Comparison

Subway Surfers vs Hoverboard Surfers 3D

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Hoverboard Surfers 3D

Experience the thrill of a 3D skateboarding game where you surf on a hoverboard, performing stunts and dodging obstacles. Collect coins to unlock power-ups and new characters as you race to achieve the highest score in vibrant environments.

Highlights
  • Realistic hoverboard physics
  • Smooth controls
  • Nerve-wracking stunts
  • Unlockable hoverboards and characters
  • Coin collection for power-ups
  • Stunning 3D graphics
  • Surreal visual effects
Features
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Surf like a pro in the most true-to-life swaggy board game ever! Jump on your hoverboard, speed up the surfer board, and let the thrill begin to see how far you can ride in the #1 thrilling and frenzied 3D skateboarding game. Love riding hoverboards? Dare to do pull out unreal stunts to slay? Can you stay cool under pressure? Welcome to the hoverboard rush stunts arena! Let’s see your swag and what you got! Drift and ride as fast as you can and dodge with your skateboard! Test your reflex as you skate down the road and subway bustling with traffic and lethal obstacles while collecting coins and making brownie points. Swipe to turn, twist, jump and squat your way across stunning 3D space and universe environment. Collect coins to buy frozen power ups and keep rocking the cool stunts! The only limit is all the fun, you can get away with! Rush around the AR space corridor in AI based hoverboard to reach the highest score and amazing space experience! Ride the awesome freestyle 3D skateboarding game. Ride as fast as you can, Jump to avoid obstacles, on time in fast speed hoverboard to be the best hoverboarders champions trophy. Hoverboard rush is super easy to control yet super fun. Speed up, jump or perform various tricks in the air, track and space. Rush, turn left or right, jump or slide to accelerate or jump over the obstacles on the space subway and get the scores as high as you can. Earn coins and unlimited points to level up your character skills. Game Features: • Stunning 3D graphics • Realistic hoverboard physics and very smooth controls • Nerve-wracking hoverboard stunts • Exciting hoverboards and rechargeable skateboards to unlock • Real-time Hoverboard stunts experience • Surreal visual effects • Collect coins • More cool and funky characters to choose from with swag • Smooth tapping finger to control hoverboard • Smooth and rhythmic balance control Hoverboard a.k.a. swaggy-board and skateboard is a type of portable, rechargeable battery-powered self-balancing two-wheeled scooter ride.

Screenshots

Subway Surfers4 screens
Hoverboard Surfers 3D4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Subway Surfers at 4.6 against Hoverboard Surfers 3D's 1.0. Subway Surfers also leads on ratings volume (3.9M vs 1) and chart position (#6 vs unranked). Hoverboard Surfers 3D's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Subway Surfers sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Hoverboard Surfers 3D asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Subway Surfers holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. 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.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Subway Surfers versus Hoverboard Surfers 3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSubway SurfersHoverboard Surfers 3D
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (3.9M ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews86.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.9M — better1
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#6 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size392 MB364 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperSybo Games ApSRubab Zaidi

Customer experience

Subway Surfers

All ratings3,851,849 ratings
Positive91.6%
Neutral3.5%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews10,872 reviews
Positive86.5%
Neutral4.9%
Negative8.6%

Hoverboard Surfers 3D

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

Hoverboard Surfers 3D

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Subway Surfers

One-time10
  • 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
None

Hoverboard Surfers 3D

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Subway Surfers free?
Subway Surfers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hoverboard Surfers 3D free?
Hoverboard Surfers 3D is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Subway Surfers or Hoverboard Surfers 3D?
Subway Surfers is rated higher. Subway Surfers averages 4.6 out of 5 from 3.9M ratings, while Hoverboard Surfers 3D averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Subway Surfers or Hoverboard Surfers 3D have ads?
Subway Surfers shows ads; Hoverboard Surfers 3D does not.

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