Comparison

murmeli vs Square Race

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

Head to head
About

murmeli

Design and build intricate marble runs with a sophisticated yet intuitive interface. This app fosters logical thinking, spatial imagination, and creativity while offering a calming experience and a sense of achievement for all ages.

Highlights
  • Intelligent marble run construction
  • Multi-layered path design
  • Promotes logical thinking
  • Stimulates creative thinking
  • Calming and concentration-building
  • Cross-device syncing
Features
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With murmeli you can construct intelligent & aesthetic marble runs. Thanks to the sophisticated and intuitive user interface, you can create sophisticated marble runs with multi-layered paths in a short time. In a playful way, murmeli promotes skills such as logical thinking, spatial imagination and visual perception. The countless variations on how a marble run can be built also stimulate creative thinking and problem-solving skills. At the same time, murmeli has a calming effect and promotes the ability to concentrate. Besides all these positive characteristics, murmeli regularly leads to a sense of achievement, which has a positive influence on self-confidence. Due to all these positive properties, murmeli is particularly suitable for supporting the development of cognitive abilities in children of all ages. However, murmeli is designed for people of all ages and offers exciting challenges for adults as well. murmeli is optimized for iOS, iPadOS and macOS devices. Once downloaded, murmeli is available on all these devices. Marble runs can be saved at any time and are automatically synced to all your devices.

About

Square Race

Design and build custom arenas with interactive elements for physics-driven races. Set up competitions with AI racers and watch unpredictable battles unfold. Record and share your unique creations.

Highlights
  • Customizable arena builder
  • Physics-driven competitions
  • AI-powered racers
  • Maze design editor
  • Record and share creations
  • Endless customization options
Features
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Create, Compete, and Watch the Chaos Unfold! Unleash your creativity in Square Races: Arena Simulator, where physics-driven competitions come to life! Build fully customizable arenas, design intricate mazes, and set up thrilling challenges using a variety of interactive elements—corridors, walls, teleports, breakable barriers, and more. Design Your Own Race Tracks: Craft pixel-art-style mazes in a grid-based editor, tweak layouts to perfection, and customize colors to match your vision. Set the Rules & Watch the Action: Create unique competitions with AI-powered square racers. Set them loose and watch unpredictable, fast-paced physics battles unfold! Record & Share Your Creations: Capture satisfying races, intense clashes, or mesmerizing patterns and share them with friends or on social media. Endless Customization: Modify player attributes, adjust physics settings, and experiment with different race styles to make every simulation unique. Ready to build, race, and watch the chaos? Download now and start creating your ultimate racing arenas! Icons by Icons8. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

murmeli4 screens
Square Race3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: murmeli at none against Square Race's shown. murmeli also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Square Race's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (287 vs 79). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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. murmeli sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Square Race sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for murmeli against 4.7 for Square Race. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 79 and 287 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 56% of murmeli's written reviews are positive against 57% of Square Race's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

murmeli ships an update every 3 months, Square Race every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
murmeli versus Square Race: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermurmeliSquare Race
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (79 ratings)4.7 (287 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews57.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings79287 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael StoeckliMichal Manak

Customer experience

murmeli

All ratings77 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral6.5%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative44.4%

Square Race

All ratings287 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral1.4%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

murmeli

One-time9
  • Labyrinth$3.99
  • Branching$3.99
  • Parallel Start$4.99
Show 6 more
  • Tunnel$4.99
  • Connector$4.99
  • Crossroad$4.99
  • Double Lane$6.99
  • Metro$6.99
  • Acceleration$8.99
4 purchases

Square Race

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$12.99

Questions

Is murmeli free?
murmeli is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Square Race free?
Square Race is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, murmeli or Square Race?
Square Race is rated higher. murmeli averages 4.7 out of 5 from 79 ratings, while Square Race averages 4.7 from 287 ratings.
Do murmeli or Square Race have ads?
Square Race shows ads; murmeli does not.
Which is updated more often, murmeli or Square Race?
murmeli ships an update every 3 months, and Square Race every 5 days. Most recently, murmeli was updated on November 3, 2026 and Square Race on November 4, 2026.

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