Roller Polar vs Serious Scramblers
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.
Serious Scramblers
Dive into a challenging arcade experience where you fall through a bottomless pit, overcoming obstacles and leveling up. Unlock new characters and face massive boss fights in this intense, jumpless platformer.
- Intense arcade action
- Level up with obstacles
- Unlock new characters
- Massive boss fights
- Leaderboard rankings
- Chip-tune music
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A seemingly bottomless pit has appeared and bloodcurdling shrieks can be heard from the depths below. What lies in the deep? The only reasonable thing to do is to jump in and find out! Overcome insurmountable odds in this highly challenging jumpless platformer! Welcome to Serious Scramblers! Features: • Fall your way through the super intense arcade action • Level up with challenging obstacles • Unlock new characters to supercharge you to the next level • Get ready for the finale - MASSIVE BOSS FIGHT • Mark your victory on the leaderboard • Enjoy with some real sweet chip-tune music while playing the game
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Serious Scramblers at 4.5 against Roller Polar's 4.3. Serious Scramblers also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 9 months) and review sentiment (68% vs 59%). 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. Roller Polar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Serious Scramblers sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Serious Scramblers holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 62 and 224 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Roller Polar's written reviews are positive against 68% of Serious Scramblers's.
Roller Polar ships an update every 9 months, Serious Scramblers every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Roller Polar | Serious Scramblers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (62 ratings) | 4.5 (224 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.0% of reviews | 67.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 62 | 224 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 3 months — 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 | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nitrome | Yong Kian Chin |
Customer experience
Roller Polar
Serious Scramblers
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
Serious Scramblers
From 224 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Engaging retro 8-bit aesthetic and music
- 👍 Intuitive and easy-to-learn controls
- 🎯 Well-designed level progression and difficulty scaling
- 💡 Innovative ad system that doesn't interrupt gameplay
- 🎨 Polished graphics and visual design
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent unexpected crashes and game closures
- 🎮 Imprecise and unresponsive controls on some devices
- 💸 Escalating revival costs that drain coin reserves
- 📺 Long ad durations (30+ seconds) between attempts
- 🎯 Unfair boss difficulty spikes
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
Serious Scramblers
Reported bugs
10 issues- Game crashes unexpectedly during gameplay
- Game crashes at critical moments near victory
- Controls fail to register player input
- Character moves opposite to intended direction
- Hearts mechanic doesn't function properly
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- Negative coin balance glitch
- Unintended character unlocks after crashes
- App minimizes when clicking side arrows
- Hitbox detection issues with enemies
- Performance lag on lower-end devices
Requested features
11 requests- Jump button or additional movement mechanics
- Power-ups and special abilities system
- More levels and content variety
- Character upgrades and progression system
- Versus/multiplayer mode
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- Infinite/endless mode
- Challenge modes
- More unique boss mechanics
- Adjustable control sensitivity
- Reduced ad frequency or shorter ad durations
- Multiple continue options per level
In-app purchases
Roller Polar
- Remove Ads$1.99
Serious Scramblers
- Remove Forced Ads + 200 Coins$1.99
- Support the dev: play as Chiny$2.99
Questions
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