Circle Run vs Vault!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Circle Run
A relaxing one-tap game where you guide a sphere across floating tiles. Enjoy a calming experience with no timers or pressure, set to ambient music and beautiful visual themes. Relieve stress and find your rhythm.
- One-tap gameplay
- Stress relief mechanics
- Multiple wellness themes
- Ambient soundtrack
- No timers or enemies
- Score tracking
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A casual one-tap hopper for the moments you need a moment. Drift a soft simple sphere along floating iso tiles, settle into the rhythm of your own tap, and let the soft wellness skies do the rest. GAMEPLAY Tap to hop. Land on the next tile to keep flowing, miss it and gently start over. Combos, scores, and your best run are all there if you want them, but there's no timer pushing you forward. Your breath sets the pace. Relief stress. WELLNESS THEMES Pick the mood that fits the moment. Wake up with Morning Mist, unwind into Sunset Calm, drift through Cherry Blossom, lose yourself in Starlight Sky. Every theme repaints the entire world, sky, tile, sphere, dust motes, so the same chain of hops feels new each time. DESIGNED TO CHILL Soft pastel gradients. Slow drifting colour matching particles in the sky. An ambient soundtrack picked for breathing along to. No timers, no enemies, no fail screens shouting at you. Falling resets your score and slides you back to the start tile in one quiet breath. GO PRO Five themes are included free. Unlock the other five, Aurora Dream, Lavender Field, Starlight Sky, Bamboo Grove, and Desert Bloom, with a single in-app purchase that also removes ads. One tap, one purchase, every mood.
Vault!
Experience thrilling pole vaulting with intuitive tap-and-hold controls. Navigate challenging environments, collect coins to unlock characters, and compete for the highest score. Enjoy endless arcade fun with physics-based challenges.
- Intuitive single-touch pole vaulting
- Physics-based arcade action
- Unlockable unique characters
- Game Center support for competition
- Coin collection for upgrades
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Pole vaulting has never been so fun! Cascading cliffs, huge bouncy springs and those infuriating red balls! How far can you go? How long will you last? Can you get the highest score? Classic intuitive physics arcade action with easy to use, hard to master tap and hold controls, mean that things aren't as simple as they seem. Features: - Intuitive single touch pole vaulting gameplay. - Simple concept that anyone can grasp! - Collect coins to unlock unique characters - Full game centre support to compete with friends and foes Important information This game contains third party advertising which can be removed via a one time IAP. This game contains coins which can be collected within the game for free, bought with real money or via earned via promotions. This game contains cross promotion for other Nitrome games and this is not removed with the IAP for removal of ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Circle Run at 5.0 against Vault!'s 4.5. Circle Run also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%). Vault!'s advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 137 months) and ratings volume (77 vs 1). On price, 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. Circle Run sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Vault! sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Circle Run holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vault! has 77 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Circle Run's written reviews are positive against 71% of Vault!'s.
Circle Run ships an update every 137 months, Vault! every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Circle Run | Vault! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.5 (77 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 77 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 137 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | — | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | — | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 121 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | omytap | Nitrome |
Customer experience
Circle Run
Vault!
Bugs and requests
Circle Run
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Vault!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Pole glitching out after continuing from an ad
- Respawning in unwinnable positions after continuing
- Invisible walls causing unexpected deaths
Requested features
4 requests- More playable characters with unique abilities
- Different game modes (e.g., time trial, challenges)
- Varied environments and level designs
- Customization options for the vaulting pole
In-app purchases
Circle Run
- Remove Ads$0.99
Vault!
- Buy Coins 1$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Buy Coins 2$2.99
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- Buy Coins 3$3.99
