Cube Runner vs PapiBatting
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
PapiBatting
Experience a unique baseball game where you tap to swing and time your hits for higher scores. Master the jump swing by tapping above the batter when a ball approaches. Aim to avoid outs to keep playing.
- Tap to swing
- Timed hitting for score
- Jump swing mechanic
- Avoid outs
- Baseball simulation
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You play baseball with Mr.Papi (red ball guy)! Tap the batter for swing. You should hit a ball timely to get more score. When a ball comes over the batter, tap the area above the batter for JUMP SWING. If you miss a ball, you get an OUT. When you record three outs, the game is over.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cube Runner at 80% against PapiBatting's 49%. Cube Runner also leads on ratings volume (494 vs 5) and rating (3.9 vs 3.6). PapiBatting's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
Cube Runner holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cube Runner has 494 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Cube Runner's written reviews are positive against 49% of PapiBatting's.
Cube Runner ships an update every 5 months, PapiBatting every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cube Runner | PapiBatting |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (494 ratings) — better | 3.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.3% of reviews — better | 49.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 494 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andy Qua | Yohei Iwasaki |
Customer experience
Cube Runner
PapiBatting
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
PapiBatting
From 5 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Addicting and fun
- 👍 Simple and easy to play
- 👍 Good time waster
- 👍 Many Papi games are good
- 👍 Free to play
Room to improve
- 😞 Boring and repetitive
- 😞 Unrealistic baseball mechanics
- 😞 Difficult to time swings
- 😞 Inaccurate hit detection
- 😞 Frustrating gameplay
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
PapiBatting
Reported bugs
5 issues- Game doesn't load
- Inaccurate hit detection (says missed when tapping)
- Controls are a mess
- Timing of the bat is bad
- App store didn't finish loading, can't delete
Requested features
10 requests- Add character customization (outfits, batter type)
- Add unlockable content
- Improve batter appearance
- Add multiplayer or challenge modes
- Add score/high score display
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- Add more tries/lives
- Add customization for field and base running
- Add a ratio of points/hits
- Make the game less challenging in some aspects
- Add ability to tap on the right side of the screen for right-handed users
In-app purchases
Cube Runner
No in-app purchases
PapiBatting
No in-app purchases
