RyanRun vs Negentropy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RyanRun
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RyanRun is a match puzzle game with real-time tower defense battles. Match cube patterns to rescue hostages while defending against advancing monsters. The beast god corps have taken Prince Ryan's kingdom hostage. Talents like you are the last line of defense. Swipe, match, and fight your way through waves of monsters before time, or moves, run out. Match to save lives Every tile is a six-sided cube. Swipe left, right, up, or down to rotate each face and line up matching patterns. Match the required number of identical faces, then double-tap to clear them. Every cube you clear moves a hostage one step closer to freedom, but it also brings danger one step closer too. Race the monsters to the finish line As hostages march toward safety, beast god monsters advance from the opposite direction. Let a single monster reach the finish line, and every hostage on the board is lost. Use your gold to recruit soldiers and heavy arms, including snipers, tanks, and more, and station them at the front line to hold back the horde. Power up or panic - Boom instantly wipes out monsters on the board. - Twist pushes every monster back to the top, buying precious time. - The power-up restores hostage energy to full before they run out of strength. - Drag and drop lets you reposition hostages within a row to dodge incoming threats. Build your defense Earn gold from every match and hostage rescued. Spend it wisely on soldiers, snipers, tanks, and other arms, each with unique range, reload speed, and cost. Upgrade your arsenal as monster waves get tougher across each level. Become the hero of a new era Every hostage saved is a life reclaimed. Every mission completed brings the kingdom closer to freedom. Do you have what it takes to out-match, out-build, and outlast the beast god corps? Swipe, match, defend, rescue. Freedom starts with you. RyanRun combines classic match-style puzzle mechanics with real-time tower defense strategy.
Negentropy
Explore an old house by solving word puzzles in each room. Rearrange letters to escape entropy and advance to the next challenge. Can you master the wordplay to progress?
- Room-based puzzles
- Letter rearrangement
- Word formation
- Progressive challenges
- Escape entropy
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Step inside and wander the halls of a house of old. Play through a set of puzzles in each room to move ahead. Take the letters out of a state of entropy, strategically putting them together to make four different words! Can you make your way to the next room?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RyanRun at none against Negentropy's 7. Negentropy's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Negentropy sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. RyanRun asks for nothing beyond the download.
RyanRun ships an update every 28 months, Negentropy every 21 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | RyanRun | Negentropy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 28 months | Every 21 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 346 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Leung Man Ho Thomas | Side Step Studios, LLC |
In-app purchases
RyanRun
No in-app purchases
Negentropy
- Puzzle Set 1$0.99
- Puzzle Set 2$0.99
- Puzzle Set 3$0.99
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- Puzzle Set 4$0.99
- Puzzle Set 5$0.99
- Puzzle Set 6$0.99
- Puzzle Set 7$0.99









