Cube Runner vs PapiMountain
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
PapiMountain
Navigate a mountain path while avoiding a stampede of red ball creatures. Tap anywhere on the screen to move forward and survive the onslaught. The game ends if you are caught by the Papis.
- Avoid Papis
- Climb the mountain
- Tap to move forward
- Simple one-touch controls
- Challenging survival gameplay
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When you climbed a mountain, a large herd of Papis (red ball guys) was coming! You have to avoid the Papis and climb the mountain. Touch the screen anywhere to go ahead! If you get run over by the Papis, the game is over.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Cube Runner at 494 against PapiMountain's 5. Cube Runner also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 59%) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 24 months). PapiMountain's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for Cube Runner against 3.8 for PapiMountain. 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 are what separate them: 80% of Cube Runner's written reviews are positive against 59% of PapiMountain's.
Cube Runner ships an update every 5 months, PapiMountain every 24 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and June 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cube Runner | PapiMountain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (494 ratings) — better | 3.8 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.3% of reviews — better | 58.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 494 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 24 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
PapiMountain
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
PapiMountain
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cube Runner
No in-app purchases
PapiMountain
No in-app purchases
