Cube Runner vs FallDown! III
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cube Runner
Navigate a dynamic landscape, skillfully dodging an array of hazardous cubes. Experience exhilarating flight through tight gaps and canyons with highly responsive, intuitive controls. Enjoy multiple gameplay modes and customizable visual themes.
- Intuitive controls
- Obstacle avoidance
- Multiple difficulty levels
- First and third-person views
- Zen mode for endless play
- Customizable themes
- Original soundtrack
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Fly across a landscape whilst avoiding the many treacherous cubes which lie in your path. Swoop through narrow gaps and fly through canyons with the greatest of ease using intuitive controls. FEATURES: - Simple and responsive controls - Various levels of difficulty - First and third person view - Zen mode - just fly forever - Different themes including retro mode and custom - make Cube Runner look how you want it! - The classic Cube Runner music written and produced by Nick Burstein and Nate Belasco of Fancy Hat Productions. - All other music by Bjornar Kibsgaard - https://bjokib.com
FallDown! III
Experience classic arcade action with an addictive endless roller. Navigate through challenging levels with intuitive one-finger controls. Unlock customizations and enjoy new gameplay improvements and modes.
- New improved gameplay
- Arcade Mode
- Zen Mode
- Daily Challenges
- Customization combinations
- Single finger touch controls
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The classic endless roller is back! FallDown! III mixes new improvements with the old-school action that made the original a world-wide hit. - New improved gameplay - Play in the action-packed Arcade Mode or relax in Zen Mode - Complete Daily Challenges to unlock new customizations - An all-new sound track by Axel Jensen - Use the new single finger touch controls to play on the go with one hand - More than 40 000 customization combinations possible!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FallDown! III at 4.4 against Cube Runner's 3.9. FallDown! III also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Cube Runner's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 50%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FallDown! III holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 494 and 209 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Cube Runner's written reviews are positive against 50% of FallDown! III's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Cube Runner ships an update every 5 months, FallDown! III every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cube Runner | FallDown! III |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (494 ratings) | 4.4 (209 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.3% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 494 — better | 209 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andy Qua | Hannes Jensen |
Customer experience
Cube Runner
FallDown! III
User reviews
Cube Runner
From 494 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth controls and gameplay
- 🎶 Blessed audio experience
- 👍 Simple yet fun design
- 🕹️ Nostalgic and addictive
- 🏆 Great high score challenges
Room to improve
- 🎮 Sensitive steering controls
- 🎨 Distracting new visuals
- 🔇 Lack of original music option
- 🔄 Speed resets on pause
- 🔀 Removed first-person view
FallDown! III
From 209 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ Decent free game
- 🚫 No ads or microtransactions
- 👍 Smooth gameplay (compared to Falldown! 2)
- 💯 Fluid controls
- 🌟 Endless mode difficulty increases well
Room to improve
- 📉 Daily challenges too difficult
- 🚧 Arcade/Zen mode past 200 is nearly impossible
- 🤔 Game mechanics changed for the worse
- 🎶 New soundtrack is horrible (to some)
- 🧱 Ball must fully touch laser to lose (changed from Falldown! 2)
Bugs and requests
Cube Runner
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes when downloading level packs
- Incompatible with older iOS versions
- Calibration issues on newer devices
Requested features
5 requests- Customizable control sensitivity
- Retro visual mode
- Option to toggle original soundtrack
- Vertical gameplay mode
- Level editor and sharing
FallDown! III
Reported bugs
6 issues- Game freezes when pausing
- Power-ups/achievements don't work
- Multiball powerup bug in arcade mode (balls get stuck)
- Ball sometimes doesn't move on startup
- Color changes get slightly out of sync over time in Zen mode
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- Color sync missing in arcade mode
Requested features
9 requests- Update original FallDown app
- More options to win stuff besides daily challenges
- Update tutorial for power-ups and modes
- Difficulty settings for arcade mode
- Instructions on how to use boosters
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- Add back old customization system (stars for balls/backgrounds)
- Sync color changes with music in arcade mode
- Add a way to watch videos for boosters
- iPad version
In-app purchases
Cube Runner
No in-app purchases
FallDown! III
No in-app purchases
