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Zip—Zap – Action Game Review
Zip—Zap is a Action/Puzzle game from Philipp Stollenmayer, first launched in 26th September 2016.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 4,832+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Zip—Zap Stand Out
Touch to contract.
Release to let go.
Bring the clumsy mechanical beings home.
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over 100 levels
no ads
no in-app-purchases
»brilliantly designed« – gamezebo
»a lot of heart« – pocketgamer
»clever« – toucharcade
»excellent« – macstories
»absolute joy to play« – platformalist
This Action game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Zip—Zap is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 22nd May 2018
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
- small improvements
Download & Availability
Zip—Zap is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Update years later – we still love this game, it makes us happy we usually don't even listen to app music, but this has the most perfct music and sounds. The little creaky sounds while the metal is swinging, for example. It's just so perfect and adds to the fantastic fun of the game. We love it so much even though we didn't expect to – VERY VERY cool.
Heard about it from Bennet Foddy and he was right. Fun mechanics.
Aesthetically pleasing and very puzzling.
This game has changed our life in so many ways. We are a better person in every way because of this game. It has let us perfect our life and achieve our dreams. This game is the best of all time.
Please add more levels? We would be happy to pay for additional levels! We realize it is a job for you so please consider adding levels at an additional cost. Love this app, its our favorite.
3rd time installing this fabulous little game. We cant help it! Its just so much more fun than all the crap out there. FOLLOW this dev. Most of their games are awesome. But, Im partyiAl to this fun physics base game.
What a great, unique little puzzle game. Really one of our favorites. This guy has made a bunch of interesting little physics-based puzzle games and we cant wait to see what he comes out with next.
Hey! What hai-opened-all our progress has been reduced to two windows>>>.>??? Space space space we like the music in the beginning, we find this to be better than angry birds in many ways.
We love the app because it is so simple but yet so fun there are many challenges to do and it is easy to get hooked on.
Dont get us wrong the game is awesome and addicting but we cant wait for some more levels to play. It gets boring after a while after you complete all of the levels. Other than that Ive only raged a few times while playing and the physics are really good as well.
Our 7 yo son and we are having so much fun playing this delightful game! Highly recommended.
Our girlfriend and Mom hate us for playing this. We hyper-focus and it makes us ignore everyone and thing around us. 10/10 game.
This game is puzzling yet entertaining! This is worth the 2.00 because it gives you different puzzles worth your time.
Dont make us tell you again how great you are.
Love it but would love to be able to make our own levels.
It looks really good has no adds simple and fun.
We just want to say you guys are the best app developers EVER. The games you make are unique and funny at the same time. This one especially. Nice concept. We hope you are doing well. Peace.
This is a fun and cool game and we love this game and it made us addicted to it lol.
So, we got this game like 20 minutes ago but we have to write this. Heres what we like: The background music is nice, the levels are satisfying, and the green and orange remind us of something that makes us happy so, props to the developers! Heres what we dont like: that last level of basic movement made us feel like we had two brain cells. So, good game overall.
Simple presentation but brain bending puzzles. Love it.
Fun and simple, challenging but not maddeningly so. Recommended for all ages.
This game is awesome And thats all we have to say.
Really not sure why, but when we dont get the motion right the first time, we laugh out loud at ourselves. Its mechanical. Its obvious (so far). Other puzzle games difficulties can cause us to delete out of frustration. But somehow, this one is fun. Could be that the control is perfect, so you can decide how to go rather than trying to finesse something finicky, overly sensitive, or unresponsive. Just starting the second block of motion training, but so far we like it a lot.
Just getting started & not sure how much real physics, but definitely enjoying. Especially now, where having something that can be fun and only take as much time as we have available. Great for taking mind off other things and feeling as if we accomplished something, however small.
Hi we are have fun with your app and we love the app because it has no adds and add purchase also that we want to say thank you Love Desmond Medina.
Its a great app. Keeps us busy for a long time.
Every year for the past 4 or 5 years we end up replaying this game in its entirety. It can be tough at times but also oddly relaxing. Definitely a must have.
Challenging mind game that uses Physics and strategy. Not so hard that its annoying, never give in! Never give up!! Very addictive as you think outside the box and try, try again your new moves and techniques. Love, love this! And dont say we didnt warn ya.
This game starts out easy but quickly becomes a challenge of timing and finesse. Theres something strangely satisfying about making these odd contraptions fall apart when you solve them. We could play this for hours. In fact, we have! Im currently in our second go-round to see if we can get through them any quicker than the first time. Thanks for a great game.
Sometimes a simple concept can make for a challenging game. This is one of those times. Dont let the minimalist style fool you. The mechanics take a little bit to master (mostly training yourself not to swipe). It helps to imagine the moving pieces as a tiny gymnast. We also like that it has an erector set type of theme. It reminds us of the hours we spent building with some playing with such toys as a kid.
We like the physics of it all and we enjoy the simplicity and the no ads.
Just finished all 9 levels and we hope the developers are planning on releasing more. A create your own option would be great too, just like their other game Supertype. Zig Zag is original, challenging and fun. Get it now, thank us later.
Ive only just played the first level of puzzles and Im hooked! Each puzzle is there for you to solve, and you can reset as many times as you need to figure it out with no penalty! Im tired of in-app purchase games. This one is refreshingly challenging, simple to learn, and doesnt bother us with an ad or something we need to purchase to be successful in the game every level. Excellent.
It is really good despite being hard in some lvls it is a good quality game, please download or buy all of their games! We love them, D.O.W.N.L.O.A.D N.O.W.
Wasnt sure what to expect but we were amazed by this game. As someone who loves bite-sized puzzle type games this is easily in our top 5.
Very fun and will make you struggle but its worth it.
Well done combination of challenging physics-puzzle with satisfying movement and interaction of shapes. Nice job.
We love this game! We love video games, but Ive been too busy and tired lately to be interested in very many video games. Thats where this game helps. Its a little challenging and addictive. Its probably the only game right now that we find is fun and requires low energy/effort.
Dude sickest FN game!!! Love it eeerrrrrr.
The title says it all Phil, add more levels or custom level creation where people with the game cant race against time/ each other in a co-op setting to speed run levels.
This is a great game we are looking forward to a part 2.
Great game but needs more levels.
Best game ever! No ads, no purchases, its the perfect game.
We absolutely LOVE this game, its so fun and well made.
This is a great game, worth every penny. But we feel adding a level creation mode would be a great fit for this game.
Anytime we see the 3-D k at the beginning of the app preview in the app store we get it this is by far one of our favorite games thank u.
Its dirt simple model of interaction (a single button), plain graphics, and small number of different elements make this game seem like it will not be much fun, yet we find ourselves strangely enjoying it much more than most puzzle games Ive tried.
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We usually don't even listen to app music, but this has the most perfct music and sounds. The little creaky sounds while the metal is swinging, for example. It's just so perfect and adds to the fun of this simple yet fun game. We love it so much even though we didn't expect to – VERY cool.
Once you stop swiping and relax, this is a fun game with both easy and maddening challenges. They are all doable but not so quickly that you get bored.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.11
- Size: 16.46 MB
- iOS: 8.0 or later
- Languages: NL, EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, RU, ZH, ES
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Philipp Stollenmayer
Last updated: 22nd May 2018 | Genre: Action, Puzzle | Developer: Philipp Stollenmayer