Snake Bar vs Sketchbook Runner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Snake Bar
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Yet another snake game ? This one dates back to 1987, on Macintosh. Same developer (older)... Initially based on the concept of Snake Byte for Apple II, it includes many more features. Features: - The snake must eat all the apples to move on to the next level before the timer adds more apples. - 30 levels in the original REAL-SNAKE world from 1987. - Several worlds/sets of levels are available, and you can create and share your own. - Several themes are available, based on classical movies: from High Noon to Duel or SF movies. - 5 different speeds, the last one being almost unplayable. - Your best scores and the best in the world are recorded, and the corresponding games can be viewed in replay. - Original music that you will only find here, but which you can turn off.
Sketchbook Runner
Draw bridges and ramps to guide a stickman across gaps in this hand-drawn platformer. Race against others in real-time multiplayer or tackle challenging boss levels. Customize your character with earned cosmetics.
- Draw bridges and ramps
- Hand-drawn doodle art style
- Real-time multiplayer races
- 50 hand-built levels
- Endless mode
- Character customization
- Offline campaign play
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Your runner can't stop. The page is full of gaps. All you have is a pencil. Sketchbook Runner is a hand-drawn doodle platformer where you draw lines to bridge every gap. Your stickman runs on its own — you draw the path. Drag to draw a bridge, a ramp or a loop. Tap to jump. Beat 50 hand-built levels across 10 chapters, run forever in endless mode, or race up to 4 players live. DRAW THE LINE. DON'T FALL. Gaps are everywhere. Draw ink lines to cross them — flat to walk, sloped to launch, a quick loop to bounce sky-high. Run out of ink mid-bridge and you fall. Drawing IS the game, and every chapter teaches a new trick with your pencil. RACE LIVE — MULTIPLAYER Race up to four players in real time on the same level and watch their ink appear stroke for stroke. Climb the global leaderboards, or chase a ghost: the world's #1 run or your own personal best. TEN CHAPTERS, TEN BOSSES • Pencil Marks — learn to draw across gaps. • Take a Leap — tap to jump when drawing is too slow. • Sharp Edges — plan your bridges around spikes. • Saw Mill — arc over spinning blades. • Moving Targets — time your lines past swinging saws. • Upside Down — gravity flips. Run on the ceiling. • The Eraser — draw a loop to bounce sky-high. • Head in the Clouds — ride updrafts, fight headwinds, catch a glider. • The Ruler — draw across the bars to break through walls. • The Author — every mechanic at once, and the page fights back. Every chapter ends in a boss that rewrites the rules. The Critic snatches your pencil. The Spike Lord forces a bouncing rhythm. The Eraser scrubs your lines off the page. Vertigo flips the world. ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW • Endless mode that re-seeds every week — the same course for everyone. • Daily challenge: one level pays double pencils every 24 hours. • A 7-day daily reward streak. • Three-star ratings and hidden treasure chests on every level. DRESS UP YOUR STICKMAN 20+ hand-drawn cosmetics — top hats, capes, crowns, halos, devil horns — plus pet followers (a cat, a dog, a ghost and more) and ink colors from plain graphite to rainbow and glitter. Three-star a level to unlock fun mods like Moon Boots, Big Head and Tiny Runner. NO TIMERS, NO PAYWALLS No energy meters. No lives on a clock. Nothing you can buy gates your progress — every cosmetic is earned by playing. The campaign plays offline, as long as you like. DRAWN AT RUNTIME Every line on screen — platforms, spikes, saws, the stickman, the cosmetics — is drawn procedurally. No sprites. Sharp on every phone and tablet.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Snake Bar at none against Sketchbook Runner's shown. On price, update cadence, 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.
Snake Bar ships an update every 8 days, Sketchbook Runner every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Snake Bar | Sketchbook Runner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Georges Malamoud | Matt Panton |
In-app purchases
Snake Bar
No in-app purchases
Sketchbook Runner
No in-app purchases
Questions
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