IMPOSSIBLE ROAD vs Pancake
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IMPOSSIBLE ROAD
Navigate a thrilling, minimalist arcade experience where precise control is key to survival. Guide a vessel down a dynamic track, scoring points for each gate passed. Master the art of risk and reward to climb the leaderboards.
- Minimalist arcade gameplay
- Risk and reward scoring
- Rollercoaster-like tracks
- Hair-pin bends and jumps
- Universal app support
- Game Center leaderboards
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IMPOSSIBLE ROAD is a pure, minimal arcade game about risk, reward, and rollercoasters. "9/10" - Edge Online Game of the Week - PocketGamer Guide THE VESSEL down the roller coaster-like track at speed, scoring for each gate you make it through. Navigate hair-pin bends, jumps, banked curves and adverse camber in the quest for the perfect line. And when you learn how to cheat the game, and you discover that it is rewarded not punished, the leaderboards will belong to you. - Universal app, for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch. - 3D Touch support (3D Touch compatible device required) - Support for iOS controllers and some other arcade control peripherals. - 4 colour themes - Original minimal techno soundtrack. - Game Center leaderboards. - Challenge your friends to beat your score. [Controls] Touch the left side of the screen to turn left, touch the right side of the screen to turn right. Touch your score to show the Quick Restart button. [Credits] Design, coding, art and audio - Kevin Ng @gradiance Play testing and feedback - the wonderful people of @GameDevEd: Andy Durdin @adurdin Trevor Fountain @doches Aaron Dron @tinyblob Jonathan Brodsky @jonbro Paul Scott Canavan @abigbat Gillian Patterson NAE TWITTER Andy Watson @andywatson00 Peter Van Der Watt @tenebrious Ian Usher @FatConan Ben Newbon @bennewbon Gavin Jones @aotumedia Kayleigh Boyd @Silverlynxcat
Pancake
Test your reflexes in this simple yet addictive game. Master the one-button mechanic to flip a pancake as many times as possible. Aim for the highest score by perfectly timing your throws and catches.
- One-button gameplay
- Endless pancake flipping
- High score challenges
- Simple controls
- Addictive gameplay
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Flip the pancake as many times as you can! One-button-action at its finest. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Throw the pancake! Catch the pancake! Throw the pancake! Catch the pancake! No seriously, that’s basically all you can do.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Pancake at Free against IMPOSSIBLE ROAD's $2.99. Pancake also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 44%). IMPOSSIBLE ROAD's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and chart position (#107 vs unranked). On rating, ratings volume, ads 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
Pancake is free to download; IMPOSSIBLE ROAD costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for IMPOSSIBLE ROAD against 4.2 for Pancake. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 739 and 841 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 44% of IMPOSSIBLE ROAD's written reviews are positive against 67% of Pancake's.
IMPOSSIBLE ROAD ships an update every 3 weeks, Pancake every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IMPOSSIBLE ROAD | Pancake |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (739 ratings) | 4.2 (841 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.7% of reviews | 67.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 739 | 841 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #107 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 115 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WONDERFUL LASERS | Philipp Stollenmayer |
Customer experience
IMPOSSIBLE ROAD
Pancake
User reviews
IMPOSSIBLE ROAD
From 739 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth gameplay
- 👍 Challenging and addictive
- 🎨 Minimalist design
- 🎶 Great music
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inconsistent controls
- 🔍 Ball obstructs view of track
- 💥 Extremely difficult
- 🕰️ Frustratingly short runs
Pancake
From 841 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Simple and fun
- 👍 Addictive gameplay
- 🎨 Unique art style
- 💡 Unlockable features
- 🎮 Great time-killer
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitches and bugs
- 🔍 Lack of customization options
- 🔊 Distracting ads
- 🤔 Confusing mechanics
- 🤯 Extremely challenging
Bugs and requests
IMPOSSIBLE ROAD
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on high scores
- Left turn input issues
- Unresponsive controls
Requested features
5 requests- Difficulty settings
- Customizable ball/track colors
- Tilt-based controls
- Longer gameplay sessions
- Checkpoint system
Pancake
Reported bugs
5 issues- Pancake disappears or gets stuck
- Game freezes or lags when ads are shown
- Unlocked items not appearing correctly
- Inconsistent physics and controls
- High scores not saving properly
Requested features
5 requests- Add more pancake and arm variations
- Implement a menu system for selecting unlockables
- Include a leaderboard or achievements
- Add sound effects and music options
- Provide a difficulty setting or progression system
In-app purchases
IMPOSSIBLE ROAD
No in-app purchases
Pancake
No in-app purchases
