Marble Park vs Idle Marble Run
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Challenging levels with obstacles
- Hidden stars for unlocking areas
- Smooth 360-degree view
- Stunning 3D graphics
- Original music tracks
- Unique artwork
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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/
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.
- Infinite marble machine
- Idle mechanics
- Marble merging
- Bumper interactions
- Special marble types (Fireballs, Snowballs, Plasma)
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Marble Park | Idle Marble Run |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (981 ratings) | 4.7 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.1% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 981 — better | 21 |
| Update frequency | Every 114 months | Every 10 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 162 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PXL Games, LLC | Kilosaurus |
Customer experience
Marble Park
Idle Marble Run
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
Marble Park
- Marble Park - Full Version$1.99
Idle Marble Run
- Pack 30 Diamonds$0.99
- Pack 66 Diamonds$1.99
- Starter Pack$1.99
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- Pack 180 Diamonds$3.99
- Pack 400 Diamonds$8.99
- Pack 1125 Diamonds$22.99
- Pack 2250 Diamonds$44.99
Questions
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