Comparison

Rooftop Run vs Apple Playground

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

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About

Rooftop Run

Experience the thrill of urban parkour by running, jumping, and sliding across rooftops. Master freestyle movements and overcome hundreds of challenging levels with spectacular 3D visuals and intuitive controls. Fulfill your parkour spirit and escape enemies in this exciting game.

Highlights
  • Rooftop running and jumping
  • Freestyle parkour movements
  • Hundreds of thrilling levels
  • Spectacular 3D visuals
  • Intuitive controls
  • Escaping from enemies
Features
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Get ready to run, jump, roll, and slide over buildings to move from one rooftop to another in an urban environment in quick and exciting ways. Parkour is a sport that combines rolling, running, jumping, and sliding from one point to another to overcome challenges. Rooftop Run is the best parkour and freestyle running game available for you, to get from one point to another in an urban environment most quickly and excitingly possible. Master freestyle running, do amazing movements, and finish hundreds of thrilling levels. This game features spectacular 3D visuals, intuitive controls, and well-designed levels. It is simple to use yet hard to master. Do incredible parkour skills while completing hundreds of intense levels. Fulfill your crazy spirit of parkour sport by dashing, running, jumping, and climbing from one point to another in an urban environment. Feel the thrill of - Epic jumps - Glass breaking - Escaping from the enemies Be the MASTER of the parkour game by playing Rooftop Run! Download it NOW!

About

Apple Playground

Experience a 2D ragdoll physics game with unique characters and challenging levels. Master intuitive controls to navigate obstacles and puzzles for endless, hilarious fun. Unlock new characters and abilities as you progress.

Highlights
  • Wacky physics engine
  • Variety of unique characters
  • Intuitive controls
  • Challenging levels and puzzles
  • Unlockable characters and abilities
  • Endless survival mode
Features
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Welcome to our 2D ragdoll game, where you'll be able to immerse yourself in a world of wacky physics and endless laughs! The game features a wide variety of characters, each with their own unique abilities and personalities, providing you with a diverse cast to choose from. Using intuitive and easy-to-learn controls, you'll guide your ragdoll character through a variety of levels and challenges, each more difficult than the last. The physics-based gameplay ensures that each action you take will have a corresponding reaction, resulting in hilarious and unpredictable outcomes. You'll need to use your wit and strategy to navigate through the various obstacles and puzzles that lie ahead, all while keeping your ragdoll character intact. Whether you're bouncing over obstacles, tumbling through the air, or trying to balance on a precarious platform, the game's physics engine will keep you entertained for hours on end. As you progress through the game, you'll unlock new characters and abilities, providing even more variety and fun to the gameplay. And with an endless mode that lets you keep playing as long as you can survive, there's no limit to the amount of floppy fun you can have. Our 2D ragdoll game is easy to pick up and play, but difficult to put down.

Screenshots

Rooftop Run4 screens
Apple Playground4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Rooftop Run at Free against Apple Playground's $2.99. Rooftop Run also leads on ratings volume (25K vs 1). Apple Playground's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Rooftop Run is free to download; Apple Playground costs $2.99 up front. Rooftop Run sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Apple Playground asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Apple Playground holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rooftop Run has 25K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Rooftop Run versus Apple Playground: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRooftop RunApple Playground
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.8 (25K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings25K — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size420 MB335 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperMad HookPrism Pioneers

Customer experience

Rooftop Run

All ratings24,916 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral2.8%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews372 reviews
Positive68.5%
Neutral12.1%
Negative19.4%

Apple Playground

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Rooftop Run

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Falling through the map
  • Enemies blocking paths
  • Unresponsive controls
  • Freezing/crashing on certain levels
  • Ads appearing during gameplay

Requested features

7 requests
  • Endless/procedurally generated levels
  • More level variety (night, lava, etc.)
  • Character customization and skins
  • Ability to replay previous levels
  • Additional parkour mechanics (vaulting, wall-climbing, etc.)
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  • Offline mode without ads
  • Online/multiplayer features

Apple Playground

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Rooftop Run

One-time1
  • No Ads.$2.99
None

Apple Playground

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rooftop Run free?
Rooftop Run is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Apple Playground free?
Apple Playground costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Rooftop Run or Apple Playground?
Apple Playground is rated higher. Rooftop Run averages 4.8 out of 5 from 25K ratings, while Apple Playground averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Rooftop Run or Apple Playground have ads?
Rooftop Run shows ads; Apple Playground does not.

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