Gift Box Runner vs Smash Runner!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gift Box Runner
Collect sequential boxes, fill them with gifts, and paint them to enhance their appearance. Aim to post as many gifts as possible to achieve the highest score in this unique adventure game.
- Collect sequential boxes
- Fill boxes with gifts
- Paint and enhance boxes
- Close box lids
- Reach highest score
- Unique adventure gameplay
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Who doesn't love receiving gifts? Collect sequential boxes, fill boxes with gifts, paint, enhance and close the lids. Post as many gifts as you can and reach the highest score in this cool and unique adventure. We wish you a pleasant and happy hour in this unique game...
Smash Runner!
Embark on a colorful adventure where you collect layers to grow larger. Become big enough to smash through blocks and experience the satisfying feeling of destroying cubes.
- Collect layers
- Grow bigger
- Smash blocks
- Colorful adventure
- Cube smashing
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Take a step into this colorful adventure. Collect as many layers as you can. You need to get bigger in order to pass over the blocks. You will like this feeling of smashing cubes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gift Box Runner at none against Smash Runner!'s 1. Gift Box Runner also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Smash Runner!'s advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 15 months) and ratings volume (14K vs 1). 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. Smash Runner! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Gift Box Runner asks for nothing beyond the download.
Gift Box Runner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smash Runner! has 14K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Gift Box Runner ships an update every 15 months, Smash Runner! weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gift Box Runner | Smash Runner! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.6 (14K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 21.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 14K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Weekly — better |
| 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 | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 258 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | omer cetin | Rollic Games |
Customer experience
Gift Box Runner
Smash Runner!
Bugs and requests
Gift Box Runner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Smash Runner!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezes and crashes at higher levels
- Levels not loading or resetting progress
- Unresponsive controls and gameplay issues
Requested features
3 requests- Add an ad-free option
- Improve level progression and difficulty scaling
- Fix stability issues and crashes
In-app purchases
Gift Box Runner
No in-app purchases
Smash Runner!
- Remove Ads$2.99
Questions
Is Gift Box Runner free?
Is Smash Runner! free?
Which has better reviews, Gift Box Runner or Smash Runner!?
Do Gift Box Runner or Smash Runner! have ads?
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