Roller Polar vs GooberThrow
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.
GooberThrow
Engage in a lighthearted game of skill by launching goobers and aiming for maximum bounces. Test your timing and precision to achieve high scores in this simple yet addictive experience.
- Goober launching gameplay
- Bounce tracking
- Score accumulation
- Simple controls
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A silly game in which you throw goobers. Try to see how many times you can make them bounce!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GooberThrow at 5.0 against Roller Polar's 4.3. GooberThrow also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 59%) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Roller Polar's advantage is ratings volume (62 vs 8) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). 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. Roller Polar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GooberThrow asks for nothing beyond the download.
GooberThrow holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Roller Polar has 62 ratings behind it against 8, 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 100% of GooberThrow's.
| Parameter | Roller Polar | GooberThrow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (62 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nitrome | Jonathan Buchanan |
Customer experience
Roller Polar
GooberThrow
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
GooberThrow
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Roller Polar
- Remove Ads$1.99
GooberThrow
No in-app purchases
