CityPainter vs Balloon Stack Runner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CityPainter
Race through famous cities worldwide, painting roads while evading police. Use oil cans to disable pursuers and jump over obstacles. Collect balloons to warp to new countries for bonus points and extra lives.
- Global city locations
- Police pursuit evasion
- Oil can combat
- Jumping mechanics
- Balloon collection bonuses
- Collectible oil cans
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Controls -------------- · GamePad MFI Compatible: Joystick, change car direction. Button A,B: oil shooting and jump (press short jump, press and hold large jump). · Screen Controls: Left Joystick, change car direction. Right Buttons, oil shooting and jump (tap short jump, tap and hold large jump). The Game -------------- Must paint all the road throughout countries, each taking place in a famous city from around the world (USA, Spain, UK, France, Australia,...). Your car is constantly under pursuit by police and taxi cars, which you can take out by launching oil cans at them, stunning them, and then ramming into them with your car. Your car can jump over large gaps to reach higher sections of the stage. By collecting oil cans found in each stage, the player can shoot these at other cars. If the player remains on the same stage for an extended period of time, spikes will extrude from the ground... be careful with spikes and cats. Balloons may appear in the stage. The player should collect three of these balloons, they will be warped to a new country and be granted with a large sum of bonus points. Extra life each 100.000 Points! Enjoy!!!!
Balloon Stack Runner
Navigate a fun race, avoiding obstacles and collecting jellies to grow your balloon. Customize your balloon with hats and skins to showcase your unique style and aim for bigger rewards at the end.
- Obstacle avoidance
- Jelly collection
- Balloon growth mechanics
- Customization with hats and skins
- Score-based rewards
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Are you ready for a super fun run race? Balloon will be your favorite runner of all times! Your goal is easy - Watch out for the obstacles, push them off and collect all jellies to become a GIANT balloon! If you can’t escape from the deadly obstacles and lose a limb, or a few, don’t worry! Our friendly balloon can continue the running for you, no rush, just clash all jelly particles and sculpt your Balloon from scratch! Remember, the price pool at the end will be determined by your ability to get your balloon b bigger. Get bigger, stronger and super balloon to collect special rewards! We may also have some surprises as you slide on the roof :) Wait! Did we mention you can also make over your Balloon with super cool hats and plenty of color matching skins?! Join this epic race and show your unique style by customizing your Balloon Run :)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Balloon Stack Runner at Free against CityPainter's $1.99. Balloon Stack Runner also leads on update cadence (every 5 months vs every 38 months). CityPainter's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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
Balloon Stack Runner is free to download; CityPainter costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CityPainter against 5.0 for Balloon Stack Runner. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
CityPainter ships an update every 38 months, Balloon Stack Runner every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CityPainter | Balloon Stack Runner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 167 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Ivan Cerra de Castro | OUAZ GAMES |
Customer experience
CityPainter
Balloon Stack Runner
In-app purchases
CityPainter
No in-app purchases
Balloon Stack Runner
No in-app purchases
Questions
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