Comparison

Shiny Gen vs Runner B

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

Head to head
About

Shiny Gen

Describe a game, and AI will build and play it for you in minutes. Generate art and music, remix existing creations, and play with friends. Supports multiple retro and modern game engines.

Highlights
  • AI-powered game generation from text prompts
  • Support for six game engines (Godot, GBA, GBC, N64, GameCube, DS)
  • In-app asset generation (sprites, 3D models, music)
  • Remix and share games with others
  • Built-in multiplayer functionality
  • Play games directly in the app or browser
Features
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Shiny Gen turns a sentence into a game you can play. Describe the game you want and the AI writes it, builds the world and hands you something playable in minutes. Then play it, change it with another sentence, and share it with a link. Between ideas, swipe through a feed of dozens of original games, every one playable instantly, right in the app. MAKE Tell the AI what you want. A fishing game on a misty lake. A tower defense with slimes. A platformer where gravity flips. It writes the code, builds the world and hands you something playable in minutes. Change anything with another sentence, or open the code and edit it yourself. No engine to learn, nothing to install. SIX ENGINES, ONE PROMPT Choose your engine when you start a game. Godot for a modern 2D or 3D game, or one of five retro engines we built ourselves: GBA and GBC for handheld era games, N64 and GameCube for classic console 3D, and DS for two-screen handheld games. You describe the game the same way on all six. A retro game compiles to a real file, a ROM, a GameCube .dol or a DS .nds, and on a paid plan you can export it and keep it. CREATE THE ART Generate sprites, characters and animation frames from a prompt. Generate 3D models from a prompt too. Compose music to match. Everything you make lands in your own library, ready to drop into any game. REMIX Every game in the feed can be remixed. Give Bramble Knight a new hero. Add a new fish to Harbor Lights. Your copy is yours to keep and share. SHARE Every game gets a link. Send it to a friend and they play it in the app or in any browser, no download and no account needed to play. PLAY TOGETHER Multiplayer is built in. If you make a game, adding multiplayer to it costs nothing. If you play, joining a room is free too: open a game that supports it, choose Play Online, and share the room code with your friends. PLAY Dozens of original games and scenes are waiting, cartridge games among them, and the feed keeps growing. Shiny Monsters: team up with a young monster and win back the stolen Prism, on GBC, GBA or DS. Shiny Kart: race eight critters for the cups of Puddlewick, on DS, GBA or N64. Tiller: three seasons on a little farm, and the rent due at the end of each. Tidepool: fish the shadows and search the pools the tide leaves behind. Walk to the Castle: walk the old road in first person, torch in one hand and sword in the other. Dragon Hatchery 64: warm dragon eggs with your lantern and watch them hatch. Shiny Sword Adventure 2: take up Fenwick's old sword and free the three Wardens. Shiny Crosser: hop across roads, rails and rivers that never stop coming. Putt: nine holes of mini golf with rails, ramps, an island and a turning bar. Tidelamp: light the grotto's seven glowstones and relight the cliff lamp. Garden Keeper: harvest toadstools on two screens and ring the bell to scare off the munchers. Plus Pond Patrol, Lantern Keep, Harbor Lights, The Stone Colossus, Blue Hour Ride, Shiny Pinball, Bramble Knight, Hexhaven, Bloom Beat, and quiet scenes like Feeder Cam and Rainlight City for when you just want to watch the world go by. FREE TO PLAY Playing is free, and so is multiplayer. AI generation uses gems: you get 50 when you sign up, and you can buy more or subscribe for a monthly allowance whenever you want to build more. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled in your Apple ID settings. Sign in with Apple, Google or X. Your games are saved to your account, so you can pick up where you left off on any device. The app is available in English, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Indonesian, Turkish, Polish, Vietnamese, Russian, Japanese, Korean and Traditional Chinese. Shiny Gen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Nintendo. Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color, Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube and Nintendo DS are trademarks of Nintendo Co., Ltd. Terms of Use: https://shinygen.ai/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://shinygen.ai/privacy-policy

About

Runner B

Features
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RUNNER.B — the program that refuses to be erased. 198X. Deep inside an old machine, a piece of software wakes up. Its name: Bruno "B". Its doom: FORMAT C:, the command that wipes everything. To survive, it has one option — run, straight through the entire history of computing. From the floppy-disk era to the cloud, dodge, jump and slide through an endless-scrolling retro pixel-art world. ▸ Snappy endless runner — 3 lanes, jump, slide, and an OVERCLOCK gauge to push without overheating. ▸ Time travel — the scenery evolves across the decades: arcades, offices, server racks, the cloud… ▸ FORMAT C: boss — face the wipe command in telegraphed, escalating fights. ▸ Power-ups & items — shield, magnet, ×2 score, jetpack, and geeky snacks. ▸ Progression — byte bank, shop, permanent upgrades, companion drone. ▸ Unlockable skins — punk, amber, matrix… plus premium skins. ▸ Daily challenges & achievements — come back every day for new rewards. No ads. Playable offline. Beat your high score. How many kilobytes will you survive before the format?

Screenshots

Shiny Gen4 screens
Runner B3 screens

Verdict

The call

Shiny Gen and Runner B are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Shiny Gen sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $17.49 per month and Runner B sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Shiny Gen versus Runner B: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShiny GenRunner B
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size159 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid Porter Walter IiiBruno BOIRIE

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Shiny Gen

Subscriptions6
  • Shiny Gen Plus$17.491 Month
  • Shiny Gen Pro$46.001 Month
  • Shiny Gen Max$137.991 Month
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  • Shiny Gen Plus (Yearly)$165.991 Year
  • Shiny Gen Pro (Yearly)$439.991 Year
  • Shiny Gen Max (Yearly)$1000.001 Year
One-time3
  • 600 Gems$17.49
  • 1300 Gems$34.49
  • 2800 Gems$69.00
6 purchases

Runner B

One-time6
  • 500 bytes$1.99
  • Neon Skin$2.99
  • Gold Skin$2.99
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  • 1500 bytes$3.99
  • Starter Pack$3.99
  • 4000 bytes$8.99

Questions

Is Shiny Gen free?
Shiny Gen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Runner B free?
Runner B is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Shiny Gen or Runner B have ads?
Neither Shiny Gen nor Runner B shows ads.

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