Ball Runner vs Polygon Wars
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ball Runner
Navigate a challenging game by dodging a constant barrage of falling objects. Collect coins to improve your ball's speed and size, and grab special items to reach new heights. Survive for as long as possible in this quick-play experience.
- Dodge falling balls
- Collect coins
- Change ball direction
- Special power-ups
- Endless survival gameplay
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Project #1-1 Ball Runner - Falling balls Here is your long-last snack game! Run from falling balls. You should not hit by them! ----------------------------------------------------- How To Play 1. Touch screen to change your ball direction (OneTouch or TwoTouch / See more information on setting) 2. Once you hit by falling balls, you will die. 3. Get more coins and be smaller and be faster 4. Get a Special ball to go higher! 5. Survive as long as you can. ----------------------------------------------------- Let this game on your snack game folder and come play whenever you are boring. We will keep updating our game and make this more fun!
Polygon Wars
Engage in a retro-style arcade twin-stick shooter. Navigate your ship, blast enemies, and upgrade your arsenal. Compete for high scores and unlock achievements.
- Twin-stick shooter gameplay
- On-screen controls
- External controller support
- In-game shop for upgrades
- Game Center leaderboards
- 16 unlockable achievements
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Enemies come in all shapes and sizes in Polygon Wars! Polygon Wars is an arcade twin stick shooter with a retro feeling. Use the on screen controls, or connect an external controller to move around and shoot your opponents. How to control your ship is up to you. Get a speed boost or weapons upgrade from the shop to help you reach new heights! Compete with your friends for the highest score with the Game Center leaderboard. Earn up to 16 different achievement, can you collect them all? The game is in active development, and will receive updates on a regular basis Keep coming back for new features! Songs: “Open Sore” (menu), “Final lap” (game time), "Phobos" (at boss time) Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Polygon Wars at none against Ball Runner's 1. Polygon Wars also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (9 vs 2). Ball Runner's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 10 days) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. Ball Runner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Polygon Wars asks for nothing beyond the download.
Polygon Wars holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 9 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Ball Runner ships an update every 5 days, Polygon Wars every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ball Runner | Polygon Wars |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 4.8 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Fabric Inc. | Wesley Jacobs |
Customer experience
Ball Runner
Polygon Wars
In-app purchases
Ball Runner
- No Ads$1.99
Polygon Wars
No in-app purchases
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