Subway Surfers vs Marble Slide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Subway Surfers
Embark on an exhilarating endless running adventure. Dash through vibrant environments, dodge obstacles, and outrun pursuers. Utilize power-ups like jetpacks and hoverboards to enhance your escape and achieve high scores.
- Endless running gameplay
- Dodge oncoming trains
- Grind trains
- Colorful HD graphics
- Hoverboard surfing
- Paint powered jetpack
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DASH as fast as you can! DODGE the oncoming trains! Help Jake, Tricky & Fresh escape from the grumpy Guard and his dog. - Grind trains with your cool crew! - Colorful and vivid HD graphics! - Hoverboard Surfing! - Paint powered jetpack! - Lightning fast swipe acrobatics! - Challenge and help your friends! Join the App Store's most daring chase! A Universal App with HD optimized graphics for retina resolution. Originally co-developed by SYBO and Kiloo.
Marble Slide
Race down spectacular galactic slides, collecting gems and coins while avoiding bombs. Master jumps and outmaneuver other marbles to reach the top of the leaderboards. Experience thrilling speed and precision gameplay.
- Spectacular galactic slides
- Collect gems and coins
- Avoid bombs and make jumps
- Race against other marbles
- Global high score table
- Edge sliding and stunts
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Marble Slide. Slide down the most spectacular slides that the galaxy has to offer. Go as fast or as slow as you like, make amazing jumps, just stay on the slide. Whizz down the marble slide, faster and faster, collect bonus features, grab gems & coins, level up, race as fast as you can - just don't fall out. Watch out for bombs, they will blow out a section of the slide but with skill and a little practise you'll be able to make the jump. You'll sometimes come across other marbles, don't worry they can't harm you although they will collect all the coins, bonus features, gems, etc. so its important to get past them. And of course if the other marbles run into a bomb then they will blow out sections of the slide. If you fall out of the slide, then there is a chance to make it back in again, but you'll need to be fast and you'll need to be lucky. If you're an adrenaline junkie then try sliding on the edge, make awesome jumps out of the slide and try and land safely on it again. Invite your friends and see who can slide their way to the top of the world high score table. Download Marble Slide now, live the dream - slide the slide.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Subway Surfers at 87% against Marble Slide's 33%. Subway Surfers also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 37 months) and ratings volume (3.9M vs 1). Marble Slide's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, ads 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. Subway Surfers sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Marble Slide asks for nothing beyond the download.
Marble Slide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Subway Surfers has 3.9M ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 87% of Subway Surfers's written reviews are positive against 33% of Marble Slide's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Subway Surfers ships an update weekly, Marble Slide every 37 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Subway Surfers | Marble Slide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.9M ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.5% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.9M — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 37 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #8 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 392 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sybo Games ApS | Galatic Droids |
Customer experience
Subway Surfers
Marble Slide
Bugs and requests
Subway Surfers
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game crashes after updates
- Disappearing high scores and progress
- Unresponsive controls during gameplay
- Ads that redirect to App Store unexpectedly
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to save progress across devices
- More customization options for characters
- Difficulty settings or modes
- Multiplayer/competitive features
- Reduced ad frequency or ad-free option
Marble Slide
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Subway Surfers
- 7,500 Coins$0.99
- 12 500 Coins$0.99
- Starter Pack$0.99
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- Coin Pack 1$0.99
- 45,000 Coins$4.99
- Double Coins$4.99
- 65 000 Coins$4.99
- 25 Keys$4.99
- 40 Keys$4.99
- Key Pack 1$4.99
Marble Slide
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Subway Surfers free?
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