Subway Surfers vs Knife Apple Hit
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, dodging trains and outsmarting a persistent guard. Utilize hoverboards, jetpacks, and acrobatic moves to achieve high scores and compete with friends in this visually vibrant game.
- Endless running gameplay
- Dodge oncoming trains
- Grind on trains
- Hoverboard surfing
- Paint-powered jetpack
- Fast swipe acrobatics
- Challenge friends
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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.
Knife Apple Hit
Engage in a thrilling knife-throwing challenge to slice apples and break logs. Master your timing and aim to defeat bosses and unlock a variety of new knives. Avoid hitting existing knives or spikes to achieve victory.
- Throw knives at logs
- Slice apples to unlock knives
- Defeat bosses for exclusive knives
- Avoid hitting knives and spikes
- Timed actions and careful targeting
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Knife Apple Hit is The ultimate knife challenge game! Throw the knives into the logs to break them. Slash the apples and unlock new knives. Each 5th stage is defended by a boss - beat them to get exclusive knives! Be careful to not hit the knives or the spikes. Time your actions, target carefully and become the knife master! Can you beat all the bosses?. unlock knives and slay everything which comes your way.
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Verdict
Subway Surfers and Knife Apple Hit both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 87% of Subway Surfers's written reviews are positive against 11% of Knife Apple Hit's. Subway Surfers also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (3.9M vs 134). Knife Apple Hit's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Knife Apple Hit sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Subway Surfers against 4.6 for Knife Apple Hit. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Subway Surfers has 3.9M ratings behind it against 134, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of Subway Surfers's written reviews are positive against 11% of Knife Apple Hit's.
Subway Surfers ships an update weekly, Knife Apple Hit every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Subway Surfers | Knife Apple Hit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.9M ratings) — better | 4.6 (134 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.6% of reviews — better | 11.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.9M — better | 134 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #7 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 394 MB | 166 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Sybo Games ApS | 8Great, Games LLC |
Customer experience
Subway Surfers
Knife Apple Hit
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
Knife Apple Hit
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
Knife Apple Hit
- Apples Pack$3.99
- Combo Pack in Knife Apple Hit$4.99
Questions
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