Cube Runner vs PapiRubber
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
PapiRubber
Control a character with a spiked ball and rubber rope to defeat enemies. Swipe to move and draw circles to swing the weapon effectively. Achieve chain bonuses by defeating multiple foes simultaneously, but avoid getting hit three times to continue playing.
- Character with spiked ball and rubber rope weapon
- Swipe to move character
- Draw circles to swing weapon
- Defeat enemies
- Chain bonuses for multiple defeats
- Avoid enemy contact
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Mr.Papi (red ball guy) fights with many enemies. His weapon is a spiky ball with a rubber-rope! Brandish the spiky ball and defeat the enemies. Slide your finger anywhere to move him. To brandish the spiky ball well, you may draw circles repeatedly in a suitable cycle. If you defeat many enemies at once, you get chain bonuses. If enemies touch Mr.Papi three times, the game is over.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PapiRubber at 5.0 against Cube Runner's 3.9. PapiRubber also leads on iOS requirement (6.0 vs 17.0). Cube Runner's advantage is ratings volume (494 vs 7). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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.
PapiRubber holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cube Runner has 494 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Cube Runner's written reviews are positive against 74% of PapiRubber'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, PapiRubber every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cube Runner | PapiRubber |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (494 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.3% of reviews — better | 73.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 494 — better | 7 |
| 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
PapiRubber
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
PapiRubber
From 7 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to play
- 🤩 Addictive and fun gameplay
- ✨ Great way to kill time
- 💯 Satisfying combos
- 🌟 Unique game mechanics
Room to improve
- ⬆️ Too hard
- 🤏 Screen too small
- ✋ Finger gets in the way
- 📉 Not that addicting initially
- 😵 Too quick to die
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
PapiRubber
Reported bugs
3 issues- iPad does not crash
- Lose a Life sound too positive
- Game crashes on iPhone
Requested features
5 requests- Add more levels
- Add support for iPhone 5
- Add a heart icon to gain lives back
- Consider a new Papi rubber game
- Prefer original Papi look over pixelated
In-app purchases
Cube Runner
No in-app purchases
PapiRubber
No in-app purchases
