Hello, Mario! vs Bendy's Nightmare Run
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hello, Mario!
Engage your child with interactive play featuring a beloved character. Stretch, poke, and spin his face, or add items and enemies to the scene. The app includes built-in breaks and can be played offline.
- Interactive face manipulation
- Add items and enemies
- Peekaboo game mode
- Built-in screen time breaks
- Offline play support
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"Hello, Mario!" Are you ready to play? With this free application from the little-kid-friendly My Mario brand, you and your kiddo can play with Mario's face and delight in all his various expressions. ■Make Silly Faces Team up with your kiddo to see how silly Mario can get when you pull and stretch his face or take turns poking and spinning him around. Tap on the ? Block in the top-left corner of the screen and select an icon to make items—like a Super Mushroom, a Super Star, or pipes—and even enemies appear alongside Mario. ■Peekaboo! Invite Mario to play peekaboo by tapping on the leftmost icon in the ? Block menu. Boo may even make a guest appearance! ■Built-In Breaks Good night, Mario! Mario gets tuckered out after playing for a while and will fall fast asleep. At that point no amount of poking can wake him up! This is a great opportunity to take a break and help parents limit their child's screen time. If you want to keep the fun going, you can turn off this feature by tapping the gear icon in the top-right corner of the screen when the application starts. ■Play Offline There's no need to be connected to the internet to play this application. After you download it, you're good to go! Operation is not guaranteed for all devices that meet the operating conditions. It may not work properly depending on the device's performance and specifications, device-specific application usage conditions, etc. Please be sure to read the Health & Safety information provided in the application settings before you start playing. Settings can be accessed by tapping the gear icon in the top-right corner of the screen when the application starts to access the menu. ©Nintendo
Bendy's Nightmare Run
Embark on an endless running adventure through a nightmarish cartoon world. Dodge obstacles, battle unique bosses, and collect rewards to unlock characters and upgrades. Test your survival skills in challenging modes.
- Endless running gameplay
- Battle unique cartoon bosses
- Unlockable characters and costumes
- Collectibles and power-ups
- Multiple themed episodes
- Nightmare Mode for high scores
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Bendy's Nightmare Run is back! Run as Bendy, Boris, or Alice in a nightmare-fueled endless runner where the goal is simple: survive the chase and defeat crazy cartoon bosses. RUN FROM TROUBLE Dash through four themed episodes filled with enemies, obstacles, collectibles, weapons, and powerups. Swipe left and right to move, swipe up to jump or double jump, and swipe down to slam onto enemies as you race away from increasingly difficult bosses. Collect Bacon Soup and XP as you run, and use your rewards to unlock characters, levels, weapons, costumes, and powerful upgrades. DEFEAT THE BOSSES Every level puts you in a chase against a unique cartoon boss. Collect weapons during your run to throw them back at that big, bad bully. Dodge attacks, manage your health, use powerups, and defeat the boss before it defeats you. FOUR NIGHTMARISH EPISODES Explore four original environments, each with its own boss: • Bendy in Treasure Trouble — Dash across sandy islands, wooden docks, and pirate ships while Chester the treasure chest chases you through the tropics. • Bendy in Death and Taxis — Race through city streets and tunnels to escape Gaskette, a taxi cab with a death wish ... yours. • Bendy in Soup Gone Bad — Fight your way through a smelly trash dump while sharp-edged Canoodle tries to cut you down to size. • Bendy in Dewey Decimated — Crash through a not-so-quiet library, along bookshelves and across tabletops, while inky Dewey tries to spear you with his pointy pen. • Who else will Bendy have to escape from? More bosses and episodes to come! Stay tooned! PLAY AS BENDY, BORIS, OR ALICE Choose from three characters from the Bendy universe. Collect character-specific XP and Bacon Soup as you play, then use your rewards to unlock characters, discover new levels and weapons, unlock costumes, and upgrade your powerups and equipment. More beloved characters to come! TAKE ON NIGHTMARE MODE Complete all five levels in an episode to unlock Nightmare Mode. Keep running and try to defeat the boss again and again, pushing your score higher until the nightmare finally consumes you. COMPLETE OBJECTIVES Each level includes objectives that challenge you to master your run. Collect Bacon Soup, defeat bosses without taking damage, and complete other objectives as you work towards unlocking all the good stuff. MORE CARTOON CRAZINESS TO COME! Get ready for endless mode, player profiles, leaderboards, new costumes, seasonal events, new episodes, new bosses and more! A CARTOONY NIGHTMARE IN THE BENDY UNIVERSE Bendy's Nightmare Run returns with its distinctive cartoon-themed runner gameplay, featuring Bendy, Boris, and Alice alongside original bosses and environments created specifically for Bendy's Nightmare Run. The nightmare is waiting. How long will you survive?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hello, Mario! at none against Bendy's Nightmare Run's 10. Hello, Mario! also leads on ads (none vs shown). Bendy's Nightmare Run's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 months) and chart position (#135 vs unranked). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Bendy's Nightmare Run sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Hello, Mario! asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Hello, Mario! against 4.7 for Bendy's Nightmare Run. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 336 and 759 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of Hello, Mario!'s written reviews are positive against 93% of Bendy's Nightmare Run's.
Hello, Mario! ships an update every 5 months, Bendy's Nightmare Run every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hello, Mario! | Bendy's Nightmare Run |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (336 ratings) | 4.7 (759 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 89.8% of reviews | 92.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 336 | 759 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #135 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 144 MB | 808 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Nintendo Co., Ltd. | Joey Drew Studios Inc. |
Customer experience
Hello, Mario!
Bendy's Nightmare Run
In-app purchases
Hello, Mario!
No in-app purchases
Bendy's Nightmare Run
- Handful of Ink$0.99
- BORIS STARTER BUNDLE$1.99
- PRESTIGE STARTER BUNDLE$1.99
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- PRESTIGE BOOST BUNDLE$1.99
- Stockpile of Ink$1.99
- DIVIDENDS$2.99
- VALUE BUNDLE$4.99
- OG SKIN BUNDLE$5.99
- ALICE STARTER BUNDLE$9.99
- HALLOWEEN BUNDLE$24.99
Questions
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