Comparison

Holi Fest vs Crowd Run

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

Head to head
About

Holi Fest

Experience a vibrant paint festival game where you help people color themselves to join the celebration. Navigate city obstacles and grow your painted team to achieve a higher score. Immerse yourself in the exciting spirit of this unique festival game.

Highlights
  • Paint people to join the festival
  • Avoid city obstacles
  • Grow your painted team
  • Increase your score
  • Experience festival spirit
Features
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Get ready to play the game of holi fest, the unique and fun paint festival. Help people coloring in the spirit of the festival as you try to avoid various and innovative city obstacles in this awesome game. The more people you bring to the festival, the higher your score will be. But only people who are painted. Unpainted people cannot enter... Start experiencing the excitement of the holi fest now with this unique game!

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Crowd Run

Features
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Run. Rescue. CLASH! Build an unstoppable crowd and smash your way to the castle. Start as one lone stickman and snowball into a roaring army as you sprint down wild 3D tracks. Bust open cages to free trapped runners, dodge spinning hammers, slicing blades and lasers, then collide with the red enemy mob in an epic final clash. Keep at least half your crowd alive and storm the gate to WIN. Easy one-thumb joystick control. Pure "just one more run" addiction. THE LOOP - GROW: free caged runners and watch your crowd EXPLODE in size - DODGE: weave past hammers, rotating blades, lasers and deadly traps - SURVIVE: protect your numbers, every runner counts at the finish - CLASH: charge the red army and storm the castle to claim victory - REPEAT: new levels, tougher traps, bigger battles WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT - Grow a mighty army from a single runner - Smash through crazy obstacles: hammers, blades, lasers and more - Epic crowd-vs-crowd clash and castle takeover at every finish - Bright, chunky low-poly toon worlds that pop on screen - Dozens of levels with rising difficulty and fresh challenges - Quick, snackable runs perfect for any spare minute - Simple controls anyone can master, no tutorial needed - Free and fun for all ages NEW IN v2.0 (2026 UPDATE) - Fully rebuilt for the latest iOS - Smooth, buttery 60 FPS gameplay - Sharper, crisper visuals and lighting - Faster load times and major crash fixes - Tighter, more responsive controls HOW TO PLAY 1. Drag to steer your runner down the track. 2. Run through gates and free caged stickmen to grow your crowd. 3. Weave around hammers, blades and lasers to keep your numbers high. 4. Reach the end with a big enough army. 5. CLASH into the enemy crowd and storm the castle to win! How big can your crowd get? How many castles can you crush? Download now, gather your crowd, and start the clash. One more run won't hurt!

Screenshots

Holi Fest4 screens
Crowd Run4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Crowd Run at none against Holi Fest's shown. Crowd Run also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 30 months). Holi Fest's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Holi Fest ships an update every 30 months, Crowd Run every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Holi Fest versus Crowd Run: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHoli FestCrowd Run
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 30 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB123 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developeromer cetinAhmad Majid

In-app purchases

None

Holi Fest

No in-app purchases

None

Crowd Run

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Holi Fest free?
Holi Fest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Crowd Run free?
Crowd Run is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Holi Fest or Crowd Run have ads?
Holi Fest shows ads; Crowd Run does not.
Which is updated more often, Holi Fest or Crowd Run?
Holi Fest ships an update every 30 months, and Crowd Run every 9 days. Most recently, Holi Fest was updated on November 3, 2026 and Crowd Run on October 27, 2026.

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