Five Squares vs Bit Night Runner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Five Squares
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Five Squares. Keep them apart. Five Squares is a one-thumb arcade survival game. Colored squares with googly eyes bounce around a neon arena, and if any two collide, your run is over. That's the whole rule. Keeping it gets harder every minute.
Bit Night Runner
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Jump. Stomp. Dive. Overdrive. Bit is a little robot on an endless midnight dash, and the night only gets faster. Tap to jump, hold for height, swipe down to dive. Stomp hazards, pogo off ghosts, and graze past danger for combo bonuses. EVERY RUN IS A CHOICE - High road or low road: launch pads and platform lanes split the path - Play brave to fill the Overdrive meter, then erupt into an invincible speed burst - Down but not out? Spend banked coins on one revive per run ONE THUMB, REAL PLATFORMING - Jump, double-jump, dive-slam, stomp-bounce and pogo chains - Power-ups: shield, coin magnet, score rush and the mystery box 8 SHIFTING ZONES Night Yard, Frost Cliffs, Ember Caves, the Void, Neon Grid, Sunset Dunes, Toxic Bog, Thunderhead KEEP COMING BACK - 10 Bit skins + 6 trails to unlock - Rotating missions, a daily challenge and streak - Game Center leaderboards for Best Score, Distance and Coins No ads. No accounts. No tracking. From Anguished Studio. Just one more run.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Five Squares at every 2 weeks against Bit Night Runner's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Five Squares sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Bit Night Runner sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Five Squares ships an update every 2 weeks, Bit Night Runner every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Five Squares | Bit Night Runner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Talking Chicken Friend | Anguished LLC |
In-app purchases
Five Squares
- No Ads$1.99
Bit Night Runner
- Nice Tip$0.99
- Big Tip$2.99
- Huge Tip$4.99
