Cube Runner vs PapiBlocks
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
PapiBlocks
Guide a character to break falling blocks and earn points. Control movement left and right, break blocks from above, and use bombs to clear the screen. Avoid being crushed by blocks to keep playing.
- Move character left/right
- Break blocks from above
- Use bombs to clear blocks
- Score points by breaking blocks
- Avoid being crushed
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OMG! Many blocks fall from the sky. Move Mr.Papi (red ball guy) and break the blocks to get scores. Touch the buttons at the bottom to control. - Press LEFT/RIGHT buttons to move Mr.Papi. He can climb only one tier of blocks. - Press DOWN button to break a block under him. You can get more scores if he breaks higher blocks. - Press BOMB button to use a bomb and clear all the blocks above him. You get a new bomb every 500 points of scores. - The game ends if he is crushed under a block.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Cube Runner at 504 against PapiBlocks's 4. Cube Runner also leads on update cadence (every 5 months vs every 22 months) and review sentiment (80% vs 67%). PapiBlocks'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 — 4.0 for Cube Runner against 4.0 for PapiBlocks. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cube Runner has 504 ratings behind it against 4, 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 67% of PapiBlocks's.
Cube Runner ships an update every 5 months, PapiBlocks every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cube Runner | PapiBlocks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (504 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.3% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 504 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 22 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
PapiBlocks
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
PapiBlocks
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cube Runner
No in-app purchases
PapiBlocks
No in-app purchases
