Simple Marble Run vs Drawing Words
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.
Drawing Words
This is a party drawing game where teams compete to guess words based on drawings. It offers various game modes and a large word library, perfect for gatherings and casual play.
- Team-based drawing and guessing
- Multiple timed and untimed game modes
- Over 245 words across five categories
- Offline play with no internet required
- Pass-and-play functionality
- Dark mode support
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Drawing Words is the ultimate party game for friends and family! Gather your group, split into two teams, and take turns drawing while your teammates race to guess the word. SIMPLE TO PLAY • One person draws, the team guesses • Score a point for each correct answer • Teams take turns until you decide to end the game • Pass the phone to the next drawer - no extra devices needed! FLEXIBLE GAME MODES • Timed Mode: Race against the clock with 30-second, 1-minute, or 2-minute rounds • Just Draw Mode: No timer, play at your own relaxed pace 245+ WORDS TO DRAW Five categories keep the game fresh and fun: • Objects - everyday items to sketch • Actions - act it out on paper • Animals - from pets to wild creatures • Places - locations around the world • Food - delicious things to draw PERFECT FOR • Family game nights • Parties and gatherings • Road trips and travel • Team building activities • Waiting rooms and downtime FEATURES • No internet connection required - play anywhere! • Works offline with all words included • Dark mode support • Clean, intuitive interface • No ads interrupting your fun Just download and play - it's that simple. No account needed, no complicated setup. Drawing Words brings people together for laughs, friendly competition, and unforgettable moments. Who will be crowned the ultimate drawing champion?
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The clearest difference is rating: Drawing Words at 5.0 against Simple Marble Run's 4.4. Drawing Words also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 6 weeks). Simple Marble Run's advantage is ratings volume (261 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Drawing Words 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 261 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Simple Marble Run ships an update every 6 weeks, Drawing Words every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.
| Parameter | Simple Marble Run | Drawing Words |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (261 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 261 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 193 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | monois Inc. | Camillo D'Intino |
In-app purchases
Simple Marble Run
No in-app purchases
Drawing Words
No in-app purchases
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