Snowball vs Red Jump
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Snowball
Guide a penguin on a journey to collect snowflakes and build a giant snowball. Navigate treacherous crumbling floors with simple swipe or tilt controls. Enjoy an ad-free and purchase-free gaming experience.
- Collect snowflakes
- Build a snowball
- Crumbling floor mechanic
- Swipe controls
- Tilt controls option
- No ads
- No in-app purchases
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Snowball is easy to play, but hard to master. Play as a penguin trying to collect enough snowflakes to make his very own snowball, but watch out as the floor crumbles below! Simply swipe to move, or enable classic tilt controls via the options menu. The game contains no ads or in-app purchases. Snowball has been available exclusively for iPhone since 2008.
Red Jump
Navigate an endless rolling ball game by tapping to jump over obstacles. Collect coins and power-ups like shields, magnets, and multipliers to enhance your score and survivability. Enjoy a simple yet engaging arcade experience.
- Endless rolling gameplay
- Tap to jump mechanics
- Coin collection
- Shield power-up
- Magnet power-up
- Coin multiplier
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Endless rolling ball game. Collect the coins and the bonus items. Tap the screen to jump! Bonus: - Shield: protect from spikes - Magnet: magnetise the coins - Multiplier: 2x or 4x times coin value
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Red Jump at 5.0 against Snowball's 2.9. Red Jump also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 9 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). Snowball's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (185 vs 1). On price, ads 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. Red Jump sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Snowball asks for nothing beyond the download.
Red Jump holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Snowball has 185 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Snowball ships an update every 9 months, Red Jump every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Snowball | Red Jump |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (185 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 185 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paul Ewers | Illés László |
Customer experience
Snowball
Red Jump
Bugs and requests
Snowball
Reported bugs
2 issues- Poker invite message appears every time
- Sound plays even on vibrate
Requested features
6 requests- Add levels
- Add mission mode
- Add unlockable characters
- Option to turn off sound
- Remove poker invite message
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- Option to revert to older version
Red Jump
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Snowball
No in-app purchases
Red Jump
- Small Coin Pack$0.99
- Middle Coin Pack$1.99
- Big Coin Pack$4.99
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- Giant Coin Pack$9.99
