Cube Runner vs PapiFlap
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
PapiFlap
Tap to make a character flap and navigate through obstacles. Avoid hitting poles and stay within the screen to keep playing. This game is a port of a classic released in 2007.
- Tap to flap
- Avoid wood poles
- Stay within screen
- Classic gameplay
- Simple controls
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Mr.Papi (red ball guy) is flapping in the air! Tap anywhere to flap and avoid wood poles. The game ends if he goes out of the screen. - This app is the porting of our old game released in 2007 Japan named Soratobu Meido Jiisan.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PapiFlap at 5.0 against Cube Runner's 3.9. PapiFlap also leads on iOS requirement (6.0 vs 17.0). Cube Runner's advantage is ratings volume (494 vs 5) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 21 months). 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.
PapiFlap 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 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Cube Runner's written reviews are positive against 86% of PapiFlap's.
Cube Runner ships an update every 5 months, PapiFlap every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cube Runner | PapiFlap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (494 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.3% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 494 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 21 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
PapiFlap
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
PapiFlap
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cube Runner
No in-app purchases
PapiFlap
No in-app purchases
