Subway Surfers vs Stack Breaker
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.
Stack Breaker
Control a falling ball to break through a stack of bricks. Avoid gray barrier bricks and reach the bottom platform. This casual and addictive game offers stress relief.
- Break stack bricks
- Control falling ball
- Avoid barrier bricks
- Reach bottom platform
- Casual gameplay
- Stress relief
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Break the stack to make the player reach to the bottom platform! Press the screen to control the ball break the stack bricks. The gray bricks are the barriers which can't break, so make attention to the barriers. Easy to play this casual and addictive game ! Play Game To Stress Relief !
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Verdict
Subway Surfers and Stack Breaker both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 87% of Subway Surfers's written reviews are positive against 50% of Stack Breaker's. Subway Surfers also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (3.8M vs 502). Stack Breaker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, 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. Stack Breaker asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Subway Surfers against 4.5 for Stack Breaker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Subway Surfers has 3.8M ratings behind it against 502, 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 50% of Stack Breaker's.
Subway Surfers ships an update weekly, Stack Breaker every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Subway Surfers | Stack Breaker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.8M ratings) — better | 4.5 (502 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.5% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.8M — better | 502 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #6 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 407 MB | 146 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sybo Games ApS | 广杰 周 |
Customer experience
Subway Surfers
Stack Breaker
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
Stack Breaker
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
Stack Breaker
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Subway Surfers free?
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