Comparison

Idle Marble Run vs Marble Idle 3D

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

Head to head
About

Idle Marble Run

Experience a relaxing toy marble machine with idle mechanics. Watch marbles merge, hit bumpers, and inject special types like fireballs and snowballs into an infinite run.

Highlights
  • Infinite marble machine
  • Idle mechanics
  • Marble merging
  • Bumper interactions
  • Special marble types (Fireballs, Snowballs, Plasma)
Features
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Drop a marble. Watch it fall through the pegs, light up every bumper it touches, and turn each bounce into gold. Two marbles of the same kind that meet become one bigger marble, worth far more than the two that made it. That single rule is the whole game, and it never stops paying off. MERGE YOUR WAY UP Every merge unlocks a richer marble. Grey, gold, ruby, sapphire, emerald: the ladder keeps going, and so do the numbers. THE BOARD KEEPS EARNING Close the app and the marbles keep working. Come back to a pile of gold waiting to be claimed, and double or triple it on the spot. FIVE SPECIAL MARBLES FIREBALL destroys bumpers in a single hit. SNOWBALL grows with every bounce. RAINBOW is pulled toward the pegs. SHADOW clones itself on impact. BUBBLEGUM sends bumpers flying. AND PLENTY MORE A cannon that fires marbles on its own. Bonus letters scattered across the board. A gallery to fill with every marble in the game. Achievements, levels, and a cloud save that carries progress from one device to the next. No energy bar, no lives, nothing to unlock with a timer. Just bouncing physics, gentle celebrations, and numbers that always go up. Idle Marble Run is free to play. It contains ads and optional in-app purchases, and any purchase removes the ads for good.

About

Marble Idle 3D

Build intricate paths to guide marbles and accumulate wealth. Progress from humble beginnings to become a billionaire in this engaging idle simulation.

Highlights
  • Create paths
  • Earn money
  • Become a billionaire
  • Idle gameplay
  • Path building simulation
Features
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Create different paths and become a Billionaire!

Screenshots

Idle Marble Run3 screens
Marble Idle 3D3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Idle Marble Run at 4.7 against Marble Idle 3D's 4.1. Idle Marble Run also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 45%). Marble Idle 3D's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ratings volume (986 vs 21). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Idle Marble Run sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Marble Idle 3D asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Idle Marble Run holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Marble Idle 3D has 986 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Idle Marble Run's written reviews are positive against 45% of Marble Idle 3D's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Idle Marble Run versus Marble Idle 3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdle Marble RunMarble Idle 3D
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (21 ratings) — better4.1 (986 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better44.8% of reviews
Number of ratings21986 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 months—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size162 MB126 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKilosaurusRhino Games LLC

Customer experience

Idle Marble Run

All ratings20 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Marble Idle 3D

All ratings948 ratings
Positive73.7%
Neutral7.9%
Negative18.4%
Written reviews105 reviews
Positive44.8%
Neutral21.0%
Negative34.3%

Bugs and requests

Idle Marble Run

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Marble Idle 3D

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Marbles getting stuck in second module
  • Coin count sometimes decreasing instead of increasing

Requested features

3 requests
  • More marbles and track elements
  • Offline earnings
  • Ability to customize track

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Idle Marble Run

One-time7
  • Pack 30 Diamonds$0.99
  • Pack 66 Diamonds$1.99
  • Starter Pack$1.99
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  • Pack 180 Diamonds$3.99
  • Pack 400 Diamonds$8.99
  • Pack 1125 Diamonds$22.99
  • Pack 2250 Diamonds$44.99
None

Marble Idle 3D

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Idle Marble Run free?
Idle Marble Run is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Marble Idle 3D free?
Marble Idle 3D is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Idle Marble Run or Marble Idle 3D?
Idle Marble Run is rated higher. Idle Marble Run averages 4.7 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Marble Idle 3D averages 4.1 from 986 ratings.
Do Idle Marble Run or Marble Idle 3D have ads?
Both Idle Marble Run and Marble Idle 3D show ads.

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