Amazing Runner vs Prison Tower
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Amazing Runner
Experience an action-packed running game built on Unreal Engine with unique tracks and special character animations. Master various control styles and compete with friends on leaderboards.
- Unreal Engine powered
- Unique game tracks
- Special character animations
- Multiple control styles
- HD graphics
- Leaderboards and achievements
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Minor Bug Fixing Fixed double gem IAP bug **The very special action-running game, built on Epic Games' Unreal Engine **The unique tracks never shown in other games of this kind **Each character has special animation ,movement and sound effects **Special action style controls: circle,tap, tilt, wipe **Gorgeous and vivid HD graphics! **Leaderboards and Achievements to challenge your friends!
Prison Tower
Build a towering stack of heroes by strategically dropping them. Guide the princess to safety by climbing the tower. Experience a fresh take on classic block-stacking gameplay with engaging modes.
- Stack heroes vertically
- Rescue trapped princess
- Strategic tap-to-drop gameplay
- Prison Tower rescue mode
- Challenge Mode for high scores
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Stack ‘em up and clamber on up! Build a stack of heroes and help the princess climb to safety! An exciting new twist on block stacking games! === How to play === (1) Rules - Fairy spirits will carry in new heroes. - Tap the screen to drop a hero down. - Drop the heroes to form a stack – make sure it doesn’t topple! (2) Game Modes - Prison Tower: Rescue the trapped princess from the depths of the prison tower. - Challenge Mode: See how many heroes you can stack up. How high can you go?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Prison Tower at none against Amazing Runner's 5. Amazing Runner's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (202 vs 14). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Amazing Runner sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Prison Tower asks for nothing beyond the download.
Prison Tower holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Amazing Runner has 202 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Amazing Runner's written reviews are positive against 72% of Prison Tower's.
Amazing Runner ships an update every 2 months, Prison Tower every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.
| Parameter | Amazing Runner | Prison Tower |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (202 ratings) | 4.5 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.7% of reviews | 72.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 202 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 4.3 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Freyr Games | Masakazu Yonehara |
Customer experience
Amazing Runner
Prison Tower
User reviews
Amazing Runner
From 202 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Amazing graphics
- 👍 Unique gameplay mechanics
- 💡 Interesting sci-fi setting
- 🚀 Smooth performance
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and lags
- 🔧 Unresponsive controls
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
- 🔋 Drains battery quickly
Prison Tower
From 14 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Addictive gameplay
- 🎨 Cute and attractive graphics
- 🎵 Great music and sound effects
- ⏱️ Good time killer
- 🤏 Small download size
Room to improve
- 🥱 Gets repetitive
- 😠 Frustrating difficulty
- 📉 Poor start screen responsiveness
- 🤷♀️ Gameplay can be boring
- 🧱 Stacking issues
Bugs and requests
Amazing Runner
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezes after reaching certain distances
- Tilt controls not working consistently
- Compatibility issues on older devices
Requested features
4 requests- More level variety
- Additional playable characters
- Ability to start from unlocked levels
- Option to disable ads in paid version
Prison Tower
Reported bugs
5 issues- Game over at level 92 in challenge mode
- Start screen unresponsive
- Crashes frequently
- Fairies carrying people instead of princess
- People not stacking properly
Requested features
5 requests- New OS compatibility
- Improved start screen responsiveness
- More variety in gameplay
- Fix fairies carrying people instead of princess
- Fix fairies carrying people instead of princess
In-app purchases
Amazing Runner
- 10,000 gems$0.99
- Double gems$1.99
- 75,000 gems$4.99
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- 200,000 gems$9.99
- 500,000 gems$19.99
Prison Tower
No in-app purchases
Questions
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