Simple Marble Run vs Marble Rush
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Marble Run
Experience a calming marble game with customizable courses. Manipulate the flow with stoppers, pins, and throwing mechanics. Watch marbles collect and depart in a delightful cycle, offering a unique ASMR-like experience.
- Customizable marble courses
- Interactive marble manipulation (stoppers, pins)
- Marble throwing mechanic
- Truck collection and departure cycle
- Adjustable camera viewpoints
- Soothing ASMR-like experience
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A relaxing marble app where countless marbles roll and tumble across the course. Watching small marbles roll one after another is soothing and fun — you may even lose track of time just gazing at them. In this app, you can enjoy many different types of courses, from classic and simple layouts to unique and playful ones. The charm lies not only in watching the flow, but also in being able to add your own twists and enjoy different ways to play. The rolling marbles can be stopped, thrown, or redirected, allowing for all kinds of surprising moments. • With stoppers, you can hold back marbles and then release them all at once. It feels exciting to see a sudden rush of marbles flowing out together. • Place pins wherever you like to scatter the flow, split the marbles into unexpected paths, or even create small dead ends. Just a little change can transform the whole course. • With the throwing feature, you can tap the screen and toss a marble right to that spot. This lets you add marbles directly into the middle of the action. • At the goal, a truck waits to collect the marbles. Once enough marbles have piled up, a start button appears and the truck drives off, only for a new one to arrive. Watching the marbles leave together with the truck is a delightful part of the experience. • Along the course, you’ll also find camera buttons. Press them to switch the viewpoint and enjoy the marbles from a fresh angle. If you change the camera right before releasing a big group of marbles, the scene becomes even more thrilling to watch. There’s a special satisfaction in building up marbles and letting them flow all at once, in experimenting with setups that create surprising movements, or in simply enjoying the unexpected. Unlike real-life marble play, where preparing many marbles can be difficult, here you can easily enjoy “lots of marbles” and “special tricks” as many times as you like. The rolling sounds and movements are soothing and calming, almost like an ASMR experience that brings a sense of relaxation. You can play however you like — relax and watch quietly, or set up bold tricks and let the marbles rush in large numbers. A marble playground you can enjoy anytime, right on your phone. Roll them again and again, and find your own favorite way to play.
Marble Rush
Experience a fast-paced ball runner with simple swipe and tap controls. Conquer over 30 handcrafted levels across four unique worlds, collect gems to unlock customizations, and unleash your creativity with a built-in track editor. Play anytime, anywhere, with no energy system or Wi-Fi required.
- Intuitive swipe and tap controls
- 30+ unique levels
- 4 themed worlds
- Built-in track editor
- Offline play
- Unlockable marble skins and trails
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Roll into action with Marble Rush – the fast-paced ball runner that's easy to pick up but impossible to put down! SIMPLE CONTROLS, DEEP CHALLENGE Swipe to steer. Tap to jump. That's it. But mastering the tracks? That takes skill, timing, and nerves of steel. STUNNING WORLDS TO CONQUER • Neon City — Glowing cyberpunk streets • Ice Caves — Slippery frozen caverns • Volcano — Fiery paths over molten lava • Sky Temple — Floating platforms in the clouds 30+ HANDCRAFTED LEVELS Each level is designed for the perfect balance of challenge and flow. Collect gems, dodge obstacles, and earn up to 3 stars on every stage. Think you can perfect them all? COLLECT & UNLOCK Gather gems to unlock new marble skins, trails, and exclusive customizations. Show off your style! BUILD YOUR OWN TRACKS Think you can design a better challenge? Use the built-in track editor to create your own custom courses! Chain together ramps, curves, gaps, obstacles, and more! FEATURES: • Intuitive tilt/swipe controls • 30+ unique levels with increasing difficulty • 4 themed worlds with distinct visuals & physics • 3-star rating system for completionists • Built-in track editor — design your own levels • Offline play — no wifi needed • No energy system — play unlimited • Regular updates with new levels & worlds Perfect for quick sessions or extended play. Whether you're commuting, waiting, or just need a break — Marble Dash delivers instant fun. Download now and start rolling!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Marble Rush at 5.0 against Simple Marble Run's 4.4. Marble Rush also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks). Simple Marble Run's advantage is ratings volume (263 vs 1). On price, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Marble Rush holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Marble Run has 263 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Simple Marble Run ships an update every 6 weeks, Marble Rush every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Marble Run | Marble Rush |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (263 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 263 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 193 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | monois Inc. | Javin Ladish |
In-app purchases
Simple Marble Run
No in-app purchases
Marble Rush
No in-app purchases
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