Manic Marble 3 vs Marble Run Building Blocks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Manic Marble 3
Navigate challenging 3D levels by tilting your device to dodge obstacles and make jumps. Beat the clock to unlock new stages and experience fast-paced gameplay with adjustable difficulty settings.
- Intuitive accelerometer controls
- Optional touch controls
- Four difficulty settings
- Fast 3D graphics
- Unlockable levels
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Manic Marble is back with eight more insane 3D levels! Dodge moving obstacles and fly over jumps by tilting and turning your device. Finish the current level in under the goal time to unlock the next one. Features: -Intuitive accelerometer-based control system -Optional touch-based control system -Four difficulty settings - including slow motion and high speed options -Fast 3D graphics and physics engine created by SIO2 Interactive
Marble Run Building Blocks
Design and construct intricate marble runs with a variety of blocks and colors. Save your creations, undo mistakes easily, and enjoy explosive destruction. This game offers a free, ad-supported experience with no in-app purchases.
- 17 block types and 8 colors
- Save up to 3 creations
- Undo/redo functionality
- Stack up to 5 blocks
- Rotate and zoom camera
- Explosion destruction mode
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App features - With 17 types and 8 colors of blocks and sliders, you can build blocks as you wish. - You can save up to 3 data automatically. - It's okay to break it accidentally. You can go back and start over. - If you want to stack a lot, you can stack up to 5 at once with the button. - You can easily rotate and zoom in / out the camera with a touch operation. - Finally, let's destroy it in explosion mode. - No in-app purchases. You can enjoy all the functions for free.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Manic Marble 3 at none against Marble Run Building Blocks's shown. Manic Marble 3 also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Marble Run Building Blocks's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.1) and ratings volume (156 vs 9). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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.
Marble Run Building Blocks holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Marble Run Building Blocks has 156 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Manic Marble 3's written reviews are positive against 80% of Marble Run Building Blocks's.
Manic Marble 3 ships an update every 11 months, Marble Run Building Blocks every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Manic Marble 3 | Marble Run Building Blocks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (9 ratings) | 4.4 (156 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.9% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 156 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rich Olson | nobuhiro satake |
Customer experience
Manic Marble 3
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In-app purchases
Manic Marble 3
No in-app purchases
Marble Run Building Blocks
No in-app purchases
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