Make a Mess vs Fail Run
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Make a Mess
Engage in a guilt-free destruction experience where you're rewarded for making a mess. Destroy various objects in different rooms to earn points and unlock new items. Simple controls make it easy to pick up and play.
- Destroy furniture and objects
- Unlock new balls with mess points
- 100 levels with varied rooms
- Simple slingshot controls
- Guilt-free destruction gameplay
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How do you feel about making a mess? Are you always punished for it? Well, now you can make A LOT OF MESS and you'll get REWARDED for it. Do not tell your parents! :-) Make a Mess is an addictive game you can play anytime, anywhere. You'll be given all sorts of objects in the game: furnitures, chandeliers, paintings, boxes, chairs, tables, lamps and your goal is to break all of them to complete a level. Each level has a different room with furnitures and objects for you to destroy. Break it all and make a lot of mess. The more mess you make, the more "mess points" you'll get. Then you can use those "mess points" to unlock other balls and it is INSANELY ADDICTING! The game controls are very simple. Drag to slingshot the ball in a direction you want. The more you drag, the faster the ball will slingshot. You can also slingshot while the ball is in the air. As a beginning, there are 100 levels to play with, but if you like this game, we can create a lot MORE. Do not forget to leave a review and show some love if you like this game. Let's make this game viral and make a lot of mess. Making a mess has never been more satisfying - guilt free! Download now, it's FREE of charge!
Fail Run
Master the art of walking and avoid falling as you progress through challenging levels. Unlock a variety of outfits and aim to complete as many stages as possible in this physics-based game.
- Learn to walk mechanics
- Stumble and fall physics
- Unlockable outfits
- Multiple levels
- Challenging gameplay
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Stumble and fall! Learn to walk before you run and stumble across the finish line. Put one leg in front of the other and try not to fail. - Unlock all Classic and Legendary Outfits - Complete as many Levels as you can One small step for man, one big faceplant for mankind!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Fail Run at 4.7 against Make a Mess's 2.6. Fail Run also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (34K vs 5). Make a Mess's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 41%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Make a Mess sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Fail Run sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Fail Run holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fail Run has 34K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Make a Mess's written reviews are positive against 41% of Fail Run's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Make a Mess ships an update every 7 months, Fail Run every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Make a Mess | Fail Run |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (5 ratings) | 4.7 (34K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 41.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 34K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 294 MB | 405 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Hristo Zhelev | Voodoo |
Customer experience
Make a Mess
Fail Run
Bugs and requests
Make a Mess
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Fail Run
Reported bugs
2 issues- Game freezes and stops loading after reaching certain levels
- Character movements and physics are inconsistent and glitchy
Requested features
3 requests- Add a level replay option
- Improve character control and physics
- Reduce the number of ads or offer an ad-free version
In-app purchases
Make a Mess
- No Ads$1.99
Fail Run
- No Ads$2.99
