Comparison

Number Gun! vs Ripple Drift

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Number Gun!

Engage in a unique shooting game where you fill blocks and create the ultimate gun. Combine math blocks to enhance your weapon's power and achieve the best combos.

Highlights
  • Shoot and fill blocks
  • Create the best gun combo
  • Maximize gun with math blocks
  • Strategic block filling
  • Gun upgrade system
Features
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Shoot and fill blocks. Make the best combo for your gun. Maximize your gun with math blocks!

About

Ripple Drift

Features
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Hold. Drag. Guide the paper boat. Ripple Drift is a fast, relaxing river game. Hold your finger on the water and drag left or right to steer your little paper boat – gentle ripples spread behind it as it glides. Dodge rocks, drifting logs and whirlpools, and see how far you can drift. HOW TO PLAY • Hold your finger on the water and drag left or right to steer • The river starts calm and slowly gets faster – stay sharp • Slip past rocks for a CLOSE! bonus • Break free from whirlpools for an ESCAPED! bonus • Collect lotus flowers and chain combos up to ×5 5 WORLDS Drift from a green meadow into autumn woods with falling leaves, a frozen valley with snow, a blossom grove full of cherry petals and a warm sunset canyon – while the sky turns from day to sunset to night. POWER-UPS • Shield – survive one crash • Magnet – pulls lotus flowers to you • Surge – rush forward and smash everything in your way • Calm – the river slows down for a while Upgrade every power-up in the shop to make it last longer. MORE TO DO • Missions – always three goals with coin rewards • Daily reward with a 7-day streak • Unlock 7 paper boats, from Notebook to Neon – special boats leave a colored trail • A marker on the river shows your best distance FEATURES • One-thumb controls: easy to learn, hard to master • Smooth, fast gameplay made for short sessions • In English, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese and Turkish • Free to play, no account needed How far can your paper boat drift?

Screenshots

Number Gun!4 screens
Ripple Drift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ripple Drift at none against Number Gun!'s 10. Number Gun!'s advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). On price, update cadence and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Number Gun! sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Ripple Drift asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Number Gun! ships an update every 9 days, Ripple Drift weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Number Gun! versus Ripple Drift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNumber Gun!Ripple Drift
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews12.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings2K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size289 MB40 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperRollic GamesMuhamed Beganovic

Bugs and requests

Number Gun!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Bullet goes through blocks at higher levels
  • Game randomly loses ability to hit gates and blocks
  • Game crashes or freezes after extended play

Requested features

3 requests
  • Option to purchase ad-free version
  • Increase max level and upgrade limits
  • Add background music and sound effects

Ripple Drift

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Number Gun!

One-time10
  • Beginners Pack$0.99
  • Remove Ads$3.99
  • Skip-it 2$3.99
Show 7 more
  • Epicblock Pack$9.99
  • Starter Pack No-ads$9.99
  • Skip-it 3$9.99
  • Doublegun Pack$12.99
  • Mega Bundle$29.99
  • Mega Bundle No-ads$34.99
  • Limitlessfun Pack$49.99
None

Ripple Drift

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Number Gun! free?
Number Gun! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ripple Drift free?
Ripple Drift is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Number Gun! or Ripple Drift have ads?
Both Number Gun! and Ripple Drift show ads.
Which is updated more often, Number Gun! or Ripple Drift?
Number Gun! ships an update every 9 days, and Ripple Drift weekly. Most recently, Number Gun! was updated on November 3, 2026 and Ripple Drift on October 31, 2026.

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