Pickup Run vs Knockout Hunter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pickup Run
Race to the finish line by collecting others along the way. Navigate obstacles and outrun opponents in this free running game. Experience a unique gameplay mechanic where your team grows as you progress.
- Collect other players
- Avoid obstacles
- Race to the finish line
- Outrun opponents
- Free to play
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The Best Free Running game! When you are running, you could pick-up others way along for finish line. There is a different obstacle that doesn’t care of your component. Run from point to point, pick-up other guys and run-off from the opponent!
Knockout Hunter
Become the hunter in this 3D game where you must knock out all opponents by throwing balls within a time and ball limit. Navigate free-roaming maps, collect projectiles, and aim carefully to win each level. Outmaneuver your foes before they escape to achieve victory.
- Knock out opponents
- Collect and throw balls
- Time and ball limits
- 3D map exploration
- Ragdoll animations
- First-person camera
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You have to knock out all your opponents throwing the balls. You are the hunter. Your opponents will try to escape. You have balls’ limit and time limit to win the maps. If you knock down all opponents, you won. If they escape you lose. This is a game like dodgeball, but you being the hunter, the attack. Walk freely by the 3D maps, collect the balls and throw them. Drag to move, with the free screen joystick. Tap to shoot. First person camera and pretty nice ragdoll animations. Easy gameplay. Enjoy knocking out your opponents!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Pickup Run at none against Knockout Hunter's shown. Pickup Run also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). Knockout Hunter's advantage is rating (3.4 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (100 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Knockout Hunter holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Knockout Hunter has 100 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Pickup Run ships an update every 5 weeks, Knockout Hunter every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 7, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pickup Run | Knockout Hunter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 3.4 (100 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 29.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 100 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 285 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Nomadic Bear Games | Invent4.com |
Customer experience
Pickup Run
Knockout Hunter
In-app purchases
Pickup Run
No in-app purchases
Knockout Hunter
No in-app purchases
