Comparison

Epic Marble Run vs Simple Marble Run

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

Head to head
About

Epic Marble Run

Experience augmented reality marble runs by placing them on any real-world surface. Compete with friends and others globally on leaderboards for the longest and most epic runs. Set up your start and end points to test your creations.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality marble runs
  • Place runs on any terrain
  • Global leaderboard competition
  • Create longest runs
  • Record and submit runs
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IMPORTANT! Full version of this game requires one of the following devices: -2020 iPad Pro -iPhone 12 Pro -iPhone 12 Pro Max Older devices will see the leaderboard only. _____________________________________________ An augmented reality marble run game from Patched Reality. Roll marbles over any terrain you can look at through your iPhone or iPad. Compete against friends and rivals on the leaderboard to see who can create the longest, most epic run. Set up your starting position and goal target and see how long a run you can complete! When you're ready to go for a spot on the global leaderboard, Epic Marble will automatically record your run. Visit the leaderboard to see the most epic runs submitted so far! Do you have feedback or bug reports for us? We'd love to hear from you at epicmarble@patchedreality.com

About

Simple Marble Run

Experience a calming marble game with customizable courses. Manipulate the flow with stoppers, pins, and throwing mechanics. Watch marbles collect and depart in a delightful cycle, offering a unique ASMR-like experience.

Highlights
  • Customizable marble courses
  • Interactive marble manipulation (stoppers, pins)
  • Marble throwing mechanic
  • Truck collection and departure cycle
  • Adjustable camera viewpoints
  • Soothing ASMR-like experience
Features
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A relaxing marble app where countless marbles roll and tumble across the course. Watching small marbles roll one after another is soothing and fun — you may even lose track of time just gazing at them. In this app, you can enjoy many different types of courses, from classic and simple layouts to unique and playful ones. The charm lies not only in watching the flow, but also in being able to add your own twists and enjoy different ways to play. The rolling marbles can be stopped, thrown, or redirected, allowing for all kinds of surprising moments. • With stoppers, you can hold back marbles and then release them all at once. It feels exciting to see a sudden rush of marbles flowing out together. • Place pins wherever you like to scatter the flow, split the marbles into unexpected paths, or even create small dead ends. Just a little change can transform the whole course. • With the throwing feature, you can tap the screen and toss a marble right to that spot. This lets you add marbles directly into the middle of the action. • At the goal, a truck waits to collect the marbles. Once enough marbles have piled up, a start button appears and the truck drives off, only for a new one to arrive. Watching the marbles leave together with the truck is a delightful part of the experience. • Along the course, you’ll also find camera buttons. Press them to switch the viewpoint and enjoy the marbles from a fresh angle. If you change the camera right before releasing a big group of marbles, the scene becomes even more thrilling to watch. There’s a special satisfaction in building up marbles and letting them flow all at once, in experimenting with setups that create surprising movements, or in simply enjoying the unexpected. Unlike real-life marble play, where preparing many marbles can be difficult, here you can easily enjoy “lots of marbles” and “special tricks” as many times as you like. The rolling sounds and movements are soothing and calming, almost like an ASMR experience that brings a sense of relaxation. You can play however you like — relax and watch quietly, or set up bold tricks and let the marbles rush in large numbers. A marble playground you can enjoy anytime, right on your phone. Roll them again and again, and find your own favorite way to play.

Screenshots

Epic Marble Run4 screens
Simple Marble Run4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Simple Marble Run at 4.4 against Epic Marble Run's 2.9. Simple Marble Run also leads on ratings volume (260 vs 13). Epic Marble Run's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Simple Marble Run holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Marble Run has 260 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 27% of Epic Marble Run's written reviews are positive against 17% of Simple Marble Run's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Epic Marble Run ships an update fortnightly, Simple Marble Run every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Epic Marble Run versus Simple Marble Run: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEpic Marble RunSimple Marble Run
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (13 ratings)4.4 (260 ratings) — better
Positive reviews27.3% of reviews — better16.7% of reviews
Number of ratings13260 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size134 MB193 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatched Reality Inc.monois Inc.

Customer experience

Epic Marble Run

All ratings12 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive27.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative72.7%

Simple Marble Run

All ratings260 ratings
Positive83.5%
Neutral6.5%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Epic Marble Run

No in-app purchases

None

Simple Marble Run

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Epic Marble Run free?
Epic Marble Run is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simple Marble Run free?
Simple Marble Run is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Epic Marble Run or Simple Marble Run?
Simple Marble Run is rated higher. Epic Marble Run averages 2.9 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Simple Marble Run averages 4.4 from 260 ratings.
Do Epic Marble Run or Simple Marble Run have ads?
Simple Marble Run shows ads; Epic Marble Run does not.
Which is updated more often, Epic Marble Run or Simple Marble Run?
Epic Marble Run ships an update fortnightly, and Simple Marble Run every 6 weeks. Most recently, Epic Marble Run was updated on October 24, 2026 and Simple Marble Run on October 24, 2026.

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