Tap to Dive vs James Spring
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tap to Dive
Navigate the ocean depths in this casual game. Tilt your device to steer and tap to dive, collecting bubbles to survive. Avoid sea hazards and gather coins to unlock new characters and environments.
- Tilt to turn
- Tap to dive
- Collect bubbles for survival
- Avoid sea dangers
- Unlock characters and locations with coins
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A simple and casual tilt-and-tap game. * Tilt to turn, tap to dive. * Dive as deep as you can. * Pick up bubbles to stay alive. * Avoid the dangers of the sea. * Collect coins to unlock characters and locations.
James Spring
Embark on a thrilling hide-and-seek adventure where you guide James as far as possible. Discover and uncover all 44 of James' friends while navigating beautifully designed worlds and avoiding dangerous enemies. Enjoy a completely free gaming experience with simple touch controls.
- Endless running gameplay
- Collect hidden friends
- Avoid dangerous enemies
- Explore beautiful worlds
- Simple touch controls
- Completely free to play
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Where is everyone? Let's play hide and seek! Make James go as far as possible! Find as many James' friends as you can! - Run James as far as possible with simple touch controls - Find and Uncover rest of the 44 James' friends - Watch out cute but dangerous enemies - Travel beautiful designed worlds - No ads and completely free!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tap to Dive at 4.9 against James Spring's 4.0. James Spring's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 63 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Tap to Dive sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. James Spring asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tap to Dive holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Tap to Dive's written reviews are positive against 93% of James Spring's.
Tap to Dive ships an update every 63 months, James Spring every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tap to Dive | James Spring |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (7 ratings) — better | 4.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 93.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 63 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alvar Pernroth | SungHyuk Yoon |
Customer experience
Tap to Dive
James Spring
In-app purchases
Tap to Dive
- Silver$0.99
- Gold$0.99
- The Pirate Bay$0.99
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James Spring
No in-app purchases
