Cube Runner vs IMPOSSIBLE ROAD
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
IMPOSSIBLE ROAD
Navigate a thrilling, minimalist arcade experience where precise control is key to survival. Guide a vessel down a dynamic track, scoring points for each gate passed. Master the art of risk and reward to climb the leaderboards.
- Minimalist arcade gameplay
- Risk and reward scoring
- Rollercoaster-like tracks
- Hair-pin bends and jumps
- Universal app support
- Game Center leaderboards
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IMPOSSIBLE ROAD is a pure, minimal arcade game about risk, reward, and rollercoasters. "9/10" - Edge Online Game of the Week - PocketGamer Guide THE VESSEL down the roller coaster-like track at speed, scoring for each gate you make it through. Navigate hair-pin bends, jumps, banked curves and adverse camber in the quest for the perfect line. And when you learn how to cheat the game, and you discover that it is rewarded not punished, the leaderboards will belong to you. - Universal app, for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch. - 3D Touch support (3D Touch compatible device required) - Support for iOS controllers and some other arcade control peripherals. - 4 colour themes - Original minimal techno soundtrack. - Game Center leaderboards. - Challenge your friends to beat your score. [Controls] Touch the left side of the screen to turn left, touch the right side of the screen to turn right. Touch your score to show the Quick Restart button. [Credits] Design, coding, art and audio - Kevin Ng @gradiance Play testing and feedback - the wonderful people of @GameDevEd: Andy Durdin @adurdin Trevor Fountain @doches Aaron Dron @tinyblob Jonathan Brodsky @jonbro Paul Scott Canavan @abigbat Gillian Patterson NAE TWITTER Andy Watson @andywatson00 Peter Van Der Watt @tenebrious Ian Usher @FatConan Ben Newbon @bennewbon Gavin Jones @aotumedia Kayleigh Boyd @Silverlynxcat
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Cube Runner at Free against IMPOSSIBLE ROAD's $2.99. Cube Runner also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 44%). IMPOSSIBLE ROAD's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 17.0). On rating, ratings volume, 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
Cube Runner is free to download; IMPOSSIBLE ROAD costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
IMPOSSIBLE ROAD holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 494 and 739 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Cube Runner's written reviews are positive against 44% of IMPOSSIBLE ROAD'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, IMPOSSIBLE ROAD every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cube Runner | IMPOSSIBLE ROAD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 3.9 (494 ratings) | 4.1 (739 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.3% of reviews — better | 43.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 494 | 739 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 9.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 115 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andy Qua | WONDERFUL LASERS |
Customer experience
Cube Runner
IMPOSSIBLE ROAD
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
IMPOSSIBLE ROAD
From 739 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth gameplay
- 👍 Challenging and addictive
- 🎨 Minimalist design
- 🎶 Great music
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inconsistent controls
- 🔍 Ball obstructs view of track
- 💥 Extremely difficult
- 🕰️ Frustratingly short runs
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
IMPOSSIBLE ROAD
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on high scores
- Left turn input issues
- Unresponsive controls
Requested features
5 requests- Difficulty settings
- Customizable ball/track colors
- Tilt-based controls
- Longer gameplay sessions
- Checkpoint system
In-app purchases
Cube Runner
No in-app purchases
IMPOSSIBLE ROAD
No in-app purchases
Questions
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