Curious Ball vs Garden Run
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Curious Ball
Experience a physics-based platformer with unique levels and unlockable objects. Create and share your own maps with an online editor, and play levels designed by other users for endless fun.
- Physics-based gameplay
- Unlockable objects
- Online map editor
- Share custom maps
- Play user-created levels
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Unlock objects that are different from each other in different levels enjoy and fun! New generation Bounce Ball game! You can make beautiful maps with online editor and you can share with other players! You can play the maps created by other users!
Garden Run
Navigate vibrant gardens, skillfully avoiding hazards like spikes and fireballs. This platformer features simple tap controls for jumping and can be fully unlocked without ads or purchases. Earn stars to progress through levels and enjoy a pure gaming experience.
- Tap to jump
- Hold to jump higher
- Avoid spikes and fireballs
- Unlock levels with stars
- No forced ads or IAPs
- Fireworks visual effects
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Run through fluffy gardens, avoid the sharp spikes, dodge the fireballs, and enjoy the fireworks. Garden Run is played using just-tap controls: tap to jump, hold to jump higher! The entire game can be unlocked and completed without being forced to watch ads or making any in app purchases. Earn 3 stars on each level to unlock the next level for free. The developers at Sweet Apple Games grew up on fun Flash games that didn't force monetization onto players, and now we create short 'n sweet games that we love to play. No gotcha mechanics, and no addictive logic. Games first, money last -- that is the goal of Sweet Apple Games!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Garden Run at every 6 days against Curious Ball's every 2 months. Garden Run also leads on ratings volume (20 vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). Curious Ball's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, review sentiment, ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Curious Ball holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Garden Run has 20 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Curious Ball ships an update every 2 months, Garden Run every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Curious Ball | Garden Run |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.8 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 138 MB | 146 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Giray BAL | Sweet Apple Games |
Customer experience
Curious Ball
Garden Run
In-app purchases
Curious Ball
No in-app purchases
Garden Run
No in-app purchases
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