sends your stone arcing toward the surface. Time it right and it skims. Time it perfectly and it flies. HOW TO PLAY Tap just as the stone grazes the water. Too early, it drops. Too late, it sinks. Land the sweet spot for a perfect skip — and a streak of perfects builds a multiplier worth up to 5×. The further you fly, the rougher the sea becomes. A WORLD THAT TURNS The sky moves through a full day as you play — noon glare, golden hour, dusk, starlight, dawn — and the water, your stone, and every word on screen carry the hour's light. Shooting stars cross the night, and the moon rises in its true phase, waxing and waning through the month as the real one does. Gulls glide by from sunrise to sunset. Schools of fish drift below, and if you watch the deep, a turtle or a shark may cruise past. Time itself persists: it carries between runs, keeps turning while you sit on the menu, and is waiting where you left it tomorrow. Or let the sea keep your hours instead — one setting anchors the whole cycle to your own clock, so opening Skiplash at dusk finds the water at dusk. THE SOUND OF THE WATER Skiplash has no soundtrack. It has a sea — a soft bed of lapping that thickens into wind-blown chop as the waves build, and quiets after dark. Every sound here, the water included, is generated as you play rather than recorded, so calm water and a storm genuinely sound different, not just louder. It steps aside if you're already listening to something, and anything you'd rather not hear can be switched off. WHEN THE DEEP TAKES YOUR STONE A sunk run can be rescued. A little lifebuoy floats your stone back up, a slingshot rises from the ring, waits for a level moment on the swell, and flings you back in — score, skips, and speed intact. Saves come five for $0.99, sync across your devices through iCloud, and work up to three times per run. Entirely optional, never pushed. FEATURES • One-tap control, scales with your precision • Streak multiplier system — 2×, 3×, 4×, and 5× • Up to 25 points on a single flawless skip • Super-skip every 20 skips — a soaring launch with a perfect-landing bonus • A full day-night cycle that persists between sessions — or follows your own clock • A moon in tonight's true phase • An ambient sea that rises and falls with the waves and the hour • A living scene: gulls, fish schools, sea turtles, sharks, shooting stars • Game Center leaderboards — score, distance, and skips • Pause with a countdown resume and a moment of shield after • Auto-pauses for calls and interruptions • Settings for sound effects, the ambient sea, haptics, and the real-time sky • 120 Hz ProMotion on capable iPhones and iPads • Haptics tuned to each skip quality • Automatic light, dark, and tinted icon variants • Remembers your best score, best distance, and most skips • Full iPhone and iPad support CALM, BY DESIGN No ads. No tracking. No sign-ups. Works offline. Easy on battery. Every sound and vibration can be switched off. One optional purchase — saves — and nothing else for sale. Cast. Skip. Settle.

Screenshots

Bit Storm4 screens
Skiplash4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bit Storm at none against Skiplash's 1. Bit Storm also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). Skiplash's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 112 months). 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. Skiplash sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bit Storm asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bit Storm ships an update every 112 months, Skiplash weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bit Storm versus Skiplash: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBit StormSkiplash
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 112 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAshton GeorgePaul DiSalvo

In-app purchases

None

Bit Storm

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Skiplash

One-time1
  • Five Saves$0.99

Questions

Is Bit Storm free?
Bit Storm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Skiplash free?
Skiplash is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bit Storm or Skiplash have ads?
Neither Bit Storm nor Skiplash shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bit Storm or Skiplash?
Bit Storm ships an update every 112 months, and Skiplash weekly. Most recently, Bit Storm was updated on September 28, 2026 and Skiplash on October 6, 2026.

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