Comparison

Crowd Runners vs Stair Master!

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Tap and hold to rise
  • Ascend through levels
  • Navigate obstacles
  • Climb to the top
  • Engaging arcade experience
Features
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Press & hold to rise up

Screenshots

Crowd Runners4 screens
Stair Master!3 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crowd Runners ships an update monthly, Stair Master! weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Crowd Runners versus Stair Master!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrowd RunnersStair Master!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.5K ratings) — better4.5 (6.6K ratings)
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews — better19.8% of reviews
Number of ratings1.5K6.6K — better
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size148 MB53 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperRocketship Studios LLPAppTout

Customer experience

Crowd Runners

All ratings1,472 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral6.0%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral6.3%
Negative68.8%

Stair Master!

All ratings6,589 ratings
Positive85.2%
Neutral5.6%
Negative9.2%
Written reviews131 reviews
Positive19.8%
Neutral20.6%
Negative59.5%

User reviews

Crowd Runners

From 1.5K App Store ratings

What 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 ratings

What 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

1 purchases

Crowd Runners

One-time1
  • No Ads$2.99
1 purchases

Stair Master!

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Crowd Runners free?
Crowd Runners is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stair Master! free?
Stair Master! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Crowd Runners or Stair Master!?
Crowd Runners is rated higher. Crowd Runners averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.5K ratings, while Stair Master! averages 4.5 from 6.6K ratings.
Do Crowd Runners or Stair Master! have ads?
Both Crowd Runners and Stair Master! show ads.
Which is updated more often, Crowd Runners or Stair Master!?
Crowd Runners ships an update monthly, and Stair Master! weekly. Most recently, Crowd Runners was updated on October 22, 2026 and Stair Master! on October 23, 2026.

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