Subway Surfers vs Running Games
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.
Running Games
Embark on an endless running adventure, jumping between trains to evade pursuers. Collect coins to unlock new heroes and upgrades, and test your reflexes to achieve maximum distance. Enjoy a relaxing and fun gameplay experience with customizable characters and settings.
- Endless running gameplay
- Jump between trains
- Collect coins for upgrades
- Unlockable hero characters
- Avoid obstacles and pursuers
- Customizable hero names
- Offline play option
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Running Endless game is an enjoyable game,which is played for fun and relaxing your mind on a busy day.In this game,Choose a hero for running and jump from one train to next train and save your life from trains.when you tap on screen then you running faster because the man try to catch your hero.So Safe the life from Bad man and run one train to other train.Colect the Coins for choosing next hero or for other shopping.Make much Distance as possible in your running hero from bad man because he will always try that how he catch you.if you hit on the hurdles that put on your road so you can lose your game and man can catch you. Epic Races games make for your relaxing mind and fun.Running game introduces multiple characters that you can run with. Each character in a friend's running game has its own unique street that you can select and enjoy in your Races games.In this game,when you play and reach highest level then your game speed slowly slowly fast and than you need your all focus on screen because you need fast jump and collect the coins and save your hero from hitting the hurdles and trains that is very difficult.you control your hero with fingers if you wrong tap on screen during fast game than you can losing the game.When you open the heroes option,you can choose the different heroes like Cat Man, Dr Kandy.You can select the name your hero according your choice and write name in setting option. You can play the game with off sound and can change language according to your country.when you collect the coins,after collecting the coins visit the upgrades option and you can buy multiple things for your hero.So Enjoy the game with fun. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/arslanprivacypolicy/home Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Running Games at none against Subway Surfers's 10. Running Games also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Subway Surfers's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (3.9M vs 1). On price, 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. Running Games asks for nothing beyond the download.
Running Games holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. 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.
Subway Surfers ships an update weekly, Running Games every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Subway Surfers | Running Games |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.9M ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.9M — better | 1 |
| 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 | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 394 MB | 370 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Sybo Games ApS | Muhammad Arslan |
Customer experience
Subway Surfers
Running Games
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
Running Games
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
Running Games
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Subway Surfers free?
Is Running Games free?
Which has better reviews, Subway Surfers or Running Games?
Do Subway Surfers or Running Games have ads?
Which is updated more often, Subway Surfers or Running Games?
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