Comparison

Subway Surfers vs Warframe

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

Warframe

Become a powerful warrior in this free-to-play online action game. Battle alongside friends across a sprawling interplanetary system, customizing your bio-metal suit and arsenal to annihilate enemies and explore vast open worlds. Experience an epic story and master destructive weaponry.

Highlights
  • Become a powerful warrior in a bio-metal suit
  • Battle alongside friends in co-op missions
  • Explore massive open worlds and engage in ship battles
  • Experience an epic cinematic story with multiple expansions
  • Master and customize a vast arsenal of weapons
  • Customize Warframes and gear endlessly
Features
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Awaken as an unstoppable warrior and battle alongside your friends in this story-driven free-to-play online action game Confront warring factions throughout a sprawling interplanetary system as you follow the guidance of the mysterious Lotus and level up your Warframe, build an Arsenal of destructive firepower, and realize your true potential across massive open worlds in this thrilling, genre-defining third-person combat experience. Carry your progression through the expansive Origin System across platforms with Cross Platform Save. BECOME A POWERFUL WARRIOR Enter your Warframe: a bio-metal suit of untold power. Unleash its Abilities and wield a vast array of devastating weaponry to effortlessly annihilate hordes of enemies on sight. And when the slaughter is over, you can earn or instantly unlock 50+ different Warframes - each with a unique suite of powers - to re-experience the mayhem any way you want. BATTLE ALONGSIDE FRIENDS Form a Squad with your friends and earn valuable bonus Rewards when you complete Missions together via highly collaborative, co-op gameplay. Utilize your Warframe’s Abilities to heal allies, redirect enemy fire, and achieve your objectives. Stuck on a particular challenge? In-game matchmaking makes it easy to connect with friendly Tenno whenever you need an extra hand. EXPLORE A MASSIVE SYSTEM Deftly maneuver through ground-based Missions with your Warframe’s mesmerizing parkour skills or take to the stars and engage in massive ship-to-ship battles in your very own customizable spacecraft. Lose yourself within mysterious open-world landscapes and discover a system teeming with fascinating lifeforms - both friendly and hostile. DISCOVER AN EPIC STORY Marvel at the sweeping history of the Origin System as you experience Warframe’s massive cinematic narrative spanning 5 separate expansions and 30+ story-based Quests. Discover the power within and experience your first taste of invincibility with one of three original Warframes before you begin your journey, develop your skills and seek out the truth behind your awakening. MASTER YOUR ARSENAL Your starter Weapons are just the beginning. Craft hundreds of destructive armaments, plus vehicles, Companions and more. Level them up and experiment until you find the right combination of gear that suits your unique playstyle. Fashion your weaponry for a fearsome look to compliment your custom-designed loadout. CUSTOMIZE ENDLESSLY Entering the Origin System means joining legions of friendly Tenno, each with their own personalized Warframes, Weapons and gear. With a staggering number of Customization options available to enhance your Loadout, designing the perfect look for your Warframe makes for an endlessly rewarding challenge for you and your Squad. IGRS: 18+

Screenshots

Subway Surfers4 screens
Warframe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Warframe at none against Subway Surfers's shown. Warframe also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.6). Subway Surfers's advantage is ratings volume (3.8M vs 26K) and review sentiment (87% vs 73%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 and Warframe sells 41 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Warframe holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Subway Surfers has 3.8M ratings behind it against 26K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 87% of Subway Surfers's written reviews are positive against 73% of Warframe's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Subway Surfers ships an update weekly, Warframe fortnightly. Both last shipped on September 26, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Subway Surfers versus Warframe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSubway SurfersWarframe
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (3.8M ratings)4.9 (26K ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.5% of reviews — better73.4% of reviews
Number of ratings3.8M — better26K
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#4 — better#78
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size407 MB3.7 GB
Age rating9+17+
DeveloperSybo Games ApSDigital Extremes

Customer experience

Subway Surfers

All ratings3,837,286 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral3.5%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews10,325 reviews
Positive86.5%
Neutral4.9%
Negative8.6%

Warframe

All ratings26,220 ratings
Positive97.6%
Neutral0.7%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews1,671 reviews
Positive73.4%
Neutral7.2%
Negative19.4%

User reviews

Subway Surfers

From 3.8M App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Addictive and fun gameplay
  • 📱 Works well offline
  • 🎨 Diverse characters and themes
  • 🎢 Challenging and fast-paced
  • 🎁 Rewarding progression system

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
  • 🕰️ Frequent updates can be disruptive
  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
  • 🕹️ Difficulty controlling character at times
  • 🔍 Lack of save/sync across devices

Warframe

From 26K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Entire game ported to mobile
  • 🚀 Cross-play and cross-save support
  • 🚀 Impressive graphics and performance
  • 👍 Faithful to the original PC/console experience
  • 👍 Customizable controls and UI

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches, especially with UI and controls
  • 🔋 Overheating and battery drain issues
  • 🔍 Difficult to navigate menus and access certain features
  • 👎 Clunky touch controls, better with a controller
  • 🔍 Lack of keyboard and mouse support

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

Warframe

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Initialization loop and download issues
  • Inability to access certain features like decorating the Orbiter
  • Bugs with the chat system and squad management
  • Quests and objectives not functioning properly
  • Performance issues in open-world areas and during intense combat

Requested features

5 requests
  • Gyroscope support for aiming
  • Customizable button placement and size
  • Improved optimization for older devices
  • Ability to disable auto-fire and auto-melee
  • Separate buttons for actions like jumping, rolling, and sliding

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
41 purchases

Warframe

One-time41
  • Gunblade Battlekit$0.99
  • Fulmin Battlekit$1.99
  • 75 Platinum2 variants$4.99
Show 38 more
  • Starter Weapon Pack$4.99
  • Dante Chronicles Pack$5.99
  • Sakura Storm Collection$6.99
  • 170 Platinum$9.99
  • 175 Platinum$9.99
  • 370 Platinum$19.99
  • The Old Peace Uriel Bundle$19.99
  • Sirius & Orion Bundle$19.99
  • 3 Regal Aya: Prime Resurgence$19.99
  • 380 Platinum$19.99
  • 1999 Cyte-09 Bullseye Bundle$19.99
  • Jade Chorus Pack$19.99
  • Warframe: Sanctum Collection$19.99
  • Warframe: Oraxia Bundle$20.99
  • TennoCon 2024 Digital Pack$24.99
  • Mesa Heirloom Collection$24.99
  • TennoCon 2026 Digital Pack$24.99
  • TennoCon 2025 Digital Pack$24.99
  • Encore Temple Bundle$24.99
  • Rhino Heirloom Steel Coll.$24.99
  • Ember Heirloom Sear Coll.$24.99
  • Koumei Visions Bundle$29.99
  • Constellations Complete Coll.$34.99
  • 7 Regal Aya: Prime Resurgence$39.99
  • 1000 Platinum$49.99
  • 1025 Platinum$49.99
  • Encore Complete Collection$49.99
  • 1999 Complete Collection$54.99
  • 15 Regal Aya: Prime Resurgence$79.99
  • Sevagoth Prime Access$79.99
  • 2200 Platinum$99.99
  • 2100 Platinum$99.99
  • Styanax Prime Access Complete$139.99
  • Yareli Prime Access Complete$139.99
  • Lavos Prime Access Complete$139.99
  • Xaku Prime Access Complete$139.99
  • Sevagoth Prime Access Complete$139.99
  • 3210 Platinum$149.99

Questions

Is Subway Surfers free?
Subway Surfers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Warframe free?
Warframe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Subway Surfers or Warframe?
Warframe is rated higher. Subway Surfers averages 4.6 out of 5 from 3.8M ratings, while Warframe averages 4.9 from 26K ratings.
Do Subway Surfers or Warframe have ads?
Subway Surfers shows ads; Warframe does not.
Which is updated more often, Subway Surfers or Warframe?
Subway Surfers ships an update weekly, and Warframe fortnightly. Most recently, Subway Surfers was updated on September 26, 2026 and Warframe on September 26, 2026.
Which is more popular, Subway Surfers or Warframe?
Subway Surfers currently peaks at #4 in the App Store charts, and Warframe at #78. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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