mowain vs Barrel River
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
mowain
Navigate a character through a challenging environment by tapping to change direction. Avoid obstacles and collect points by bouncing off stones. The game ends if you are crushed.
- Tap to change direction
- Avoid leaping stones
- Score by bouncing
- Pause game with a tap
- Simple controls
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One key action is to avoid leaping stone. Please do not escape well as crushed. - Rules and Operations - + Player character moves freely, hit the wall and faces the opposition. + Tap the bottom of the screen to change the direction. + The game is over when the crushed stone. + The positive score in at a bouncing stone. + Tap the top of the screen to pause the game.
Barrel River
Navigate a dangerous river in a barrel, dodging obstacles and collecting gold coins. Compete with friends for the highest score in this action-packed game.
- Navigate a barrel down a river
- Avoid rocks and jumping fish
- Collect gold coins
- Compete for high scores
- Action-packed gameplay
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Flow down the brutal water of the mighty barrel river with nothing but your wits and a rickety old barrel to guide you! Barrel river is a fun filled action game where you must flow down the river avoiding rocks and deadly jumping fish. As an added bonus, King Midas has touched the river with his magical golden touch, and his gold coins can be found on the river as well. Collect coins and try to stay alive on this deadly river. Your score is determined by how far you make it and how many coins you have collected. Compete with friends for the top score! **Special Credit** The music for Barrel River came from Kevin MacLeod at incompetech. Search for him online, he's got some awesome tracks!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Barrel River at 100% against mowain's 0%. Barrel River also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). mowain's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Barrel River sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. mowain asks for nothing beyond the download.
Barrel River holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: mowain has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of mowain's written reviews are positive against 100% of Barrel River's.
mowain ships an update every 2 months, Barrel River every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mowain | Barrel River |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | SHIGEYUKI TAKAHASHI | Brandon Stecklein |
Customer experience
mowain
Barrel River
In-app purchases
mowain
No in-app purchases
Barrel River
- Advertising Removal$1.99
