Comparison

Super Runner Classic vs AlienRuins Lite

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Super Runner Classic

Navigate challenging levels, collecting gold while outsmarting pursuing guards. Utilize digging mechanics to trap enemies and strategize your path through intricate brick platforms. Enjoy retro graphics and sound for an authentic classic gaming experience.

Highlights
  • 201 free and unlockable levels
  • Customizable joystick or D-Pad controls
  • Retro graphics and sound effects
  • Digging mechanics to trap guards
  • Platform traversal with ladders and bars
Features
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Classic lode runner game. Collect all the gold while avoiding guards that try to catch you. Enjoy 201 classic levels—free and fully unlocked. [Feature] - 201 free and unlock levels - Choose the joystick or D-Pad, and you can also resize it to give you the best control experience - Retro game graphics and sound effects, let you relive the past experience [Control] - Joystick/D-Pad: move the player - A button: Dig a hole at the right side - B button: Dig a hole at the left side [Introduction] The player must collect all the gold in a level while avoiding guards who try to catch the player. After collecting all the gold, the player must touch the top of the screen to reach the next level. Levels feature a multi-story, brick platform motif, with ladders and suspended hand-to-hand bars that offer multiple ways to travel throughout. The player can dig holes into floors to temporarily trap guards and may safely walk atop trapped guards. Should a guard be carrying a bar of gold when he falls into a hole it will be left behind, and can be retrieved by the player. Over time, floors dug into will regenerate, filling in these holes. A trapped guard who cannot escape a hole before it fills is consumed, immediately respawning in a random location at the top of the level. Unlike guards, the player's character may not climb up out of a hole, and will be killed if it fills before he can escape by other means. Floors may also contain trapdoors, through which the player and guards will fall, and bedrock, through which the player cannot dig. The player can only dig a hole to the sides, and not directly underneath himself. This introduces an important strategy for when digging a hole x blocks deep, the player must first dig a gap at least x wide to be able to dig through it, as the number of spaces will shrink with each layer, and the player needs at least one free adjacent space to be able to dig. However, exceptions to this rule arise when the player digs from the position of standing on a ladder, or hanging from a hand-to-hand bar, which allows the player to repeatedly dig and descend one row. This kind of digging is involved in solving many of the levels. The player starts with five lives; each level completion awards an extra life. Should a guard catch the player, one life is subtracted, and the current level restarts. The player's character can fall from arbitrary heights without any injury but cannot jump, and players can trap themselves in pits from which the only escape is to abort the level, costing a life, and begin again. The player may come into contact with a guard directly from above, with the stick figure's feet touching the guard's head. This is what enables the player to walk over guards who are temporarily stuck in a hole that has been dug. It is also possible to make this contact while both the guard and the player are in free fall, since the player not only runs faster than the guards, but also falls faster; moreover, it is possible to survive the feet-to-head contact while a guard is standing on a platform and begins to move. Both forms of contact are necessary to solve some levels. Sometimes it is necessary to liberate a trapped guard by digging while standing on his head, but then moving rapidly in the opposite direction when the guard begins marching to freedom. In a few levels, it is necessary to use a falling guard as a bridge to reach an otherwise unreachable area. One subtlety is that if a down movement is initiated while standing on a guard's head, or briefly touching the guard's head during free fall, the consequences are fatal. In some levels, guards can be deliberately trapped in various ways. They can be lured into entering a part of the level from which there is no escape. In some situations, the player can liberate trapped guards by digging them out. In some levels, to collect some gold pieces, the player must exploit the guards into collecting gold pieces. Try to clear all the levels!

About

AlienRuins Lite

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This is the free version. Watch an ad once after launching the game to play freely until you exit. "AlienRuins" is a side-scrolling puzzle platformer with a unique art style. No complex systems or pay-to-win stats—just pure mechanics and a clash of wits. [Game Features] 10 Unique Levels: Explore 10 alien landscapes. Finish in ~30 mins for a quick, relaxing escape anytime. Clever Puzzles: Observe the terrain and trigger switches to solve interlocking puzzles with your wits. Cute Roadblocks: Monsters are cute and have no skills, but touching them is fatal! Test your micro-movements. Clean UI Customization: A unique opacity slider in the top left! Swipe left to hide buttons, right to show them. Fantastic scenery, cute monsters, ingenious mechanisms, and most importantly, the witty you.

Screenshots

Super Runner Classic4 screens
AlienRuins Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: AlienRuins Lite at daily against Super Runner Classic's every 14 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Super Runner Classic ships an update every 14 months, AlienRuins Lite daily. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Super Runner Classic versus AlienRuins Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSuper Runner ClassicAlienRuins Lite
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (21 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews48.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings21 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsDaily — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size125 MB170 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZIROTEK Corp.钊恒 郑

In-app purchases

None

Super Runner Classic

No in-app purchases

None

AlienRuins Lite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Super Runner Classic free?
Super Runner Classic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AlienRuins Lite free?
AlienRuins Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Super Runner Classic or AlienRuins Lite have ads?
Both Super Runner Classic and AlienRuins Lite show ads.
Which is updated more often, Super Runner Classic or AlienRuins Lite?
Super Runner Classic ships an update every 14 months, and AlienRuins Lite daily. Most recently, Super Runner Classic was updated on October 17, 2026 and AlienRuins Lite on October 13, 2026.

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