Crowd Runners vs Ball Surfer
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.
Ball Surfer
Stack colorful balls and navigate a game board, overcoming obstacles to complete levels. Enjoy vibrant gameplay with numerous levels and unique challenges suitable for all ages.
- Stack colorful balls
- Surf the game-board
- Maneuver over obstacles
- Complete levels
- Lots of colorful levels
- Unique challenges
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Stack the colorful balls & surf the game-board maneuvering over obstacles & passing the levels with flying colors! • Lots of colorful levels • Tons of unique challenges to surf over • Fun gameplay that anyone can enjoy • Jump right in & enjoy the colorful fun!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ball Surfer at none against Crowd Runners's 1. Ball Surfer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Crowd Runners's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (1.5K vs 1). On price, ads and device support 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. Ball Surfer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ball Surfer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crowd Runners has 1.5K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Crowd Runners ships an update monthly, Ball Surfer every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and August 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crowd Runners | Ball Surfer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.5K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 148 MB | 142 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rocketship Studios LLP | HRY GROUP BILISIM INSAAT SANAYI TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI |
Customer experience
Crowd Runners
Ball Surfer
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
Ball Surfer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Crowd Runners
- No Ads$2.99
Ball Surfer
No in-app purchases
