Catchup vs Run Into
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | Catchup | Run Into |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (11 ratings) | 4.8 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 101 months | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Martin Grider | DonCon LLC |
Customer experience
Catchup
Run Into
In-app purchases
Catchup
No in-app purchases
Run Into
No in-app purchases









