Steer Physics vs Skiplash
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Steer Physics
A challenging physics-based puzzler where you draw lines to guide a ball to a flag, collecting stars and avoiding obstacles. Master gravity and momentum to achieve high scores by collecting stars, drawing fewer lines, and finishing quickly. Enjoy 50 levels with soothing music and amusing sound effects.
- Physics-based gameplay
- Draw lines to steer ball
- Collect stars for score
- Avoid obstacles
- Gravity and momentum mechanics
- 50 challenging levels
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Immerse yourself in this fun-filled and challenging physics based puzzler. The goal is simple. Draw lines to steer the ball to the flag picking up stars along the way. Needless to say, there will be obstacles to overcome in this simple pursuit. The rules are straightforward. The more stars you collect, the higher you score. The fewer lines you draw, the higher you score. The sooner the ball reaches the flag, the higher you score. Follow these mantras and see how you stack up against others on Game Center. Gravity could be a double-edged sword, so use the ball's momentum or other means of propulsion to get through most levels. The ball is fragile and moving obstacles have a tendency to shatter it. This starter pack comes with 50 exciting levels filled with soothing music, amusing sound effects and even explosions. The levels may look easy at first but don't be fooled by their simplicity. Some could take an hour or more to solve and you will find yourself playing well into the night. But if you have that special knack and happen to breeze through these levels, rest assured, we will be adding more soon. How to play? • Touch and drag one finger to draw one or more lines to steer the ball toward the flag • Double tap or press Play to start or stop the ball • To erase the lines, swipe across them with two fingers • Collect at least one star to clear each level Happy steering!
Skiplash
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Steer Physics at none against Skiplash's 1. Steer Physics also leads on iOS requirement (7.0 vs 16.0). Skiplash's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 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
Both are free to download. Skiplash sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Steer Physics asks for nothing beyond the download.
Steer Physics ships an update every 6 months, Skiplash weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Steer Physics | Skiplash |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (11 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kinetic Bytes | Paul DiSalvo |
In-app purchases
Steer Physics
No in-app purchases
Skiplash
- Five Saves$0.99









