Cylinders vs Rooftop Bandits
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cylinders
Stack blocks vertically to construct the tallest possible cylinder. Compete to achieve the highest score and challenge your friends to beat your achievements.
- Build cylinders vertically
- Reach highest score
- Challenge friends
- Stack blocks
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Build up the cylinders as high as you can! Reach the highest score and challenge your friends.
Rooftop Bandits
Evade law enforcement after a jailbreak by navigating treacherous urban environments. Engage in fast-paced platforming action across rooftops and construction sites, fighting off pursuers. Enjoy a visually distinct experience inspired by classic cartoons.
- Jailbreak escape gameplay
- Navigate rooftops and alleyways
- Fight off law enforcement
- Classic cartoon visual style
- 2D and 3D graphics blend
- Challenging level designs
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After a daring, late-night jailbreak our hero must skip town any way he can. The chase is on and the cops are close on his heels. Escape through dark alleyways, perilous rooftops and massive construction sites. Fight off wave after wave of elite law enforcers as they attempt to capture you by any means possible From the makers of 'Dare the Monkey' (over 1 million downloads) Visually inspired by classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons Designed to appeal to lovers of fast paced platform games Challenging level designs which will please both casual and hardcore gamers Simple and intuitive control scheme An amazing blend of both 2D and 3D graphics
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rooftop Bandits at 4.9 against Cylinders's 4.2. Rooftop Bandits also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 58%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). Cylinders's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 21). On price, update cadence 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. Rooftop Bandits sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Cylinders asks for nothing beyond the download.
Rooftop Bandits holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cylinders has 1.3K ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Cylinders's written reviews are positive against 100% of Rooftop Bandits's.
Cylinders ships an update every 6 weeks, Rooftop Bandits every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cylinders | Rooftop Bandits |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (1.3K ratings) | 4.9 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K — better | 21 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Khang Le | Hot Right Now LTD |
Customer experience
Cylinders
Rooftop Bandits
Bugs and requests
Cylinders
Reported bugs
3 issues- Accuracy issues when tapping the screen
- Leaderboard not showing scores properly
- Frequent lags and glitches
Requested features
3 requests- Add more colors and levels
- Fix leaderboard issues
- Improve accuracy and reduce lag
Rooftop Bandits
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cylinders
No in-app purchases
Rooftop Bandits
- Unlock key for level 4$1.99
- Unlock key for level 5$1.99
- Unlock key for level 7$1.99
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- Unlock key for level 6$1.99
- Unlock key for level 8$1.99
- Unlock key for level 9$1.99
- Unlock key for level 10$1.99
- Unlock key for level 11$1.99
- Unlock key for level 12$1.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
Questions
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