Griddie Islands vs Drawing Run
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Griddie Islands
Place quirky beings on tiny islands to attract fleas that produce money. Merge beings to discover higher levels and increase production in this lively idle merger game. Explore over 50 unique levels.
- Place beings on islands
- Fleas produce money
- Merge beings to level up
- Discover 50+ levels
- Idle production mechanics
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Welcome to the world of Griddies! A world where tiny islands are inhabited by even tinier fleas and quirky beings called Griddies! Place griddies on the islands and watch as the fleas start to jump around in excitement and produce money! Use it to buy more griddies to attract more fleas. Same-level Griddies can also be merged into higher level ones, and the higher the level the more they produce! Merge every Griddie to discover the 50+ levels, each with its own look and personality. Merge, level up, and try to keep the islands filled in this lively idle merger!
Drawing Run
Help famous painting characters recover their lost faces by drawing them. This puzzle game offers a large gallery of characters and humorous emojis to choose from. Enjoy creative fun anytime, anywhere.
- Draw faces on famous paintings
- Large gallery of characters
- Humorous emojis
- Creative drawing gameplay
- Offline play available
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Friends, the world famous painting characters accidentally lost their face, come and help them recover! DrawingRun is such a game, and DrawingRun is also a very interesting puzzle game! DrawingRun includes the following features: - Contains a large number of pictures of characters with various actions! - Contains a variety of humorous and funny emojis. - The gallery is updated from time to time, and you can choose from a large number of pictures. - Open the game anytime, anywhere and start your creative path. She adds a little fun to your leisure and entertainment, pick up the paintbrush and start your painting journey
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Drawing Run at none against Griddie Islands's 8. Griddie Islands's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Griddie Islands sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Drawing Run asks for nothing beyond the download.
Griddie Islands holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Griddie Islands has 1.1K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Griddie Islands's written reviews are positive against 50% of Drawing Run's.
Griddie Islands ships an update monthly, Drawing Run every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Griddie Islands | Drawing Run |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.1K ratings) — better | 4.4 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.2% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 179 MB | 164 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pomelo Games | 帅 袁 |
Customer experience
Griddie Islands
Drawing Run
Bugs and requests
Griddie Islands
Reported bugs
3 issues- Screen going black when placing Griddies
- Inventory getting stuck with no way to clear
- Inconsistent in-app purchase functionality
Requested features
5 requests- More islands and Griddie designs
- Prestige system or other progression mechanics
- Option to sell or discard unwanted Griddies
- Ability to rotate Griddies
- In-game notes or planning tools
Drawing Run
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Griddie Islands
- Cubes 10 pack2 variants$0.99
- Cubes 60 pack2 variants$4.99
- Cubes 200 pack$9.99
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- Cubes 600 pack$19.99
- Cubes 2100 pack$49.99
- Cubes 5800 pack$99.99
Drawing Run
No in-app purchases
Questions
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