Comparison

HippoChomp vs Rave Grid Runner

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

Head to head
About

HippoChomp

This game offers a peaceful, interactive world for young children. Little ones can tap fruit for a hungry hippo to eat, make flowers bloom, or create sparkling trails. It's designed with no scores, timers, or ways to lose, ensuring a stress-free experience.

Highlights
  • Interactive feeding gameplay
  • No scores or timers
  • No way to lose
  • Simple tap and drag controls
  • Calming sound design
  • Ad-free and no in-app purchases
Features
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HippoChomp is a quiet little world for a very small person. A hippo stands in a sunny field. Fruit pops up in the grass. Tap one and he waddles over, eats it in three big chomps, and does a happy hop. That’s the whole game. There is no score, no timer, no levels, and no way to lose. Nothing ever tells your child they got it wrong, because there is no wrong. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TAP
 • Tap fruit — a watermelon, pineapple, tomato or banana — and the hippo comes to eat it. Tap several and he works through them one at a time.
• Tap the hippo and he giggles.
• Tap the grass and a flower blooms. Tap the sun and it beams. Tap a cloud and it rains a little.
• Drag a finger and it leaves a trail of sparkles.
• No tap does nothing, and every finger counts — two-handed tapping and a sibling joining in both work. THINGS THAT LIVE HERE 
Butterflies drift past. A bird lands to hop about, and startles off if the hippo lumbers too close. Every minute or two a seal-point Siamese called Sushi strolls through, pauses to take it all in, and carries on. Tap him and he stops for a slow blink and a mew. A big friendly number pops up after each fruit — 1, 2, 3 — counting the snacks in this sitting. It’s a counting moment, not a score: nothing is saved, and every launch starts again at one. MADE TO BE HANDED OVER
 • No accounts, no sign-in, no ads, no in-app purchases, no links out of the app.
• No data collected. None. The app has no networking code at all — it cannot phone home because there is nowhere to phone.
• Sound respects the silent switch and won’t interrupt music or a podcast.
• Works on iPhone and iPad, held any way up. Tip: turn on Guided Access (Settings → Accessibility → Guided Access, then triple-click the side button) and the app is the only thing they can reach.

About

Rave Grid Runner

Features
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A raver is looking for a party in a world made of sound systems. Speakers stack to the ceiling, lasers never stop, and the only way through is forward. Rave Grid Runner is an endless runner that moves on the beat. Swipe left and right between three lanes, swipe up to jump, swipe down to slide under the light rigs. The corridor throws parade trucks, gantries, tunnels, and oncoming carts at you, and it gets faster the longer you stay on your feet. Run along a club facade, and you flip off it for a fat bonus. Buildings fly by in the dark, and the ones you can run up are worth the most. Grab the hoverboard, the magnet or the neon wing when they come past, and pick your raver from a cast of seven. - Three lanes, four moves, straight into the run - Wall saltos off club facades, worth three times an ordinary one - Seven ravers, each with their own outfit - Hoverboard, magnet and wing power-ups - Music and sound effects each have their own switch, and you can pause at any time - No account, no ads, no purchases, and it works with the phone in flight mode

Screenshots

HippoChomp4 screens
Rave Grid Runner4 screens

Verdict

The call

HippoChomp and Rave Grid Runner are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HippoChomp ships an update every 4 days, Rave Grid Runner every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
HippoChomp versus Rave Grid Runner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHippoChompRave Grid Runner
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB10 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperGregory M KochDaniel van den Broeke

In-app purchases

None

HippoChomp

No in-app purchases

None

Rave Grid Runner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HippoChomp free?
HippoChomp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rave Grid Runner free?
Rave Grid Runner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HippoChomp or Rave Grid Runner have ads?
Neither HippoChomp nor Rave Grid Runner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HippoChomp or Rave Grid Runner?
HippoChomp ships an update every 4 days, and Rave Grid Runner every 3 days. Most recently, HippoChomp was updated on November 6, 2026 and Rave Grid Runner on October 31, 2026.

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