Barrel River vs INFINIROOM
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!
INFINIROOM
Navigate a single, ever-shifting room in this unique runner game. Dodge traps, scale changing walls, and unlock diverse characters with special abilities. Compete globally for the best survival times.
- Constantly changing room environment
- Wall scaling mechanics
- Variety of traps and obstacles
- Unlockable runners with special abilities
- Global leaderboards
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INFINIROOM is a unique take on the runner genre - pitting you in a single, constantly changing room. • Run in a room that constantly changes. Scale the walls as they shift. • Survive a variety of different traps and obstacles. • Unlock 6 different runners, each with their own special abilities to help you survive in the room. • Compete in the global leaderboards for the best time with every character. Can you get the best time? INFINIROOM was originally created for Ludum Dare 37.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Barrel River at 5.0 against INFINIROOM's 4.2. Barrel River also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 69%). INFINIROOM's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 15 months) and ratings volume (143 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and INFINIROOM 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 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: INFINIROOM has 143 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 69% of INFINIROOM's.
Barrel River ships an update every 15 months, INFINIROOM daily. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Barrel River | INFINIROOM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.2 (143 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 68.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 143 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | 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 | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brandon Stecklein | Yotam Frid |
Customer experience
Barrel River
INFINIROOM
Bugs and requests
Barrel River
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
INFINIROOM
Reported bugs
10 issues- Crashes every time the app is opened
- Premium purchase not reflected in-game
- Restore purchase button does not work
- Lag causes jumps not to register
- Random lag in the game
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- Flip's ability has an unnecessary pause
- T.A.N. teleports into obstacles
- T.A.N. glitches when teleporting mid-air on NULL
- Red grid closing off is impossible to escape
- Game crashes after update
Requested features
12 requests- Add more characters
- Add online multiplayer
- Add local multiplayer
- Add achievements
- Add a new leveled game mode
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- Improve room generation to reduce impossible situations
- Add a small explosion effect for T.A.N.
- Fix T.A.N. glitch when teleporting mid-air on NULL
- Consider lowering the price for premium
- Add double jump character
- Add more levels
- Add new characters with challenges
In-app purchases
Barrel River
- Advertising Removal$1.99
INFINIROOM
- Premium Upgrade$2.99
