Cube Runner vs Timberman
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
Timberman
Become a lumberjack in this arcade-style casual game. Chop trees, avoid branches, and unlock dozens of characters and environments. Compete for high scores on global leaderboards and build your village.
- Chop trees and avoid branches
- Unlock dozens of characters
- Explore various environments
- Build and expand a village
- Compete on global leaderboards
- Trade wood for gold
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Over 20 million players could not be wrong - featured as one of the best games since 2014 and still eagerly played in 2022! Especially with a new update that adds dozens of new characters, new environments and an expandable village! And as always tons of fun & lot of trees to cut. Timberman is an oldschool arcade style casual game. Become a Timberman, chop wood and avoid the branches. Sounds like an easy task? It's easy to play but hard to master. Dozen of variable environments and 104 lumberjacks to unlock. Master your skills for the top records on the leaderboards. Take your axe as every lumberjack does and chop the tree as fast as you can! Cut down trees, trade wood for gold, buy plots of land and discover new islands. Generate passive income, buy new axes and randomize super fantastic packs of epic characters! Many characters, trees, tons of cutting fun & wood around! Timberman is an original old school arcade style casual free game. Become a Timberman! Chop, cut and slice wood while avoiding branches. Improve your skill to reach the top of the leaderboards in this easy to learn, hard to master game. - Dozens of characters to choose from - Countless high scores to beat - Global leaderboards - Cutting edge chopping action Cut your way to the top of the leaderboards and beat others’ high scores. Chop with speed, precision and focus to become a master lumberjack. Unlock tons of different lumberjack characters, including: ninja, ghost, fireman, devil, angel, santa, monster slayer and more. Play in various environments, including: forest, wild west, circus and even hell. As a lumberjack you will race against the clock to chop down as much as you can of an endless tree. Quick thinking will be necessary to avoid branches - your biggest enemy. Cut left or chop right? You only have milliseconds to answer this question. Get it right and you’ll beat the competition and become the best Timberman ever! Along the way on this free chopping action adventure you will unlock many different characters and trees. Each one requires you to complete a unique quest! Are you up for the challenge? If so, then we at Digital Melody invite you to pick up an axe, yell timber and start chopping to test your skills and become the best Timberman ever!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cube Runner at none against Timberman's 15. Cube Runner also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (80% vs 56%). Timberman's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and device support 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. Timberman sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Cube Runner asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for Cube Runner against 4.0 for Timberman. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 494 and 522 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Cube Runner's written reviews are positive against 56% of Timberman's.
Cube Runner ships an update every 5 months, Timberman every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cube Runner | Timberman |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (494 ratings) | 4.0 (522 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.3% of reviews — better | 55.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 494 | 522 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 255 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andy Qua | Digital Melody |
Customer experience
Cube Runner
Timberman
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
Timberman
From 522 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast-paced and addictive gameplay
- 👍 Simple yet challenging concept
- 🎨 Retro-style graphics
- 💰 Reasonable monetization (paid version)
Room to improve
- 🔍 Aggressive ad placement disrupting gameplay
- 🐛 Occasional input lag and unresponsive controls
- 🕰️ Difficulty spike and inability to progress past certain scores
- 🎮 Lack of gameplay variety and character abilities
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
Timberman
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inconsistent score tracking and achievement unlocking
- Crashes and freezes on certain devices
- Paid version not removing all ads as expected
Requested features
4 requests- Option to skip retry countdown
- More diverse character unlocks and abilities
- Improved leaderboard system and tracking
- Customization options for gameplay and visuals
In-app purchases
Cube Runner
No in-app purchases
Timberman
- Remove ads$0.99
- Package of 2000 coins$0.99
- Special Characters Pack #2$0.99
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- Special Characters Pack #3$0.99
- Special Characters Pack #6$0.99
- Special Characters Pack #5$0.99
- Special Characters Pack #4$0.99
- Buy package of 5000 wood$0.99
- Special Characters Pack #1$0.99
- Unlock all characters$1.99
- Special Offer 1$1.99
- Special Offer 2$1.99
- Package of 5000 coins$1.99
- Special Offer 3$3.99
- Package of 20000 coins$6.99









