B vs Charlie's Run
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
B
Embark on an adventure to defeat the Black Cube and rescue your fellow Red Balls. Navigate through diverse and challenging levels, testing your skills and intelligence to collect stars and achieve your goals.
- Defeat the Big Boss
- Rescue brothers and sisters
- Explore Grass land, Jungle, and Big Prison chapters
- Excellent designed levels
- Collect stars
- Finish achievements
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World of RED BALLs is in invasion by Black CUBE. Defeat the BIG BOSS and rescuer your brothers and sisters. Chapter 1-Grass land. Chapter 2-Jungle. Chapter 3-Big Prison. -Excellent designed levels. -Pass each level depends on your skill and intelligence. -Collect stars as more as you can. -Finish achievements. Come on take the challenge.
Charlie's Run
Collect friends to achieve a high score in this action runner. Reach the goal to enter a block-breaking challenge where you strategically release collected characters. Upgrade your abilities using in-game coins earned through gameplay or by watching videos.
- Collect friends to increase score
- Block breaking challenge at goal
- Swipe controls for movement and actions
- Strategic character release for block breaking
- Upgrade attack power and time limit
- Collect coins and watch videos for upgrades
- In-game picture book for collected characters
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A new type of run action game is born! Depending on the number of friends you have, you can aim for a high score! ▼Rules ・Collect your friends on the roadside and aim at the goal! ・Once you reach the goal, the block breaking part is waiting for you! ・Destroy the objects with the collected characters! ▼How to play ・Swipe left and right to move. ・Swipe up to jump, swipe down to slide! ・Swipe up to jump, swipe down to slide! ・In the block breaking part, you decide the direction in which you want to send the collected characters and release them into the field at once! ・In the block breaking part, you decide the direction in which you want to send your characters flying and release them onto the field at once! As the stage progresses, the difficulty level of the block breaking part will increase! Press the level-up button on the home screen to extend the attack power and time limit of the block breaker part! You need coins to level up, so pick up coins in the game and watch videos to get more coins! You can see the characters you collected in the picture book! EULA URL https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Charlie's Run at 100% against B's 50%. Charlie's Run also leads on rating (4.3 vs 4.0) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). B's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 4). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. B sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Charlie's Run sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Charlie's Run holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: B has 1.1K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of B's written reviews are positive against 100% of Charlie's Run's.
B ships an update every 5 days, Charlie's Run every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | B | Charlie's Run |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1.1K ratings) | 4.3 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 227 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TTCX Inc. | FourM, K.K. |
Customer experience
B
Charlie's Run
Bugs and requests
B
Reported bugs
3 issues- Laser glitches through ball
- Ball moves on its own
- Medals not awarded correctly
Requested features
3 requests- Add more levels and worlds
- Improve controls and responsiveness
- Allow creating custom levels
Charlie's Run
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
B
- RemoveAds$4.99
Charlie's Run
- Ad Block 1 month$2.991 Month
Questions
Is B free?
Is Charlie's Run free?
Which has better reviews, B or Charlie's Run?
Do B or Charlie's Run have ads?
Which is updated more often, B or Charlie's Run?
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