PapiDrive vs Cut the Rope
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PapiDrive
Navigate a smiley car to collect hamburgers and earn points. Tilt your device to steer, avoiding road edges. The game ends if the car falls off the bottom of the screen.
- Tilt controls for steering
- Collect hamburgers for points
- Avoid hitting road sides
- Game ends if car falls off screen
- Score bonus points
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Mr.Papi drives his smiley car to get more hamburgers! Tilt the device left and right to move the car. When the car gets a hamburger, you get bonus 100 points. If the car hits the side of the road, the car is pushed back. The game ends if the car goes out of the bottom.
Cut the Rope
Guide a cute monster to eat candy by solving physics-based puzzles. Utilize new gadgets and superpowers to overcome challenges and collect stars. Explore a secret lab with a new scientist character.
- Innovative physics gameplay
- New gadgets and superpowers
- Collect gold stars
- Unlock new levels
- Adorable character
- Outstanding graphics
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NOTE: EXPERIMENTS MAY CAUSE CRAVINGS! A mysterious cardboard box lands on the Professor’s desk… and inside is Om Nom, a tiny monster with an enormous sweet tooth! Naturally, the Professor can’t resist turning this discovery into a series of candy-fueled experiments — and now you get to join the fun. Step into a bustling lab packed with physics-based puzzles. Use rockets, magnets, electricity, ropes, tension, suction cups, water mechanics, robotic arms, ant colonies, and more ingenious contraptions. Your mission sounds simple — get the candy to Om Nom — but each puzzle will test your wits in surprising ways! WHY PLAYERS CAN’T STOP PLAYING: • 200 cleverly designed physics puzzles across 8 inventive level packs • A playful toolbox of gadgets and superpowers to crack tricky challenges • Collect shiny stars, uncover hidden treasures, and unlock bonus levels • Charming animations and cutscenes that bring the Professor’s lab to life • Perfect for fans of logic puzzles, single-player challenges, and clever physics fun Think smart, experiment boldly, and keep Om Nom well-fed in this addictive puzzle adventure. Every level offers a fresh opportunity to test your logic, timing, and creativity in a lab full of delightful surprises! Cut the Rope: Experiments is free to download and play, however, some in-game items can be purchased for real money, including randomised items. For more information, please see our Terms of Use (https://www.zeptolab.com/terms) and Privacy Policy (https://www.zeptolab.com/privacy).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PapiDrive at none against Cut the Rope's 10. PapiDrive also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 13.0). Cut the Rope's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 25 months) and ratings volume (836 vs 12). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Cut the Rope sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. PapiDrive asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for PapiDrive against 4.3 for Cut the Rope. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cut the Rope has 836 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of PapiDrive's written reviews are positive against 75% of Cut the Rope's.
PapiDrive ships an update every 25 months, Cut the Rope every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.
| Parameter | PapiDrive | Cut the Rope |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (12 ratings) | 4.3 (836 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.8% of reviews | 75.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 836 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 25 months | Every 4 months — better |
| 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 | 6.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 133 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yohei Iwasaki | ZeptoLab UK Limited |
Customer experience
PapiDrive
Cut the Rope
User reviews
PapiDrive
From 12 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Highly addictive gameplay
- 😄 Fun and entertaining experience
- ⚡ Fast-paced and challenging
- 🆓 Free to download
- 🎯 Easy to play for casual gamers
Room to improve
- 👁️ Red and white striped background causes eye strain
- 🤢 Graphics cause dizziness and nausea
- 🎨 Poor graphics quality overall
- 🔊 Annoying sound effects
- 😴 Gets boring after extended play
Cut the Rope
From 836 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🤩 Amazing game
- 😊 Cute and fun
- 🧠 Challenging and engaging
- 💕 Love Om Nom
Room to improve
- 😩 Too many ads
- 💰 Candy/energy system is frustrating
- 🤬 Subscription model is too expensive
Bugs and requests
PapiDrive
Reported bugs
4 issues- Mac version restart button becomes unresponsive after two plays
- Game freezes on some devices
- App crashes or fails to download properly
- Game pauses unexpectedly during early gameplay
Requested features
9 requests- Change or improve the striped road background design
- Add difficulty selection options
- Implement visible high score tracking in-app
- Add multiplayer mode
- Include background music
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- Improve graphics quality
- Add combo system for consecutive hamburger collection
- Create Papi arcade app with all games
- Add more game variations
Cut the Rope
Reported bugs
3 issues- Levels not saving progress
- Restore purchases not working
- Crashes and freezes on some devices
Requested features
3 requests- More levels and content
- Option to remove ads permanently
- Ability to earn more candies/energy without ads
In-app purchases
PapiDrive
No in-app purchases
Cut the Rope
- Superpower 20$1.99
- Candies 25$1.99
- Big candies sack$1.99
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- Big superpowers sack$1.99
- Unlock all level packs + 100 FREE Candies$3.99
- Huge candies sack$3.99
- Huge superpowers sack$3.99
- Jumbo candies sack$7.99
- Candies Unlimited$14.99
- Superpower Unlimited$24.99
Questions
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