Roller Polar vs Breakout Ninja
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Roller Polar
Guide a polar bear down a mountain on a giant snowball. Dodge obstacles like trees and boulders while collecting points. Experience dynamic day and night cycles and unlock achievements in this fast-paced arcade game.
- One-touch gameplay
- Pixel art graphics
- Dynamic day/night cycle
- Unlockable achievements
- Addictive gameplay
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Take control of your Polar Bear and ride the snowball down the mountain. Watch out for the boulders, trees and wildlife! Day and night the ball keeps rolling, faster and faster it goes, what's the highest score? Nobody knows! Features: • Addictive one touch gameplay that is easy to pick up but difficult to master! • Awesome pixel art from the award winning studio Nitrome. • Real-time dynamic day and night gameplay. So if it's day outside, it's day in the game! If it's night... oh you get the idea! • Music by Dave Cowen(Creator of Icebreaker - A Viking Voyage) • Unlockable Achievements • It's a Polar Bear running on a giant snowball down a mountain! What more do you want! Important Message for Parents This game may include: - Direct links to social networking websites that are intended for an audience over the age of 13. - Direct links to the internet that can take players away from the game with the potential to browse any web page. - Advertising of Nitrome products.
Breakout Ninja
Engage in fast-paced action as a stealthy ninja, breaking out to destroy buildings and defeat enemies. Compete with friends in this stylish, one-button game.
- One-button gameplay
- Destroy buildings
- Beat bad guys
- Compete with friends
- Ninja theme
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A Ninja cannot be seen. If you see it, it's not a Ninja. Break out in Breakout Ninja and be the number one out-breaking Ninja! Compete against friends, destroy buildings and beat the bad guys! REVIEWS "Be water, my friend." -Bruce Lee "Download it if you're looking for another super solid one-button action game." -Touch Arcade "A one-touch runner with a style of its own." -Pocket Gamer Before downloading, please be aware that this game is super awesome and you'll really like it. Follow on https://www.facebook.com/parttimemonkey https://twitter.com/terikoinen
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Breakout Ninja at none against Roller Polar's shown. Breakout Ninja also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 9 months) and review sentiment (83% vs 59%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Roller Polar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Breakout Ninja sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Breakout Ninja holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Breakout Ninja has 1.3K ratings behind it against 62, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Roller Polar's written reviews are positive against 83% of Breakout Ninja's.
Roller Polar ships an update every 9 months, Breakout Ninja every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Roller Polar | Breakout Ninja |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (62 ratings) | 4.6 (1.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.0% of reviews | 83.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 62 | 1.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| 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 | 11.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 157 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Nitrome | Part Time Monkey Oy |
Customer experience
Roller Polar
Breakout Ninja
User reviews
Roller Polar
From 62 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 🎨 Great graphics and art style
- 🎶 Catchy music and sound effects
- 🕹️ Simple, one-touch controls
- 🏆 Addictive high-score chasing
Room to improve
- anúncios Intrusive and problematic ads
- 🐛 Glitchy gameplay and obstacles
- 🥱 Repetitive and gets old quickly
- ❓ Unclear controls or mechanics for some
- 🌃 Night mode makes obstacles hard to see
Breakout Ninja
From 1.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Beautiful graphics
- 🕹️ Simple and addictive gameplay
- 🎵 Great soundtrack
- 👍 Challenging yet fun
Room to improve
- 🐛 Mute function doesn't work properly
- 💢 Excessive ads interrupting gameplay
- 🔇 No option to disable sound
- 🤖 Laggy performance on some devices
Bugs and requests
Roller Polar
Reported bugs
10 issues- Ads are impossible to remove
- Blank ads prevent game return
- Achievements are broken
- Ads don't display properly
- Game freezes or glitches
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- Obstacles repeat without points
- Game freezes visually but audio continues
- Bear turns to another player
- Double jump issues
- Paid ad removal not working
Requested features
6 requests- More characters and unlockables
- New game modes or maps
- Customization options
- Bring web games to mobile
- Fix ad removal issues
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- Improve obstacle visibility at night
Breakout Ninja
Reported bugs
3 issues- Mute function not working
- Ads reappearing after completing levels
- Progress loss after updates
Requested features
4 requests- Pause button
- Customization options for the ninja
- Progression system with unlockables
- Multiplayer mode
In-app purchases
Roller Polar
- Remove Ads$1.99
Breakout Ninja
- Go Premium$1.99
- Shuriken!$1.99
Questions
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