Comparison

Santa Gift Run vs Santa

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

Head to head

Santa Gift Run

Deliver presents to survive!!

Free

🎮 Games

★ 4.52 ratingsView app →

About

Santa Gift Run

Navigate Santa through a festive world, collecting and delivering gifts. Match present colors to the correct houses to succeed. Avoid mistakes and keep the holiday spirit alive!

Highlights

Tap to move Santa
Collect and deliver gifts
Match gift colors to houses
Simple one-touch controls
Festive holiday theme

Read full description

**HOW TO PLAY THE GAME** Tap any area of the screen to move the Santa Claus! Pick up and deliver as many gifts as possible!! Make sure to match the color of the presents with the houses! @sweetestent

About

Santa

Features

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Christmas is approaching, and Santa needs your help! GATHER the reindeer that ran off into the city, COLLECT children's scattered gifts and DELIVER them to ensure the holiday spirit! It's up to you to save the day, and hang a shining star upon the highest bough!

Screenshots

Santa Gift Run4 screens

Santa3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Santa at none against Santa Gift Run's 4. Santa also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 8 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). Santa Gift Run's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Santa Gift Run sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Santa asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Santa Gift Run ships an update every 8 months, Santa every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and May 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level

Santa Gift Run versus Santa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	Santa Gift Run	Santa
Price	Free	Free
Rating	4.5 (2 ratings) — better	—
Number of ratings	2 — better	—
Update frequency	Every 8 months	Every 4 days — better
Ads	No — better	Yes
In-app purchases	Yes	No — better
Monetization	Free with in-app purchases	—
Devices	iPhone, iPod	iPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS	13.0	11.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size	102 MB	144 MB
Age rating	12+	4+
Developer	Christian A. Castro	Atil Samancioglu

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Santa Gift Run

One-time4

Buy 340 Coins$1.99
Remove All Ads$2.99
Buy 640 Coins$2.99

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Buy 1,150 Coins$4.99

None

Santa

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Santa Gift Run free?

Santa Gift Run is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

Is Santa free?

Santa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Do Santa Gift Run or Santa have ads?

Santa shows ads; Santa Gift Run does not.

Which is updated more often, Santa Gift Run or Santa?

Santa Gift Run ships an update every 8 months, and Santa every 4 days. Most recently, Santa Gift Run was updated on June 1, 2026 and Santa on May 16, 2026.