Comparison

Running Pets vs Elementex

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

Head to head
About

Running Pets

Embark on an endless runner adventure with adorable pets! Jump, dodge obstacles, and escape predators through exciting tracks. Collect coins and power-ups to unlock new pets and challenge your reflexes to beat your highest score.

Highlights
  • Unlockable cute pets
  • Endless runner gameplay
  • Smooth swipe controls
  • Stunning 3D graphics
  • Challenging obstacles and predators
  • Coin and gem collection
  • Power-up collection
Features
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# Running Pets – Endless Pet Runner Adventure Run, jump, dodge obstacles, and escape dangerous predators in Running Pets — a fun and addictive endless runner adventure featuring adorable pets! Choose your favorite pet and race through exciting tracks filled with barricades, stones, moving obstacles, and wild predators including bears, bulls, snakes, and crocodiles. Test your reflexes, survive longer, and beat your highest score in this fast-paced pet running game. ## Features • Unlock cute and adorable pets • Endless runner gameplay full of action • Smooth swipe and lane controls • Stunning 3D graphics and animations • Challenging obstacles and dangerous predators • Collect coins, gems, and exciting power-ups • Revive your pet and continue the adventure • Fun music and immersive sound effects • Fast-paced gameplay for players of all ages ## Run, Jump & Escape Swipe up to jump over obstacles and swipe left or right to switch lanes. Avoid crashes, escape predators, and survive as long as possible in this thrilling endless runner adventure. ## Collect Coins & Gems Collect coins to unlock new pets and gather gems to revive your character and continue your run. ## Challenge Yourself Improve your reflexes, beat your high score, and become the ultimate pet runner. ## How to Play • Swipe Up to Jump • Swipe Left or Right to Change Lanes • Collect Coins, Gems, and Power-Ups • Dodge Obstacles and Escape Predators Download Running Pets now and enjoy endless running fun!

About

Elementex

Features
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Elementex is a tactical tower-defense run. No worlds to grind. No campaign to crawl. One hex arena, one shot at the leaderboard, and every decision counts. Build between waves. Place towers on hex tiles. Bend the path with free walls. Tap a tower mid-wave to fire its skill. Lives reach zero, the run ends, and your best wave is the only number that matters. Fire beats Frost. Frost beats Nature. Nature beats Lightning. Lightning beats Fire. Hit a weakness for 1.5x damage. Hit a resistance for 0.7x. Read the wave, pick the counter, or pay for it. Every upgrade is bought with in-run gold. One tower per element — push its damage, its fire rate, or its range, each on a rising cost curve. No blueprints. No permanent unlocks to grind. Your build is what you can pay for, this run, right now. Every fifth wave is a boss. The boss drops a chest of three runes. You see every drop, every stat, every price, before you spend a single gem. Whatever you do not keep goes into the Recall Pool for seven days at +25 percent. Nothing disappears. Nothing is hidden. Runes you keep persist across runs. Combine two of the same rarity to climb to the next. Five rarities: Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary, Mythic. Mythic is boss-chest only and carries a unique passive skill. An element-matched rune on its tower hits 20 percent harder. There is no end state. There is only the next wave, the global leaderboard, and how far you can hold the line. • Hex-grid tower defense with maze-builder pathing • Four elements, one rock-paper-scissors wheel (1.5x / 0.7x matchups) • One tower per element, upgraded along +DMG / +RATE / +RANGE with in-run gold • A defining passive and a tap-to-cast active skill on every element • Boss chests every five waves, transparent gem pricing, seven-day Recall Pool • A global leaderboard, one endless mode, three- to seven-minute runs • No loot boxes. No energy. No timers. No paid randomness.

Screenshots

Running Pets4 screens
Elementex4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Running Pets at every 9 days against Elementex's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Running Pets sells 20 one-off in-app purchases and Elementex sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Running Pets ships an update every 9 days, Elementex every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 7 level
Running Pets versus Elementex: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRunning PetsElementex
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size267 MB32 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperGembay Technologies Private LimitedTassilo Posegga

In-app purchases

20 purchases

Running Pets

One-time20
  • 6500 Coins$0.99
  • Upgrade 1$0.99
  • Role Upgrade$0.99
Show 17 more
  • Unlock Player$0.99
  • Power-Up Upgrade$0.99
  • 30 Gems$1.99
  • 80000 Coins$1.99
  • Combo Package$1.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • 80 Gems$2.99
  • 260000 Coins$2.99
  • Player Bundle Offer$2.99
  • No Auto-Lock$2.99
  • Coins Package$2.99
  • 160 Gems$3.99
  • 750000 Coins$3.99
  • 750 Stars2 variants$3.99
  • 750 Gems$4.99
  • 1000 Stars$5.99
  • 1500 Stars$9.99
5 purchases

Elementex

One-time5
  • 100 Gems$0.99
  • 550 Gems$3.99
  • 1,200 Gems$8.99
Show 2 more
  • 2,500 Gems$17.99
  • 6,500 Gems$44.99

Questions

Is Running Pets free?
Running Pets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Elementex free?
Elementex is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Running Pets or Elementex have ads?
Neither Running Pets nor Elementex shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Running Pets or Elementex?
Running Pets ships an update every 9 days, and Elementex every 3 weeks. Most recently, Running Pets was updated on September 7, 2026 and Elementex on September 9, 2026.

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