Run Cow Run vs Roller Polar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Run Cow Run
Help a cow escape a slaughterhouse by jumping and sliding over obstacles. Rescue other farm animals and collect coins to buy power-ups. Dodge the farmer and aim for freedom in this action-packed game.
- Jump over obstacles
- Slide under windmills
- Rescue farm animals
- Collect coins
- Purchase unique power-ups
- Dodge the farmer
- Game Center Leaderboards
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Run Cow Run - The game the meat industry doesn't want you to know! One day, the little cow realizes what happens to all of the farm animals and makes an escape for her life! While being chased by the vicious farmer, she rescues other farm animals from their cages and tries not to end up as a steak in the farm’s slaughterhouse. Jump over obstacles, slide under windmills, set the farm animals free and collect coins to purchase unique power-ups that will help the cow make it to freedom! DODGE the angry farmer! Features: ------------- • Free Game • Pro Vegan Game • Flappy Cow • Toss the Farmer • Amazing 2D Graphics • Smooth Gameplay • Unique Power Ups • Game Center Leaderboards and Achievements • Save Farm Animals: pig, chicken, duck, sheep and Noogra (the squirrel from Noogra Nuts) Go vegan, save the cow!
Roller Polar
Guide a polar bear down a mountain on a giant snowball. Dodge obstacles like trees and boulders while collecting points. Experience dynamic day and night cycles and unlock achievements in this fast-paced arcade game.
- One-touch gameplay
- Pixel art graphics
- Dynamic day/night cycle
- Unlockable achievements
- Addictive gameplay
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Take control of your Polar Bear and ride the snowball down the mountain. Watch out for the boulders, trees and wildlife! Day and night the ball keeps rolling, faster and faster it goes, what's the highest score? Nobody knows! Features: • Addictive one touch gameplay that is easy to pick up but difficult to master! • Awesome pixel art from the award winning studio Nitrome. • Real-time dynamic day and night gameplay. So if it's day outside, it's day in the game! If it's night... oh you get the idea! • Music by Dave Cowen(Creator of Icebreaker - A Viking Voyage) • Unlockable Achievements • It's a Polar Bear running on a giant snowball down a mountain! What more do you want! Important Message for Parents This game may include: - Direct links to social networking websites that are intended for an audience over the age of 13. - Direct links to the internet that can take players away from the game with the potential to browse any web page. - Advertising of Nitrome products.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Run Cow Run at none against Roller Polar's shown. Run Cow Run also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months) and review sentiment (82% vs 59%). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Run Cow Run sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Roller Polar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Run Cow Run holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 71 and 62 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Run Cow Run's written reviews are positive against 59% of Roller Polar's.
Run Cow Run ships an update every 2 months, Roller Polar every 9 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Run Cow Run | Roller Polar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (71 ratings) — better | 4.3 (62 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.2% of reviews — better | 59.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 71 — better | 62 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oren Bengigi | Nitrome |
Customer experience
Run Cow Run
Roller Polar
User reviews
Run Cow Run
From 71 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Highly addictive and fun gameplay
- 👍 User-friendly and easy to learn
- 🐮 Cute and charming graphics
- 💚 Supports vegan message and animal awareness
- 🆓 Free-to-play with optional purchases
Room to improve
- 📺 Excessive and intrusive advertisements
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
- 🎮 Difficult difficulty curve without purchases
- 🐛 Auto-switching power-ups frustrating
- ⚙️ Unresponsive controls and button glitches
Roller Polar
From 62 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 🎨 Great graphics and art style
- 🎶 Catchy music and sound effects
- 🕹️ Simple, one-touch controls
- 🏆 Addictive high-score chasing
Room to improve
- anúncios Intrusive and problematic ads
- 🐛 Glitchy gameplay and obstacles
- 🥱 Repetitive and gets old quickly
- ❓ Unclear controls or mechanics for some
- 🌃 Night mode makes obstacles hard to see
Bugs and requests
Run Cow Run
Reported bugs
10 issues- Progress and upgrades reset unexpectedly
- Jump button unresponsive or glitchy
- Duck/crouch function not working properly
- Auto power-up switching causes unwanted deaths
- Game freezes on startup screen
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- Ads pop up during active gameplay
- Power-ups not activating when needed
- Coins not counted properly after collection
- Button placement causes accidental weapon activation
- Game crashes during purchases
Requested features
10 requests- Disable auto-switching power-ups feature
- Relocate jump button to avoid accidental weapon activation
- Add more levels and varied scenarios
- Implement new animals and characters
- Paid ad-free version option
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- Better power-up selection interface
- More coins earned per game
- Ability to choose power-ups manually
- Multiple power-up usage simultaneously
- Improved save system reliability
Roller Polar
Reported bugs
10 issues- Ads are impossible to remove
- Blank ads prevent game return
- Achievements are broken
- Ads don't display properly
- Game freezes or glitches
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- Obstacles repeat without points
- Game freezes visually but audio continues
- Bear turns to another player
- Double jump issues
- Paid ad removal not working
Requested features
6 requests- More characters and unlockables
- New game modes or maps
- Customization options
- Bring web games to mobile
- Fix ad removal issues
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- Improve obstacle visibility at night
In-app purchases
Run Cow Run
- Remove Ads$0.99
- 1,000 Cow Coins$1.99
- 2,500 Cow Coins$4.99
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- 5,000 Cow Coins$11.99
- 100,000 Cow Coins Special Offer$13.99
- 40,000 Cow Coins$49.99
- 100,000 Cow Coins$99.99
Roller Polar
- Remove Ads$1.99
Questions
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