Tube Spin vs Smash Runner!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tube Spin
Control a bouncing ball through an endless, twisting vortex. Swipe to spin the tunnel and hit dots for points. Test your skills to see if you can achieve a high score in this challenging arcade game.
- Endless vortex gameplay
- Swipe to spin tunnel
- Hit dots for points
- High score challenge
- Addictive arcade action
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Keep the ball bouncing to survive the endless vortex. Do you have what it takes? How to Play Swipe your finger to spin the tunnel Hit dots for more points Only 1% can score 1000!
Smash Runner!
Embark on a colorful adventure where you collect layers to grow larger. Become big enough to smash through blocks and experience the satisfying feeling of destroying cubes.
- Collect layers
- Grow bigger
- Smash blocks
- Colorful adventure
- Cube smashing
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Take a step into this colorful adventure. Collect as many layers as you can. You need to get bigger in order to pass over the blocks. You will like this feeling of smashing cubes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Smash Runner! at weekly against Tube Spin's every 2 months. Tube Spin's advantage is review sentiment (52% vs 22%) and ratings volume (47K vs 14K). On price, rating, 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. Tube Spin sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Smash Runner! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Tube Spin against 4.6 for Smash Runner!. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 47K and 14K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 52% of Tube Spin's written reviews are positive against 22% of Smash Runner!'s.
Tube Spin ships an update every 2 months, Smash Runner! weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tube Spin | Smash Runner! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (47K ratings) | 4.6 (14K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.5% of reviews — better | 21.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 47K — better | 14K |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | 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 | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 180 MB | 283 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | AI Games FZ | Rollic Games |
Customer experience
Tube Spin
Smash Runner!
User reviews
Tube Spin
From 47K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 🎨 Variety of skins/customization options
- 🧠 Challenging but not too difficult
- 🕹️ Intuitive and responsive controls
Room to improve
- 🤖 Excessive and intrusive advertisements
- 🔁 Repetitive and monotonous levels
- 🤔 Lack of difficulty progression
- 🔋 High battery consumption
Smash Runner!
From 14K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun and satisfying gameplay
- 👍 Unique and engaging concept
- 💡 Potential for more levels
Room to improve
- 🔋 Drains battery quickly
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 📺 Excessive and intrusive ads
- 🤔 Misleading advertising
Bugs and requests
Tube Spin
Reported bugs
3 issues- Glitches causing unexpected restarts
- Revive feature not working as intended
- Inconsistent performance on some devices
Requested features
4 requests- Endless mode with increasing difficulty
- Background music and sound effects
- More varied obstacles and challenges
- Achievements and leaderboards
Smash Runner!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezes and crashes at higher levels
- Levels not loading or resetting progress
- Unresponsive controls and gameplay issues
Requested features
3 requests- Add an ad-free option
- Improve level progression and difficulty scaling
- Fix stability issues and crashes
In-app purchases
Tube Spin
- No Ads$2.99
Smash Runner!
- Remove Ads$2.99
