Comparison

Jolly Run vs Once Upon a Tower

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

Head to head

Jolly Run

Free

🎮 Games

★ 5.04 ratingsView app →

Once Upon a Tower

Princess offline game

Free

🎮 Games

★ 4.73.3K ratingsView app →

About

Jolly Run

Dash through a snowy landscape as Santa Claus, evading children chasing your presents. Test your reflexes to see how long you can last and achieve the highest score in this festive arcade runner.

Highlights

Top-down arcade gameplay
Christmas theme
Santa Claus as playable character
Score chasing
Evade pursuers

Features

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Oh no, Santa Claus! Children from all around saw your sleigh crash. They're following the trail of presents you left behind. You better not get caught. Run! How long can you last? How high of score can you get? The more children chasing-the higher the rewards! Just don't let the children catch you. Jolly Run is a top-down, Christmas themed arcade game with one goal-don't get caught. Play as the great Saint Nicholas. Can you get the top score among your friends and family? Play now!

About

Once Upon a Tower

Break free from your tower prison in this adventure game. Armed with a war hammer, you'll battle enemies and escape a dragon. Your rescue is up to you!

Highlights

Tower escape adventure
Battle enemies
Fight a dragon
Princess protagonist
Offline gameplay

Features

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Ever wanted to escape somewhere else? Ever felt like you were trapped in a high tower? Ever found yourself waiting for the valiant knight to save you? Wait no more! Cause he isn't coming -- No, really, he isn't. He was literally eaten by that guardian dragon over there. But fear no more, you have all you need to set yourself free. The brave knight left behind his war hammer, I'm sure you can put it to good use, right? You can beat the enemies. You can escape the dragon. YOU CAN DO THIS! Now let the adventure begin, once upon a tower.

Screenshots

Jolly Run3 screens

Once Upon a Tower4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Jolly Run at none against Once Upon a Tower's 10. Jolly Run also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Once Upon a Tower's advantage is ratings volume (3.3K vs 4). On price and device support 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. Once Upon a Tower sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Jolly Run asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Jolly Run holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Once Upon a Tower has 3.3K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Jolly Run's written reviews are positive against 75% of Once Upon a Tower's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level

Jolly Run versus Once Upon a Tower: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	Jolly Run	Once Upon a Tower
Price	Free	Free
Rating	5.0 (4 ratings) — better	4.7 (3.3K ratings)
Positive reviews	100.0% of reviews — better	75.1% of reviews
Number of ratings	4	3.3K — better
Update frequency	—	Every 3 weeks
Ads	No — better	Yes
In-app purchases	No — better	Yes
Monetization	Free — better	Free with in-app purchases
Devices	iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV	iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV
Requires iOS	7.0 — better	12.0
Further details — not scored
Size	108 MB	226 MB
Age rating	4+	9+
Developer	Thayne Studio LLC	Pomelo Games