The Ice Run vs Yarnboy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Ice Run
Navigate a perilous icy path as an ice cube, dodging fiery obstacles. This skill-based game challenges players to achieve high scores as the difficulty increases. Master the controls to ascend and descend, aiming for your personal best.
- Play as an ice cube
- Dodge raging fireballs
- Skill-based gameplay
- High score challenges
- Simple tap controls
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In this game, you can play as an ice-cube and dodge raging fireballs. This game takes time and skill to get hire scores as the game gets harder. Press the right side of the screen to go up, and the left side of the screen to go down. I wish you good luck on your endeavor to get your best score in this awesome game! Remember to share this game with your friends! Created and developed by Aariz Irfan.
Yarnboy
Control a runaway ball of yarn, leaving a trail to navigate increasingly complex tangles. Master one-thumb controls for arcade-style gameplay focused on nerve and timing. Collect in-game currency to unlock shop items and compete on global leaderboards.
- One-thumb controls
- Arcade gameplay
- Collect yarn balls
- Global leaderboard
- Daily challenges
- Offline play
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You're a runaway ball of yarn, and the thread you leave behind is the one thing that can end your run. Hold to curl, release to roll straight, and thread your way through tighter and tighter tangles. Yarnboy is a one-thumb arcade game about nerve and timing. The longer you last, the more thread you lay down — and the less room you have to move. One clip of your own tail and it's over. How long can you keep the yarn rolling? FEATURES • One-thumb controls — hold to curl, release to roll straight, double-tap to pounce • Easy to learn, genuinely hard to master • Collect yarn balls and spend them in the shop • Optional rewarded videos for a second chance or bonus yarn — never forced • Global leaderboard — sign in with Apple or Google to compete • Daily Tangle: a fresh challenge every day • Play fully offline as a guest — no account required No pop-up ads. No paywalls. Just you, one thumb, and a very long thread.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: The Ice Run at none against Yarnboy's shown. The Ice Run also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for The Ice Run against 5.0 for Yarnboy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively.
| Parameter | The Ice Run | Yarnboy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Irfan Furniturewala | Browning PC, LLC |
Customer experience
The Ice Run
Yarnboy
In-app purchases
The Ice Run
No in-app purchases
Yarnboy
No in-app purchases
