Comparison

Catchup vs Run Into

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

Head to head
About

Catchup

Master a beautiful abstract strategy game by connecting hexes to create the largest group. Features include a challenging AI, online multiplayer, and pass-and-play options. Learn the simple rules and strive for difficult mastery.

Highlights
  • Interactive tutorial
  • Challenging AI opponent
  • Online turn-based multiplayer
  • Two-player pass-and-play
  • Minimalist graphics
  • Customizable colors
  • Leaderboards & Achievements
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Catchup is a simple game of surprising turnarounds. "Catchup is as elegant as a game can reasonably be, presented in a marvelously user-friendly way.” -Pocket Tactics (5-star review) "If you're even a little bit into strategy games, you need to get some Catchup all over your mobile device." -Touch Arcade (4 & 1/2 star review) Can you have the largest group at the end of the game? Connect your hexes to master this beautiful abstract strategy game. Features: - an interactive tutorial to teach you how to play - a challenging AI opponent whose difficulty changes as you play - online turn-based multiplayer via Game Center - two-player pass-and-play on the same device - beautiful and haunting music by Tori Kamal - minimalist graphics with customizable colors - Game Center Leaderboards & Achievements - simple and easy to learn rules and gameplay - difficult to master strategy Here are all the rules: 1. One player plays all the hexes of one color and the other player plays all the hexes of the other color. The first player begins by claiming 1 empty hex for their color. 2. Starting with the second player, each player must claim 1 or 2 hexes on their turn. 3. If the largest group of hexes at the end of a turn is larger than the largest group of hexes at the beginning of that turn (regardless of color), the next player may claim up to 3 hexes on their turn. (This does not apply after the first player claims a single hex in step 1 above.) 4. The game ends when the board is full. The player with the largest group wins. If the players’ largest groups are the same size, compare their second-largest groups, and so on, until you come to a pair which aren’t the same size. Whoever owns the larger of the two wins. Catchup is an original Board Game designed by Nick Bentley.

About

Run Into

A tower defense game where players design enemy paths and utilize smart, AI-driven weapons. Observe tower firing distances to strategically defend your base against enemies that can shoot back.

Highlights
  • Player-designed enemy paths
  • Enemies can shoot and destroy towers
  • Smart and AI weapons
  • Strategic observation of firing distances
  • Unique tower defense gameplay
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A new way to play tower defense game. Allow player to design path for enemy. Enemy is able to shoot and destroy Towers. Smart and AI weapons. Hint: observe firing distance of each tower.

Screenshots

Catchup3 screens
Run Into4 screens

Verdict

The call

Catchup and Run Into both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Run Into's written reviews are positive against 88% of Catchup's. Run Into also leads on iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.6). Catchup's advantage is device support. On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Catchup against 4.8 for Run Into. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 12 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Catchup's written reviews are positive against 100% of Run Into's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Catchup versus Run Into: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCatchupRun Into
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (11 ratings)4.8 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1112 — better
Update frequencyEvery 101 months—
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — better—
Requires iOS15.66.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB49 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperMartin GriderDonCon LLC

Customer experience

Catchup

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive88.2%
Neutral5.9%
Negative5.9%

Run Into

Written reviews15 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Catchup

No in-app purchases

None

Run Into

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Catchup free?
Catchup is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Run Into free?
Run Into is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Catchup or Run Into?
Run Into is rated higher. Catchup averages 4.7 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Run Into averages 4.8 from 12 ratings.

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