Cube Runner vs PapiHop
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
PapiHop
Control a bouncing character by tilting your device to navigate platforms and achieve high scores. String together consecutive jumps on same-colored platforms for bonus points. Avoid falling off to keep the game going.
- Tilt controls
- Platform navigation
- Chain bonus system
- Score accumulation
- Game over on fall
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Mr.Papi (red ball guy) is jumping on platforms to get scores. Tilt the device left and right to control him. If he jumps on the same color platforms continuously, you get chain bonus! (IMPORTANT) If he falls out of platforms, the game ends.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Cube Runner at 494 against PapiHop's 9. Cube Runner also leads on rating (3.9 vs 3.6) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 20 months). PapiHop's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, 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 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 80% and 81% positive.
Cube Runner ships an update every 5 months, PapiHop every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cube Runner | PapiHop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (494 ratings) — better | 3.6 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.3% of reviews | 80.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 494 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 20 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
PapiHop
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
PapiHop
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cube Runner
No in-app purchases
PapiHop
No in-app purchases
