Comparison

MINI Rugby vs Pixel Rugby

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

Head to head
About

MINI Rugby

Experience intense arcade-style rugby matches with fast-paced gameplay and bone-rattling hits. Choose from global national teams, compete in seasons and tournaments, and master intuitive controls to score tries and become the world's best.

Highlights
  • Play as favorite men's or women's national teams
  • Local multiplayer mode
  • Intuitive controls for passing, tackling, and scoring
  • Full season and tournament play
  • Team training and skill improvement
  • Stamina and power-up management
  • Player name customization
Features
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Step into the fiercest rugby showdown on the planet! Choose your side from the world's best and battle through a gruelling season to become the world number one in this fast-paced, arcade-style clash. With packed stadiums, lightning-fast plays, and bone-rattling hits, every match is a high-stakes dash to glory. Whether you're smashing through tackles or diving for the try line, this is rugby played at its most ferocious.  Pick a side. Play for pride. ▪ Play as Your Favourite Team – Compete as men's or women's rugby national teams. ▪ Local Multiplayer - Play against your friends in local multiplayer.  ▪ Intuitive controls– Deliver that perfect pass, bone-crunching tackle, slick side-step, or the big “don’t argue” hand-off on your way to scoring a worldie of a try. ▪ Climb to the top of MINI Rugby – Battle through a full season and win tournaments to earn the right to challenge the legendary World VII squad. ▪ Train and Improve – To be the best rugby team you need to train like the best. Hone your skills and deepen your understanding of rugby with drills and friendlies. ▪ Manage Stamina & Power-Ups – Remember it’s the tournaments that make the difference. Make sure your team is rested and prepped for each if your want to at the top of the league at the end of the season.   ▪ Customise your name - Customise your team by giving your players unique names. ▪ Learn Rugby Tactics - learn advanced rugby tactics on the field and rugby management that can be applied to Rugby Sevens, Rugby Union or Rugby League. Choose your team, take on the world's best and chase MINI Rugby glory! Download now and take on the challenge!

About

Pixel Rugby

Experience retro arcade rugby with one-thumb controls. Guide your team through five lanes, pass strategically, and dive for tries. Enjoy quick matches, deep career modes, and multiple tournaments with a charming pixel art style.

Highlights
  • One-handed arcade gameplay
  • Strategic passing and scoring
  • Career mode with promotion/relegation
  • Multiple tournament options
  • Pixel art and chiptune soundtrack
  • Cross-device save syncing
Features
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Retro arcade rugby you play with one thumb. Your five players run up the pitch across five lanes. Pass to the lane above or below to get round defenders, then dive over the line to score. You attack, the computer defends, and the other side's possessions are simulated, so a full match takes about five minutes. Easy to learn, with plenty to dig into: 100 nations, world rankings your results really move, a 20-club career and eleven tournaments. IPHONE, IPAD, APPLE TV AND MAC One purchase covers all four, with your save synced between them. On Apple TV you play with the Siri Remote, and on Mac with the keyboard or trackpad. Apple Watch gets its own Endless Runner, free for everyone, passing with the Digital Crown. FOUR WAYS TO PLAY Endless Runner: One sprint, three hearts, and a tougher nation every 100 metres until only the world number one is left. Distance is your score, with a top-200 board kept on your device. Quick Match: Two nations, one short match. Play it as a ranked Test that moves the world rankings, or as a friendly that changes nothing. Hold the button instead of tapping it for a surprise fixture, always away from home. Tournaments: Eleven competitions: the Global Cup, the North and South Nations, and eight more cups. Who qualifies comes from your own world rankings, so a nation you build up can reach a cup it couldn't before. The Global Cup takes the best of each region plus five wildcards, so every continent is always there. Career: Twenty clubs in two divisions, with promotion and relegation. It saves after every match, so a season works fine in short sittings. Before a season starts you can choose standard bonus points or the French system, where the attacking bonus needs three more tries than the other side instead of four in total. MATCH DAY ON TV Big matches open with TV pundits previewing the game and end with a TV interview with your captain. Other career matches get a video podcast: a preview before kickoff or a recap after. After the final whistle your supporters' group chat reacts, and a newspaper covers the round. You can turn each of these off in Settings > Atmosphere. ALSO IN THE GAME • Pixel art, an optional CRT filter and a chiptune soundtrack. • Weather that changes how a match plays. • Anthems and war dances before kickoff. • Your own squad: name your players, choose their looks and earn them stars in Training. • Haptics on iPhone, so you feel the tackles and the scrums. • Two kits for every nation and three for every club. • Crowds that grow or shrink with who is playing and where. Fully playable in English, French and Spanish. FREE AND PRO Free: the Endless Runner, Quick Match friendlies, the first three rounds of a career, and two complete tournaments. One purchase unlocks the rest for good: ranked Tests, every tournament, the full career and save sync across your devices. No subscription. It covers iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Mac. NO ACCOUNTS, NO ADS, NO TRACKING Nothing to sign up for and no ads. The game sends anonymous gameplay stats with nothing that identifies you, and you can turn them off in Settings > General > Anonymous Stats. Your save stays on your device, and syncs through your own iCloud only if you turn it on.

Screenshots

MINI Rugby4 screens
Pixel Rugby4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pixel Rugby at 4.6 against MINI Rugby's 1.0. Pixel Rugby also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months). MINI Rugby's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and iOS requirement 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. MINI Rugby sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Pixel Rugby sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pixel Rugby holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 9 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of MINI Rugby's written reviews are positive against 67% of Pixel Rugby's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MINI Rugby ships an update every 3 months, Pixel Rugby every 2 days. Both last shipped on November 8, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
MINI Rugby versus Pixel Rugby: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMINI RugbyPixel Rugby
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (2 ratings)4.6 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings29 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size254 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatt McCrumSwipeglass

Customer experience

MINI Rugby

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pixel Rugby

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

MINI Rugby

One-time3
  • Rugby 7s Bronze Pack$2.99
  • Rugby 7s Silver Pack$5.99
  • Rugby 7s Gold Pack$8.99
1 purchases

Pixel Rugby

One-time1
  • Pixel Rugby Pro$8.99

Questions

Is MINI Rugby free?
MINI Rugby is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pixel Rugby free?
Pixel Rugby is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MINI Rugby or Pixel Rugby?
Pixel Rugby is rated higher. MINI Rugby averages 1.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Pixel Rugby averages 4.6 from 9 ratings.
Do MINI Rugby or Pixel Rugby have ads?
MINI Rugby shows ads; Pixel Rugby does not.
Which is updated more often, MINI Rugby or Pixel Rugby?
MINI Rugby ships an update every 3 months, and Pixel Rugby every 2 days. Most recently, MINI Rugby was updated on November 8, 2026 and Pixel Rugby on November 8, 2026.

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