Comparison

Simple Marble Run vs Infected Live

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Customizable marble courses
  • Interactive marble manipulation (stoppers, pins)
  • Marble throwing mechanic
  • Truck collection and departure cycle
  • Adjustable camera viewpoints
  • Soothing ASMR-like experience
Features
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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.

About

Infected Live

A real-world social game where one player starts "infected" and tags others to spread the game. Complete missions to earn the ability to infect new players and watch the chain grow. Perfect for group hangouts and parties.

Highlights
  • Real-world social gameplay
  • Mission-based infection mechanics
  • Tagging to spread the game
  • View infection history
  • Real-time group game energy
  • One-tap gameplay
Features
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Infected is a fast, real-world social game you play with friends. One person starts “infected,” completes missions, and tags new players to keep the game spreading. It’s simple, addictive, and perfect for campus, the gym, parties, or just hanging out. How it works: Start a round with friends Complete quick missions to earn the right to “infect” someone Tag who you infected and see how everyone got infected Watch the chain grow and try to stay on top Features: Simple, one-tap gameplay Missions that push you to be bold (but still fun) Infection history so you can see how it happened Real-time group game energy without complicated setup Purchases Some features require a subscription or in-app purchase. Hosting a room is available with Premium. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple ID settings. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ https://festive-stranger-4e3.notion.site/Policy-page-2c28f4d62f7180abad14e008ff1ff926

Screenshots

Simple Marble Run4 screens
Infected Live4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Infected Live at 100% against Simple Marble Run's 17%. Infected Live also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and ads (none vs shown). Simple Marble Run's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (263 vs 3). On price, device support 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. Infected Live sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Simple Marble Run asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Infected Live 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 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Simple Marble Run's written reviews are positive against 100% of Infected Live's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple Marble Run ships an update every 6 weeks, Infected Live weekly. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Simple Marble Run versus Infected Live: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple Marble RunInfected Live
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (263 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings263 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size193 MB51 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developermonois Inc.Sayer Kuenzi

Customer experience

Simple Marble Run

All ratings260 ratings
Positive83.5%
Neutral6.5%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative50.0%

Infected Live

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Simple Marble Run

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Infected Live

Subscriptions1
  • subscription access$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime Host Access$4.99

Questions

Is Simple Marble Run free?
Simple Marble Run is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Infected Live free?
Infected Live is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Simple Marble Run or Infected Live?
Infected Live is rated higher. Simple Marble Run averages 4.4 out of 5 from 263 ratings, while Infected Live averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Simple Marble Run or Infected Live have ads?
Simple Marble Run shows ads; Infected Live does not.
Which is updated more often, Simple Marble Run or Infected Live?
Simple Marble Run ships an update every 6 weeks, and Infected Live weekly. Most recently, Simple Marble Run was updated on October 30, 2026 and Infected Live on October 30, 2026.

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