Cube Runner vs PapiDrive
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
PapiDrive
Navigate a smiley car to collect hamburgers and earn points. Tilt your device to steer, avoiding road edges. The game ends if the car falls off the bottom of the screen.
- Tilt controls for steering
- Collect hamburgers for points
- Avoid hitting road sides
- Game ends if car falls off screen
- Score bonus points
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Mr.Papi drives his smiley car to get more hamburgers! Tilt the device left and right to move the car. When the car gets a hamburger, you get bonus 100 points. If the car hits the side of the road, the car is pushed back. The game ends if the car goes out of the bottom.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cube Runner at every 5 months against PapiDrive's every 25 months. Cube Runner also leads on ratings volume (504 vs 12) and review sentiment (80% vs 72%). PapiDrive's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 4.0) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
PapiDrive holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cube Runner has 504 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Cube Runner's written reviews are positive against 72% of PapiDrive'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, PapiDrive every 25 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cube Runner | PapiDrive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (504 ratings) | 4.3 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.3% of reviews — better | 71.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 504 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 25 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 | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andy Qua | Yohei Iwasaki |
Customer experience
Cube Runner
PapiDrive
User reviews
Cube Runner
From 504 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
PapiDrive
From 12 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Highly addictive gameplay
- 😄 Fun and entertaining experience
- ⚡ Fast-paced and challenging
- 🆓 Free to download
- 🎯 Easy to play for casual gamers
Room to improve
- 👁️ Red and white striped background causes eye strain
- 🤢 Graphics cause dizziness and nausea
- 🎨 Poor graphics quality overall
- 🔊 Annoying sound effects
- 😴 Gets boring after extended play
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
PapiDrive
Reported bugs
4 issues- Mac version restart button becomes unresponsive after two plays
- Game freezes on some devices
- App crashes or fails to download properly
- Game pauses unexpectedly during early gameplay
Requested features
9 requests- Change or improve the striped road background design
- Add difficulty selection options
- Implement visible high score tracking in-app
- Add multiplayer mode
- Include background music
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- Improve graphics quality
- Add combo system for consecutive hamburger collection
- Create Papi arcade app with all games
- Add more game variations
In-app purchases
Cube Runner
No in-app purchases
PapiDrive
No in-app purchases
