Darn vs Rolling Around
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Darn
Engage in a fast-paced tapping game that challenges your speed and precision. Compete in various modes to achieve high scores and challenge friends. Customize your experience with adjustable settings.
- Classic tapping mode
- Counting challenge mode
- Global leaderboards
- Multiplayer challenges
- Customizable settings
- Language selection
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Introducing "Darn it" – the game that turns simplicity into addictive fun! Unleash your tapping skills and immerse yourself in the thrill of speed and precision. Brace yourself for a gaming experience like no other, now available on iOS! Classic Mode: Tap to Conquer Embark on a tapping frenzy in Classic Mode! Face the challenge of tapping all the squares before time runs out. But beware, those pesky red squares are off-limits, while the elusive blue squares bring double the points! How fast can your fingers dance across the screen? Find out as you strive for the top of the leaderboard. Count-it: Challenge Your Friends Ready for a showdown? Engage your friends in the Count-it game mode and discover who can count circles of a particular color the fastest! It's a battle of wits, speed, and accuracy. Challenge your pals, set new records, and revel in the friendly competition. Highscores: Rise to the Top Prove you're the ultimate tapping maestro by claiming your spot on the Highscores! Aim for perfection, climb the ranks, and compete against the best players worldwide. Do you have what it takes to be among the top ten? Only the nimblest fingers will prevail! Settings: Customize Your Experience Tailor your gaming adventure with our Settings menu. Choose your preferred language, tweak name database settings, and explore additional options to make "Darn it" uniquely yours. Your journey, your rules! Ready to embark on a tapping adventure that's anything but ordinary? Download "Darn it" now and experience the blend of simplicity and addictiveness that will keep you coming back for more. Can you conquer the squares and outpace your friends in the ultimate counting challenge? There's only one way to find out – tap, compete, and dominate!
Rolling Around
Test your precision by guiding a ball along a dotted path, aiming to match it perfectly. Earn rewards for high scores and unlock special items. Navigate challenging obstacles and compete with friends.
- 1600 challenging levels
- Earn special balls with perfect scores
- Progressively difficult levels
- iMessage integration for multiplayer
- Obstacle navigation (magnets, black holes)
- Star and diamond rewards system
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Test your skill to push a ball along the dotted path. Get rated for the percent of the path you can match. * Challenge yourself with 1600 levels * Earn special balls with perfect scores * Levels get progressively more difficult HOW TO PLAY: Just hold your finger next to the ball and lightly touch the ball to move it in the direction away from your finger. Pretend you are pushing a marble on a table and push it from the side. Select a light or heavy ball by clicking on the Kilogram weight icon. Get scored on how close your path matches the target dotted line. Earn up to three stars per level. Get a 100% match and earn a diamond. Use diamonds in the store to get special balls and more. Be careful of objects in your path. Your ball can bounce off other objects, roll off hills, get repulsed by magnets, or get lost in a black hole. iMessage: Rolling Around now supports iMessage play between iOS devices Challenge your friends and family to play Rolling Around in iMessage text messages. Add Rolling Around to your Messages app drawer using the (...) More button, and then click to start your first game. Even if your friend does not have Rolling Around yet, they'll be prompted to download it easily. Click Play to send a Rolling Around challenge to your friend. They get the first turn to match the path of a Rolling Around level. When they complete, the message will send back to you and you'll get your turn to play the same level. Then find out who can match the path better and you'll see each player's score. If you need a rematch click to play again. After the first game per friend each day, use your diamonds or watch a short video to play again. Earn more diamonds playing the full game while you wait. Level up in the full game to create challenging levels to play your friends during your iMessage games. Each time you challenge your friends it will pick a random level near the level you're playing in the full game. If you're at level 1000 but your friends are only at level 100, think how shocked they'll be that you're on such a difficult level. HELP: https://www.BrilliancePartners.com/help.html EMAIL: support@brilliancepartners.com PRIVACY: https://www.brilliancepartners.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Rolling Around at Free against Darn's $0.99. Rolling Around also leads on rating (4.3 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 23 months). Darn's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Rolling Around is free to download; Darn costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Rolling Around holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rolling Around has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Darn ships an update every 23 months, Rolling Around every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 25, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Darn | Rolling Around |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 23 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fredrik Pihlgren | Brian Giedt |
Customer experience
Darn
Rolling Around
In-app purchases
Darn
No in-app purchases
Rolling Around
No in-app purchases





