Squish Machine vs Tumble Rush
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Squish Machine
Test your reflexes in this fast-paced action puzzler where you must avoid being squished. Progress through hundreds of levels, unlock cute characters, and enjoy vibrant visuals and upbeat sound. Challenge yourself in arcade and timed modes for endless replayability.
- 240 quick levels
- 28 unlockable characters
- Vibrant visuals
- Upbeat sound design
- Arcade mode unlocked
- Timed Mode
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Welcome to the Squish Machine! A machine designed only for squishing slow pokes who can’t turn it off in time. Are you quick enough for this action puzzler? Features include: • 240 quick, bite-sized levels at launch to progress through! • 28 cute characters to unlock! • Vibrant, fun visuals! • Upbeat sound design! • If you manage to survive the squish through level 160, you unlock an arcade mode. How many levels can you survive in a row? A million? Well, let’s see it, friend! • Timed Mode! Try and get through the first 100 levels as quickly as possible. This game is supported by advertising, but a one-time purchase removes the ads that appear during game play breaks.
Tumble Rush
Guide a marble through challenging physics-based mazes by tilting your device. Collect coins, unlock characters, and overcome traps and puzzles across hundreds of levels. Enjoy multiple game modes for endless fun.
- Tilt-based marble control
- Hundreds of bite-sized levels
- Time trials and endless mode
- Physics-based tricks and traps
- Collectible characters and themes
- Optional touch controls
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A fast-paced marble maze that you control by tilting your device! Frantically tumble through physics-based tricks and traps, gather coins, and unlock a cast of cute, collectible characters. Features: • Roll your way through hundreds of bite-sized levels — or try time trials or endless mode for a challenge • Avoid holes, dodge traps, and solve puzzles • Play with unique tilt controls, or swap to touch controls at any time • Collect dozens of cute characters and colourful stage themes • Funky soundtrack by Sean "CosmicGem" Bialo
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tumble Rush at 4.8 against Squish Machine's 4.1. Tumble Rush also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). Squish Machine's advantage is ratings volume (146 vs 14). On price, ads, 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. Squish Machine sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tumble Rush sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tumble Rush holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Squish Machine has 146 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Squish Machine's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tumble Rush's.
Squish Machine ships an update every 2 months, Tumble Rush monthly. Both last shipped on July 4, 2026.
| Parameter | Squish Machine | Tumble Rush |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (146 ratings) | 4.8 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 146 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — 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 | 12 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 136 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Brad Erkkila | Juvenile Pursuits Inc. |
Customer experience
Squish Machine
Tumble Rush
Bugs and requests
Squish Machine
Reported bugs
10 issues- App loads with music enabled even if sound is off
- Jumping delays
- Game drops jumps
- Jumping isn't responsive enough
- Jump button is low
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- Random forced ad
- Doesn't save progress
- Crashing instantly
- Controls fail when pressing two buttons at once
- Game turns off external audio
Requested features
11 requests- More games
- More levels
- Endless mode
- Skip very hard levels
- Difficulty selection for arcade mode
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- Level creator
- Cloud save
- Create own levels and characters
- Multiplayer mode
- Add difficulty modes (Hard, Easy)
- Update button placement
Tumble Rush
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Squish Machine
- Remove Interstitial Adverts$2.99
Tumble Rush
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Double Coins$1.99
