Android Best Lode Runner vs Gold Hunter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Android Best Lode Runner
Experience a fast-paced 2D platformer inspired by a classic. Collect gold, avoid enemies, and use bombs to dig traps. Features joystick controls, custom levels, and bonus fruit for endless fun.
- Joystick-like controls
- Large landscape levels
- Custom levels for endless play
- Collect gold and bonus fruit
- Dig holes and trap enemies
- Touchscreen controls
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Android is a fast-paced retro platformer in the spirit of the Lode Runner classics. Run, climb, hang from vines and dig holes to trap the robots hunting you down. Grab every bag of gold on the level, snatch the bonus fruit and reach the exit before the timer runs out. Easy to pick up, hard to put down. FEATURES - 20 handcrafted levels, from first steps to real head-scratchers - Level select: replay any stage you have already unlocked - Remastered artwork on a full widescreen playfield - Responsive on-screen d-pad with generous touch zones, plus a dedicated TNT button - Teleporters, trampolines, bumpers, ladders and vines to master - Custom levels for endless play - Original soundtrack and arcade sound effects - Plays offline, no account needed Dig a hole, drop a robot into it, walk over its head. That is the whole game, and it never gets old.
Gold Hunter
Collect gold treasures across 150 challenging levels while evading enemies. Utilize ladders, bars, and a weapon to break bricks and progress. Enjoy a game with no time limits and no fall damage.
- 150 challenging levels
- Treasure collection gameplay
- Enemy evasion mechanics
- Ladder and bar navigation
- Brick-breaking weapon
- Game Center support
- One-finger swipe controls
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*** DESCRIPTION *** Gold Hunter is it an outstanding game, where gold treasures need to be collected in 150 levels. Up to 5 enemies try to make it hard for you. You can run, use the ladders, climb along the bars and collect treasures. As soon as you have collected all the boxes and up until now invisible ladders can appear. If you have reached the most upper line of the screen, you will get into the next level. You cannot jump, but you carry a weapon with you, with which you can dissolve the bricks for a certain time. No matter how far you will fall, you cannot get hurt. There is no time limit but the guards which reappear after their death keep you busy. *** FEATURES *** - 150 interesting levels - Game Center support - Easy Swipe Control - just one finger
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Gold Hunter at 100% against Android Best Lode Runner's 33%. Gold Hunter also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3). Android Best Lode Runner's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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. Android Best Lode Runner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Gold Hunter sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Gold Hunter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Android Best Lode Runner has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Android Best Lode Runner's written reviews are positive against 100% of Gold Hunter's.
Android Best Lode Runner ships an update every 6 weeks, Gold Hunter every 3 months. Both last shipped on September 18, 2026.
| Parameter | Android Best Lode Runner | Gold Hunter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Julien meyer | Eremenko Aleksey |
Customer experience
Android Best Lode Runner
Gold Hunter
In-app purchases
Android Best Lode Runner
- Remove Ads forever$1.99
Gold Hunter
- 10.000 coins$0.99
- 10 lives$0.99
- 50.000 coins$2.99
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- 50 lives$2.99
- 100 lives$4.99
- 100.000 coins$4.99
- 999.999 coins$9.99
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