Comparison

Marble Park vs Idle Marble Run

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Marble Park

Navigate challenging levels filled with obstacles and monsters. Discover hidden stars to unlock new areas and enjoy stunning 3D graphics and original music. This addictive game offers a unique balance challenge.

Highlights
  • Challenging levels with obstacles
  • Hidden stars for unlocking areas
  • Smooth 360-degree view
  • Stunning 3D graphics
  • Original music tracks
  • Unique artwork
Features
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Think you have what it takes? Navigate past jumps, tunnels, cannons, elevators, and wily monsters in 20 of the most challenging and exciting levels. Find hidden stars along the way to unlock amazing new areas. You're in control with a smooth 360 degree view, two viewpoints, and stunning 3D graphics. A fabulous balance challenge with 8 original music tracks and unique artwork. Incredibly addictive! FOLLOW US at http://twitter.com/pxlgamesnyc http://pxlgamesnyc.blogspot.com/

About

Idle Marble Run

Experience a relaxing toy marble machine with idle mechanics. Watch marbles merge, hit bumpers, and inject special types like fireballs and snowballs into an infinite run.

Highlights
  • Infinite marble machine
  • Idle mechanics
  • Marble merging
  • Bumper interactions
  • Special marble types (Fireballs, Snowballs, Plasma)
Features
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Drop a marble. Watch it fall through the pegs, light up every bumper it touches, and turn each bounce into gold. Two marbles of the same kind that meet become one bigger marble, worth far more than the two that made it. That single rule is the whole game, and it never stops paying off. MERGE YOUR WAY UP Every merge unlocks a richer marble. Grey, gold, ruby, sapphire, emerald: the ladder keeps going, and so do the numbers. THE BOARD KEEPS EARNING Close the app and the marbles keep working. Come back to a pile of gold waiting to be claimed, and double or triple it on the spot. FIVE SPECIAL MARBLES FIREBALL destroys bumpers in a single hit. SNOWBALL grows with every bounce. RAINBOW is pulled toward the pegs. SHADOW clones itself on impact. BUBBLEGUM sends bumpers flying. AND PLENTY MORE A cannon that fires marbles on its own. Bonus letters scattered across the board. A gallery to fill with every marble in the game. Achievements, levels, and a cloud save that carries progress from one device to the next. No energy bar, no lives, nothing to unlock with a timer. Just bouncing physics, gentle celebrations, and numbers that always go up. Idle Marble Run is free to play. It contains ads and optional in-app purchases, and any purchase removes the ads for good.

Screenshots

Marble Park4 screens
Idle Marble Run3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Idle Marble Run at 4.7 against Marble Park's 4.0. Idle Marble Run also leads on update cadence (every 10 months vs every 114 months). Marble Park's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (981 vs 21). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Marble Park sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Idle Marble Run sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Idle Marble Run holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Marble Park has 981 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of Marble Park's written reviews are positive against 67% of Idle Marble Run's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Marble Park ships an update every 114 months, Idle Marble Run every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Marble Park versus Idle Marble Run: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMarble ParkIdle Marble Run
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (981 ratings)4.7 (21 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.1% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings981 — better21
Update frequencyEvery 114 monthsEvery 10 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size111 MB162 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPXL Games, LLCKilosaurus

Customer experience

Marble Park

All ratings986 ratings
Positive72.4%
Neutral9.1%
Negative18.5%
Written reviews182 reviews
Positive68.1%
Neutral8.2%
Negative23.6%

Idle Marble Run

All ratings20 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Marble Park

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Checkpoint issues causing loss of progress
  • Freezing and crashing on certain devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • More levels and content
  • Improved controls and calibration
  • Support for newer devices and operating systems

Idle Marble Run

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Marble Park

One-time1
  • Marble Park - Full Version$1.99
7 purchases

Idle Marble Run

One-time7
  • Pack 30 Diamonds$0.99
  • Pack 66 Diamonds$1.99
  • Starter Pack$1.99
Show 4 more
  • Pack 180 Diamonds$3.99
  • Pack 400 Diamonds$8.99
  • Pack 1125 Diamonds$22.99
  • Pack 2250 Diamonds$44.99

Questions

Is Marble Park free?
Marble Park is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Idle Marble Run free?
Idle Marble Run is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Marble Park or Idle Marble Run?
Idle Marble Run is rated higher. Marble Park averages 4.0 out of 5 from 981 ratings, while Idle Marble Run averages 4.7 from 21 ratings.
Do Marble Park or Idle Marble Run have ads?
Idle Marble Run shows ads; Marble Park does not.
Which is updated more often, Marble Park or Idle Marble Run?
Marble Park ships an update every 114 months, and Idle Marble Run every 10 months. Most recently, Marble Park was updated on October 30, 2026 and Idle Marble Run on October 29, 2026.

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