Subway Surfers vs Helix Paint Ball
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.
Helix Paint Ball
Bounce a ball through a colorful helix tower labyrinth, smashing through stacks. Avoid red blocks and paint the entire tube to advance. Enjoy addictive gameplay with simple one-tap controls and stunning visuals.
- Helix tower navigation
- Break colorful stacks
- One-tap controls
- Avoid red blocks
- Paint the tube
- Smash to next platform
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Exciting adventure of bouncing the ball through the helix tower labyrinth. Break Through Colorful Stacks. One-tap easy-to-learn controls, rich visual effects and addictive gameplay mechanics. how to Play: drag you finger to spin the tower avoid red blocks and paint the entire tube to smash to next platform
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Subway Surfers at weekly against Helix Paint Ball's every 2 months. Subway Surfers also leads on ratings volume (3.9M vs 330) and chart position (#6 vs unranked). Helix Paint Ball's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 87%) and iOS requirement (13.0 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 Helix Paint Ball 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 Helix Paint Ball. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Subway Surfers has 3.9M ratings behind it against 330, 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 100% of Helix Paint Ball's.
Subway Surfers ships an update weekly, Helix Paint Ball every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Subway Surfers | Helix Paint Ball |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.9M ratings) — better | 4.6 (330 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.9M — better | 330 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #6 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 394 MB | 205 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Sybo Games ApS | 8GREAT GAMES, LLC |
Customer experience
Subway Surfers
Helix Paint Ball
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
Helix Paint Ball
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
Helix Paint Ball
- Pack of 100 Gems$3.99
- Combo Pack in Helix Paint$4.99
Questions
Is Subway Surfers free?
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