Comparison

Grav Box vs Lava Runner Arcade

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

Head to head
About

Grav Box

Control gravity with a tap and hold to manipulate objects. Customize their appearance, explore dynamic physics, and engage in arcade challenges with leaderboards and achievements.

Highlights
  • Tap and hold to control gravity
  • Customize grav colors and emojis
  • Dynamic backgrounds and physics effects
  • Arcade mode with achievements
  • Global leaderboards
  • In-game events like black holes
Features
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Grav Box places gravity at your fingertips. Tap and hold on the screen to control the gravitational field around your gravs and manipulate them in limitless ways. Customize your entire experience by setting gravs to any color or emoji, explore dynamic backgrounds and physics effects, and even modify the effects of gravity itself. With custom preferences set, head to the arcade to unlock achievements and compete against global leaderboards. Be prepared for black holes, gravitational shifts, and many other in-game events that will impact your gameplay.

About

Lava Runner Arcade

Navigate a house filled with molten lava by jumping and sprinting across furniture. Master precise timing to overcome obstacles and collect coins. Unlock new character skins to customize your runner.

Highlights
  • Arcade-style stage runs
  • Collect and spend coins
  • Unlock epic skins
  • Heart and checkpoint systems
  • Automatic saves
Features
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The ultimate "Floor is Lava" challenge is taking over the house! Your living room has been flooded with roaring, molten magma. Your only hope of survival? Leap, sprint, and boundary-hop across ordinary household furniture before you take a scorching dip! Tap to jump and double-tap to perform gravity-defying maneuvers over sprawling kitchen islands, towering dressers, fallen bookshelves, and rogue washing machines. Every obstacle requires perfect timing—one wrong step will cost you a life! GAME FEATURES: Arcade-Style Stage Runs: Progress through escalating, custom-crafted levels. Each stage brings tighter gaps, faster hazards, and ultimate room chaos! Collect & Spend Coins: Grab floating gold coins scattered precariously across the burning terrain as you run. Unlock Epic Skins: Take your hard-earned coins to the Shop! Swap your classic runner for elite styles like the cosmic Astronaut, the stealthy Ninja, or the legendary blazing Phoenix. Heart & Checkpoint Systems: Found a heart? Grab it for an extra life! Keep your eyes peeled for checkpoints to save your progress mid-run. Automatic Saves: Your progress, total wealth, and unlocked apparel are safely stored locally so you can jump right back into the heat anytime. The room is collapsing, the heat is rising, and the floor is strictly off-limits. Download now and prove you are the ultimate Lava Surfer!

Screenshots

Grav Box4 screens
Lava Runner Arcade4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lava Runner Arcade at none against Grav Box's 10. Lava Runner Arcade also leads on ads (none vs shown). Grav Box's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Grav Box sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Lava Runner Arcade asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Grav Box against 4.9 for Lava Runner Arcade. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 10 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 96% of Grav Box's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lava Runner Arcade's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Grav Box versus Lava Runner Arcade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrav BoxLava Runner Arcade
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (26 ratings)4.9 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews96.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings26 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGianluca CapraroBrandon Egnarski

Customer experience

Grav Box

All ratings26 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive96.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.0%

Lava Runner Arcade

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Grav Box

One-time10
  • Gold Blocks (100) Pack$0.99
  • Light Portal$0.99
  • Dark Portal$0.99
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  • Grav Box$0.99
  • Midnight$0.99
  • Daybreak$0.99
  • Beach$0.99
  • Jungle$0.99
  • Mist$0.99
  • Gold Blocks (1000) Pack$4.99
None

Lava Runner Arcade

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Grav Box free?
Grav Box is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lava Runner Arcade free?
Lava Runner Arcade is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Grav Box or Lava Runner Arcade?
Lava Runner Arcade is rated higher. Grav Box averages 4.8 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while Lava Runner Arcade averages 4.9 from 10 ratings.
Do Grav Box or Lava Runner Arcade have ads?
Grav Box shows ads; Lava Runner Arcade does not.

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