Stack Rider vs Join & Crush
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stack Rider
Navigate a challenging obstacle course by collecting balls to build a towering stack. Avoid walls that are too high to maintain your momentum and reach the finish line.
- Build a tall stack
- Collect balls
- Avoid high walls
- Race to the finish
- Obstacle course navigation
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Ride the stack to the finish without hitting a wall too high! Pick up balls to make your stack higher!
Join & Crush
Guide stick figures of your color to grow larger by joining them. Navigate through a challenging course filled with obstacles and hazards to survive. Test your running skills in this engaging casual adventure.
- Color-matching stickman collection
- Obstacle avoidance
- Survival gameplay
- Casual adventure
- Skill-based challenges
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Join the stickmans with the same color of yours to grow bigger and bigger. Avoid obstacles, walls, spikes, lavas and survive. No matter you are noob, pro or hackers, you can always showcase your running skill in this exciting adventure casual game!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Join & Crush at 100% against Stack Rider's 60%. Join & Crush also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Stack Rider's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 3.9) and ratings volume (756 vs 65). On price, update cadence, 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. Stack Rider sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Join & Crush asks for nothing beyond the download.
Stack Rider holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stack Rider has 756 ratings behind it against 65, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Stack Rider's written reviews are positive against 100% of Join & Crush's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Stack Rider ships an update every 2 weeks, Join & Crush weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stack Rider | Join & Crush |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (756 ratings) — better | 3.9 (65 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 59.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 756 — better | 65 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| 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 | 12.0 — better | 12.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 393 MB | 134 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | SUPERSONIC STUDIOS LTD | 愚 杨 |
Customer experience
Stack Rider
Join & Crush
Bugs and requests
Stack Rider
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game crashes after update
- Levels glitch and become unplayable
- Controls become unresponsive
- Losing progress/data
Requested features
4 requests- Increase level difficulty and variety
- Reduce ads or offer ad-free option
- Improve coin/purchase system
- Fix bugs and crashes
Join & Crush
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Stack Rider
- No Ads$2.99
Join & Crush
No in-app purchases
