NoomiClone Guide: 2.0 Update, Modes & Controls

NoomiClone is a physics-based ragdoll gymnastics game from solo developer Matthew Louis Jones (NoomiClone Dev). It first arrived on Android on 9 December 2020 and on iOS later that month, and the 2026 2.0 update brought it back into the mobile charts. According to App-Time, the update pushed the six-year-old game to No. 1 on the Russian Google Play charts. It is not a new release, and that distinction explains most of the current interest.

What the 2.0 update added

The headline addition is twisting. Noomi can now spin both directions in the air, which turns a simple flip into a scored trick with more room for variation. The update also reworked trampoline physics so flips and twists carry through bounces, made Slow Motion free for all players, added a replay feature for watching and saving attempts, expanded control customization, and added more language support; the Play listing now shows 17 languages. Follow-up patches refined twist speed, mid-twist regrabs and replay clips.

The result is still the same core joke: you are not directly steering a gymnast. You are firing one body movement at a time and hoping the ragdoll physics cooperate.

Bar mode and Tumbling mode

NoomiClone has two families of maps. Bar mode contains 12 maps, including Classic, Trampoline, City and Workout Park. You swing on a high bar, build momentum, release, flip and try to catch the bar again. Tumbling mode contains 6 maps built from boxes, ramps, platforms and moving blocks, where the goal is to chain flips and land cleanly.

Both modes use the same move vocabulary: tuck, pike, arch, layout, squat, twists and stuck landings. Bar mode is about timing the release and the regrab; Tumbling mode is about carrying speed and height from one surface to the next.

Controls and reading a run

On mobile, the game uses on-screen touch buttons. You arch or extend to build swing, tuck to speed up rotation, release at the right moment, and straighten before landing. Buttons can be moved and resized, which matters on smaller phones. Slow Motion and replay are the two best learning tools: slow motion lets you see the release window, and replay lets you compare a failed attempt with a clean one.

A useful beginner loop is to stay on Classic until you can complete a swing, release and regrab without panic. Then add one twist at a time. Chasing a double twist before your regrab is consistent usually produces a spectacular failure rather than progress.

Start here

Open Bar mode, pick Classic, and spend a few runs learning the release timing. Use Slow Motion to study the regrab, then try Tumbling mode once you can land consistently. The 2.0 features are best treated as extensions of the basics, not replacements for them.