River Rider vs Kurt Arcade
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
River Rider
Navigate a treacherous river, collecting eggs to grow your school of fish. Dodge obstacles, unlock new characters with coins, and survive diverse regions in this endless procedural game.
- Infinite side-scrolling gameplay
- Procedurally generated levels
- Collect eggs to grow fish school
- Unlock new characters with coins
- Navigate treacherous river environments
- Destroy land and rock sections
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Dodge rocks and navigate tight river banks as you collect eggs and grow your school. Collect coins to unlock exciting new characters. In this infinitely side-scrolling procedural-generated inertia-driven action game, lead a band of brave Fish through a treacherous river. Increase your numbers by breaking open eggs along the way. Destroy sections of land and rocks while attempting to survive four unique regions.
Kurt Arcade
Discover a collection of diverse, simpler games in one convenient app. Explore various genres including action, puzzles, and shooting games with a wide range of themes.
- Collection of simple games
- Action games
- Shooting games
- Flying games
- Puzzle games
- Horror games
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Lots of my smaller simpler games, accumulated all into one simple place for you!! There's some action, some shooting, some flying, some puzzles, some horror, monkeys, lasers, bombs... a little bit of everything.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Kurt Arcade at 5.0 against River Rider's 4.4. Kurt Arcade also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 31 months). River Rider's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Kurt Arcade holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: River Rider has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
River Rider ships an update every 31 months, Kurt Arcade every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | River Rider | Kurt Arcade |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 31 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 | 9.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 260 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Bret Black | Kurt Dekker |
Customer experience
River Rider
Kurt Arcade
In-app purchases
River Rider
No in-app purchases
Kurt Arcade
No in-app purchases
Questions
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