Crowd Runners vs Stair Master!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crowd Runners
Guide your growing crowd through challenging obstacle courses. Swipe to collect more people and expand your group while skillfully avoiding collisions with walls and other individuals. The goal is to amass the largest crowd possible.
- Collect people to grow crowd
- Swipe left and right to control
- Avoid colliding with others
- Avoid colliding with walls
- Grow your crowd size
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Collect as many of your people as you can while avoiding obstacles. How to play: - Swipe left and right to control horizontal slide on the platform. - Collect your people to grow crowd. - Avoid colliding with other people & walls.
Stair Master!
Tap and hold to ascend through challenging levels. Navigate obstacles and reach new heights in this engaging arcade experience. Master the controls to climb your way to the top.
- Tap and hold to rise
- Ascend through levels
- Navigate obstacles
- Climb to the top
- Engaging arcade experience
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Press & hold to rise up
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Stair Master! at weekly against Crowd Runners's monthly. Stair Master! also leads on ratings volume (6.6K vs 1.5K) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Crowd Runners sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Stair Master! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Crowd Runners against 4.5 for Stair Master!. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.5K and 6.6K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 25% of Crowd Runners's written reviews are positive against 20% of Stair Master!'s.
Crowd Runners ships an update monthly, Stair Master! weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crowd Runners | Stair Master! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.5K ratings) — better | 4.5 (6.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better | 19.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K | 6.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — 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 | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 148 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rocketship Studios LLP | AppTout |
Customer experience
Crowd Runners
Stair Master!
User reviews
Crowd Runners
From 1.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun game
- 🚀 Fast gameplay
Room to improve
- 🐛 App bugs and crashes
- 🔋 Too many ads
- 🤖 Unresponsive app
Stair Master!
From 6.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun game concept
- 👍 Good time killer
Room to improve
- 🔥 Excessive ads
- 🐛 Frequent glitches and bugs
- 💰 Coins have no purpose
Bugs and requests
Crowd Runners
Reported bugs
3 issues- App freezes on privacy policy screen
- Paid version still shows ads
- Purchases not restoring properly
Requested features
3 requests- Add sound option
- Fix diagonal gameplay issue
- Improve ad experience
Stair Master!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezes and crashes
- Teleportation glitch at higher levels
- Incorrect coin deduction when purchasing items
Requested features
3 requests- Add character customization options
- Introduce new levels and challenges
- Provide more uses for collected coins
In-app purchases
Crowd Runners
- No Ads$2.99
Stair Master!
- Remove Ads$2.99
Questions
Is Crowd Runners free?
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