Drink Throw vs Pancake Run
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drink Throw
Control the speed of your throws to collect glasses of your color and pour them. Earn coins to purchase upgrades and see how fast you can go. Features simple one-touch controls and addictive gameplay.
- Adjustable throw speed
- Collect glasses of your color
- Pour collected drinks
- Earn coins for upgrades
- One-touch controls
- Addictive gameplay
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Throw your drink with a speed that you want, collect all glasses of your color and pour them! Earn coins and buy upgrades. How fast can you go? One touch easy-to-learn controls and addictive gameplay!
Pancake Run
Navigate challenging levels in this fun, easy-to-control game. Guide your character to reach the target, with new levels and content planned for future updates.
- Easy controls
- Challenging levels
- Fun gameplay
- New levels coming soon
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Fun game with easy controls. Different levels and more are coming!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Drink Throw at none against Pancake Run's 1. Drink Throw also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). Pancake Run's advantage is ratings volume (27K vs 3). On price, 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. Pancake Run sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Drink Throw asks for nothing beyond the download.
Drink Throw holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pancake Run has 27K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Drink Throw ships an update every 9 days, Pancake Run every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Drink Throw | Pancake Run |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.6 (27K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 51.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 27K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 273 MB | 221 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Oksana Voloshyna | Voodoo |
Customer experience
Drink Throw
Pancake Run
Bugs and requests
Drink Throw
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Pancake Run
Reported bugs
3 issues- Maple syrup percentage going up and down instead of unlocking
- Unlocked items not appearing in gameplay
- Certain levels becoming impossible to pass
Requested features
3 requests- More variety of obstacles and toppings
- Ability to customize character/pancake stack
- Improved progression system beyond just unlocking toppings
In-app purchases
Drink Throw
No in-app purchases
Pancake Run
- Remove Ads$2.99
Questions
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