Ultimate Coaster 2 vs ShardRun
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ultimate Coaster 2
Design and experience your own roller coasters in a 3D environment. This app offers intuitive controls for all skill levels, allowing you to build, customize, and ride your creations with realistic physics. Save your designs and explore pre-built demo coasters.
- Create custom roller coasters
- Realistic physics simulation
- Intuitive and advanced controls
- Save and load track designs
- Paint tracks any color
- Modify terrain
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Ultimate Coaster 2 lets you create and ride your own roller coasters in a fully customizable 3D world. This is your playground - let your imagination run free! (: Features: - Simple, intuitive controls - Advanced controls for power users - Realistic Physics - Roller coaster models generated real time - The ability to save and load tracks - Options to paint your track any color - Terrain modification - Comes preloaded with demo coasters inspired by real existing rides!
ShardRun
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ShardRun is a fast-paced reflex game where split-second timing is everything. Your crystal orb hurtles through an endless gauntlet of barriers and gates. Hold the screen to shatter into invincible fragments — but you can't score. Release to reassemble — now you can collect points, but one hit means death. The core choice is simple: stay shattered and safe, or risk it all for a higher score. HOW TO PLAY - Hold anywhere to shatter your orb into prismatic fragments - Release to reassemble and collect gates for points - Phase through deadly barriers while shattered - Time your transitions carefully — there's a brief moment where you're neither safe nor scoring FEATURES - Pure reflex gameplay — no upgrades, no pay-to-win, just skill - 6 visual zones that shift as your score climbs: Void Depths, Nebula Rise, Solar Drift, Frozen Rift, Inferno Core, Astral Crown - Smooth difficulty ramp — speed and obstacle density increase the longer you survive - Streak bonuses for consecutive gate collections - Crystal Prism visual theme with prismatic shard animations - Synthesized crystal sound effects - One-touch controls — hold and release, that's it How far can you push your luck before you shatter for good?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ShardRun at none against Ultimate Coaster 2's 16. ShardRun also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months). Ultimate Coaster 2's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Ultimate Coaster 2 sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. ShardRun asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ultimate Coaster 2 ships an update every 6 months, ShardRun every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ultimate Coaster 2 | ShardRun |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (1.9K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 73.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 145 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jason Hu | Muhammad Awwad |
Bugs and requests
Ultimate Coaster 2
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes when loading large coasters
- Glitches with track placement and orientation
- Autosave feature not working as expected
- Inability to load previously saved coasters
Requested features
10 requests- Add switch tracks
- Implement shuttle coasters
- Include more pre-made inversion elements
- Allow customization of station and queue
- Introduce day/night cycle and lighting
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- Add water rides and scenery
- Enable multiple coasters on a single plot
- Provide an undo/redo function
- Implement a smoothing tool for tracks
- Add more free coaster types
ShardRun
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ultimate Coaster 2
- Box-Spined Hyper Coaster$1.99
- Dive Machine (10 Seats)$1.99
- Box-Spined Wing Coaster$1.99
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- Box-Spined Inverted Coaster$1.99
- Girder Rocket Coaster$1.99
- Corkscrew Coaster$1.99
- Hybrid Coaster$1.99
- Single Rail Coaster$1.99
- Girder Blitz (OTSR) Coaster$1.99
- Girder Spinner Coaster$1.99
- Single Spined Coaster (3 Row)$1.99
- Multidimensional Coaster$1.99
- Girder Blitz (Lapbar) Coaster$1.99
- Double Spined Coaster (2 row)$1.99
- Girder Coaster (4 Seats)$1.99
- All Coaster Types$19.99
ShardRun
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Ultimate Coaster 2 free?
Is ShardRun free?
Do Ultimate Coaster 2 or ShardRun have ads?
Which is updated more often, Ultimate Coaster 2 or ShardRun?
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