Barrel River vs Paper Round
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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!
Paper Round
Experience a retro arcade-style endless runner where you deliver newspapers to earn points. Navigate obstacles, aim for mailboxes, and avoid breaking windows to achieve a high score and climb the leaderboard.
- Classic arcade-style gameplay
- Endless runner mechanics
- Obstacle avoidance
- Score-based progression
- Top 10 leaderboard
- Paper collection
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Play classic arcade style paperboy game. Endless runner based on the classic arcade paperboy game. Deliver news papers to gain the most points as possible on your Paper Round. GAMEPLAY -Control the paperboy to avoid obstacles with Left and Right movement whilst trying to hit the door or mailbox with a newspaper. -Boost by holding Left and Right together. -Lose points by breaking windows with papers. -Your best score will be recorded at the end. -Compete to get you name on the top 10 leaderboard. -Collect more papers for your paperboy on your round. SUPPORT If you have any issues or questions please use the "Email Developer" on the app description, we will do our utmost to answer and assist your query. Good luck and enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Barrel River at 100% against Paper Round's 29%. Barrel River also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0). Paper Round's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Barrel River sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Paper Round asks for nothing beyond the download.
Barrel River holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Paper Round has 31 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Barrel River's written reviews are positive against 29% of Paper Round's.
Barrel River ships an update every 15 months, Paper Round every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 7, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Barrel River | Paper Round |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.0 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 28.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brandon Stecklein | Martin Rivers |
Customer experience
Barrel River
Paper Round
In-app purchases
Barrel River
- Advertising Removal$1.99
Paper Round
No in-app purchases
