Gravity Runner vs The Vikings
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gravity Runner
Navigate a futuristic world by flipping gravity to dodge obstacles like walls, lasers, and enemies. Shoot targets to gain points and climb the leaderboards in this addictive endless runner.
- Gravity flipping mechanic
- Obstacle avoidance
- Enemy shooting for points
- High score tracking
- Leaderboard integration
- Futuristic endless runner gameplay
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Flip your way to the highest score! AVOID OBSTACLES: How far can you get? Flip gravity to avoid walls, lasers, drops and enemies in this crazy futuristic endless runner. SCORE BIG: Can you get the high score? Survive for as long as you can by avoiding object and shooting enemies. tip: every enemy you shoot gains you points ;) SHOW OFF: Get the highest score you can and see how far up the leaderboard you can get. music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj-1hPiRdhI
The Vikings
Engage in brutal combat as a Viking warrior, hurling axes at a variety of enemies. Upgrade your arsenal with new axes, shields, and helmets to overcome increasingly challenging foes. Test your skills in a player-versus-player mode for ultimate bragging rights.
- Axe throwing combat
- Variety of enemy types
- Weapon and armor upgrades
- Player versus player mode
- Simple tap-to-aim controls
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Viking is a ferocious Scandinavian warrior. Viking's favorite weapons are axes! You can throw them at enemies and split their skulls! It is very simple to do this - just tap on the screen and pull to aim and release to throw the ax. One accurate throw will be enough to put down any opponent. And there will be a lot of them! Among them are archers, armored swordsmen and even magicians. Therefore, to destroy them there are axes available for every taste in the game store, as well as a variety of shields and helmets to defend yourself from arrows and shells of magicians. Also, the player versus player mode is implemented. Each player is on his turret and you need to hit an ax in your opponent before he splits your skull with his ax. And do not worry if you die in the midst of a fight ... after all, Valhalla is waiting for you after death!!!* Have a good game! * Valhalla does not apply to warriors who have defeated less than one opponent.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Gravity Runner at none against The Vikings's shown. Gravity Runner also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 38 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). The Vikings's advantage is ratings volume (164 vs 15). On price, rating, 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. Gravity Runner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and The Vikings sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Gravity Runner against 4.6 for The Vikings. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Vikings has 164 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Gravity Runner's written reviews are positive against 75% of The Vikings's.
Gravity Runner ships an update every 4 days, The Vikings every 38 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gravity Runner | The Vikings |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (15 ratings) | 4.6 (164 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 164 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 38 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 109 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Stewart Thomson | BYV |
Customer experience
Gravity Runner
The Vikings
Bugs and requests
Gravity Runner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
The Vikings
Reported bugs
13 issues- Axes go through enemies
- Axes disappear mid-throw
- Enemies stay on block as shields
- Multiplayer not loading
- Unresponsive controls on iPhone
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- Coins not saving in single player
- Double coin purchase overcharged
- Axes don't hit in higher rounds
- Headshots bypass shields
- Expensive axes seem useless
- Axes don't do more damage despite cost
- No physics in the game
- Cover character still wearing Santa hat
Requested features
20 requests- Update the game
- Add armor
- Add more axes
- Add a game mode against swordsmen
- Add a white reticle like in spear version
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- Add more helmets
- Option to play from the right side
- Add challenges
- Make expensive axes more impactful
- Fix multiplayer issues
- Fix coin saving issues
- Fix axe penetration issues
- Fix headshot bug
- Fix axe disappearing bug
- Fix enemies staying as shields bug
- Fix ads frequency
- Fix purchase overcharging
- Add physics to the game
- Make axes more effective
- Improve controls for iPhone
In-app purchases
Gravity Runner
- Support Developer$0.99
The Vikings
- 5000 Coins$1.99
- Disabling advertising$1.99
- 20000 Coins$3.99
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- 50000 Coins$6.99
- 100000 Coins$22.99
- 500000 Coins$79.99
Questions
Is Gravity Runner free?
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Which has better reviews, Gravity Runner or The Vikings?
Do Gravity Runner or The Vikings have ads?
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