UnderControl3D vs Barrel River
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UnderControl3D
Guide bouncing green balls to the last level by dragging and dropping them onto a whiteboard. Test your agility, dexterity, and reflexes to achieve the highest score.
- Easy touch-and-drag controls
- Progress through multiple levels
- Test agility and reflexes
- Share achievements
- Simple physics gameplay
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Very easy to play with UnderControl ! At startup, you have 10 funny green balls that jump and can't stop. With touch, drag and drop on the white board. And that's it! Try to reach last level with the maximum of these funny balls! Demonstrate agility, dexterity and reflex! At the last level, you can share your feat.
Barrel River
Navigate a dangerous river in a barrel, dodging obstacles and collecting gold coins. Compete with friends for the highest score in this action-packed game.
- Navigate a barrel down a river
- Avoid rocks and jumping fish
- Collect gold coins
- Compete for high scores
- Action-packed gameplay
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Flow down the brutal water of the mighty barrel river with nothing but your wits and a rickety old barrel to guide you! Barrel river is a fun filled action game where you must flow down the river avoiding rocks and deadly jumping fish. As an added bonus, King Midas has touched the river with his magical golden touch, and his gold coins can be found on the river as well. Collect coins and try to stay alive on this deadly river. Your score is determined by how far you make it and how many coins you have collected. Compete with friends for the top score! **Special Credit** The music for Barrel River came from Kevin MacLeod at incompetech. Search for him online, he's got some awesome tracks!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Barrel River at 100% against UnderControl3D's 0%. Barrel River also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0). UnderControl3D's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. UnderControl3D sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Barrel River sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Barrel River holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of UnderControl3D's written reviews are positive against 100% of Barrel River's.
UnderControl3D ships an update every 16 months, Barrel River every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UnderControl3D | Barrel River |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 15 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Guisse Ngourane | Brandon Stecklein |
Customer experience
UnderControl3D
Barrel River
In-app purchases
UnderControl3D
- Pack 250 Coins$0.99
- Pack 1000 coins$1.99
- Pack 10.000 coins$2.99
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- Pack 5000 Coins$4.99
Barrel River
- Advertising Removal$1.99
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