Jail Run vs Pixel Tribe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Jail Run
Escape a prison after years of confinement by navigating challenging levels and outsmarting obstacles. Compete for the fastest times, discover hidden routes, and aim to become the world's top speedrunner.
- Prison escape gameplay
- Challenging levels
- Speedrun challenges
- Hidden paths and loopholes
- Beat friends' times
- Final boss battle
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After being stuck in prison years your are finally given the chance to escape. One day when you wake up your cell door is open. Now is your chance to escape. Move through challenging levels and beat the final boss. See what you can get as your best time and beat your friends. Find hidden paths and unsuspecting loopholes to cut down your time. Can you be the fastest in the world?
Pixel Tribe
Build and manage a Viking tribe in a retro pixel art strategy RPG. Craft weapons, upgrade your kingdom, and lead your Vikings in turn-based raids and PVP battles. Farm resources, raise animals, and customize your village to become the ultimate Viking chief.
- Build and upgrade Viking kingdom
- Craft weapons and armor
- Turn-based combat raids
- Farm resources and raise animals
- Multiplayer clans and PVP battles
- Customize Viking skills
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Pixel Tribe: Viking Kingdom is a strategy RPG with retro pixel art graphics where you build and upgrade a tribe of Vikings. As the chief, you must build your kingdom, raise a tribe of Vikings, craft weapons and armor, and send your Vikings on epic turn-based raids. Craft items and resources, upgrade your kingdom and improve your Vikings fighting skills. Build, farm, raise animals, decorate, upgrade and customize your own Viking Kingdom. Craft weapons and armor for your Vikings to give them a fighting chance against the toughest enemies in Midgard! PIXEL TRIBE: VIKING KINGDOM FEATURES CRAFT, BUILD & UPGRADE ● Craft and upgrade weapons and armor. ● Build and upgrade buildings like the Weaponsmith, Viking ship, Church and more. ● Craft resources to earn gold and upgrade your kingdom. ● Craft items and gear to upgrade your Vikings fighting skills. ● Upgrade your farm to craft food and more valuable resources. FIGHTING ● Earn rewards by fighting and raid your enemies! ● Level up your Vikings and upgrade your fighting skills! ● Fighting lets you specialize your Vikings as tanks, fighters, archers or mages. ● Top the Leaderboards by fighting your way to glory! FARM, BUILD & UPGRADE ● Build a farm and craft food to heal your Vikings. ● Plant and harvest crops. ● Build your kingdom and raise animals. ● Farm and feed your animals to produce eggs, wool, and milk. MULTIPLAYER ● Clans with Raids, Orders, and Buffs ● PVP battles ● Leagues and Leaderboards ● Visit other Players villages
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pixel Tribe at 4.9 against Jail Run's 4.4. Pixel Tribe also leads on ratings volume (4K vs 26) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Jail Run sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Pixel Tribe sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pixel Tribe holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixel Tribe has 4K ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 91% of Jail Run's written reviews are positive against 89% of Pixel Tribe's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Jail Run ships an update every 2 months, Pixel Tribe every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Jail Run | Pixel Tribe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (26 ratings) | 4.9 (4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better | 89.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 26 | 4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 121 MB | 308 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Square Lion LLC | Kvannli AS |
Customer experience
Jail Run
Pixel Tribe
Bugs and requests
Jail Run
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Pixel Tribe
Reported bugs
2 issues- Occasional crashes or bugs
- Soft-locking issues due to progression imbalance
Requested features
7 requests- Ability to rename or customize Vikings
- Expanded clan/multiplayer features
- More diverse building and decoration options
- Reduced crafting/production times
- Offline/background progression mode
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- Challenging boss battles or events
- Improved quest/progression system
In-app purchases
Jail Run
- Remove Ads$0.99
- 5 Items$0.99
Pixel Tribe
- Pocketfull of Gems$0.99
- Pile of Gems$1.99
- Bag of Gems$4.99
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- Sack of Gems$9.99
- Box of Gems$19.99
- Chest of Gems$49.99
- Golden Gem Chest$99.99
