What is the best running game app for iPhone?

Subway Surfers, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.6 by 3,857,133 people.

Which running game apps are free?

39 of 40 are free to download: Subway Surfers (S), Run Race 3D - Fun Parkour Game (S), Fun Race 3D: Running & Parkour (S), Talking Tom Gold Run (S) and more. 29 of them sell in-app purchases. 3 report no in-app purchases.

Which running game app has the best App Store rating?

Flying Gorilla at 4.9 from 57,586 ratings.

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Best Running Game Apps for iPhone (2026)

40 apps ranked S through F · Updated 2026-10-19 · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Subway Surfers is the top-ranked of 40 running game apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.6/5 from 3,857,133 ratings.

1
Subway SurfersS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 3,857,133 ratings · score 99
2
Run Race 3D - Fun Parkour GameS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 521,398 ratings · score 97
3
Fun Race 3D: Running & ParkourS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 805,492 ratings · score 97
4
Talking Tom Gold RunS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 560,461 ratings · score 97
5
Minion Rush: Running gameS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 301,372 ratings · score 97

What belongs in this list

Play a game where the main action is running along a course or track, for fun.

Not here: a fitness running tracker alone; a running training plan alone; a parkour game with no running course alone; a general arcade game alone; a running-themed wallpaper or sticker pack alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

Compare every app

1
Subway SurfersS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 3,857,133 ratings · score 99 · best in class
2
Run Race 3D - Fun Parkour GameS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 521,398 ratings · score 97 · best in class
3
Fun Race 3D: Running & ParkourS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 805,492 ratings · score 97 · best in class
4
Talking Tom Gold RunS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 560,461 ratings · score 97 · best in class
5
Minion Rush: Running gameS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 301,372 ratings · score 97 · best in class
6
Sonic Dash RunS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 418,166 ratings · score 96 · best in class
7
Speed StarsS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 40,221 ratings · score 95 · best in class
8
Temple Run 2S
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 495,387 ratings · score 95 · best in class
9
Vector: Parkour RunS
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 37,096 ratings · score 94 · best in class
10
Temple RunS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 419,492 ratings · score 94 · best in class
11
Twerk Race 3D - Fun Run GameA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 269,194 ratings · score 91 · excellent
12
Count Masters: Crowd Runner 3DA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 600,888 ratings · score 91 · excellent
13
Subway Surfers CityA
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 22,538 ratings · score 91 · excellent
14
Epic Race 3D - Parkour GameA
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 296,001 ratings · score 90 · excellent
15
Talking Tom Hero DashA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 239,544 ratings · score 89 · excellent
16
Parkour Race - Freerun GameA
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 240,034 ratings · score 89 · excellent
17
Angry Gran Run - Running GameA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 19,168 ratings · score 88 · excellent
18
FR3 - Multiplayer GamesA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 234,857 ratings · score 88 · excellent
19
Subway Princess RunnerA
Free download · ★ 4.4 · 6,786 ratings · score 87 · excellent
20
Fun Run 4 - Multiplayer RaceA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 35,116 ratings · score 86 · excellent
21
Muscle Rush - Destruction RunA
Free · ★ 4.5 · 97,102 ratings · score 86 · excellent
22
Snake Run Race・3D Running GameB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 134,581 ratings · score 85 · good
23
Going BallsB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 423,282 ratings · score 85 · good
24
CookieRun: OvenBreakB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 68,350 ratings · score 84 · good
25
Paper Boy Race: Run & Rush 3DB
Free download · ★ 4.4 · 25,966 ratings · score 83 · good
26
Hair ChallengeB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 428,931 ratings · score 83 · good
27
Monsters Lab - Freaky RunningB
Free · ★ 4.6 · 30,221 ratings · score 80 · good
28
Obby Parkour: Runner GameB
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 10,975 ratings · score 80 · good
29
Super Mario RunB
Free + IAP · ★ 3.8 · 78,560 ratings · score 80 · good
30
Gun GangB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 69,102 ratings · score 80 · good
31
Pop's World - Running gameB
Free · ★ 4.5 · 24,000 ratings · score 79 · good
32
My Little Pony Rainbow RunnersC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 40,720 ratings · score 77 · situational
33
Subway Surfers+C
n/a · ★ 4.6 · 21,066 ratings · score 76 · situational
34
Bridge RaceC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 1,050,353 ratings · score 73 · situational · provisional
35
Jelly Shift - Obstacle CourseC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 551,243 ratings · score 72 · situational · provisional
36
Draw ClimberC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 263,711 ratings · score 72 · situational · provisional
37
High Heels!C
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 422,623 ratings · score 72 · situational · provisional
38
Slap And RunC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 229,100 ratings · score 72 · situational · provisional
39
Flying GorillaC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 57,586 ratings · score 71 · situational · provisional
40
Blob Runner 3DC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 195,583 ratings · score 71 · situational · provisional

Beyond the top 40

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Questions people ask

What is the best running game app for iPhone?: Subway Surfers, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.6 by 3,857,133 people.
Which running game apps are free?: 39 of 40 are free to download: Subway Surfers (S), Run Race 3D - Fun Parkour Game (S), Fun Race 3D: Running & Parkour (S), Talking Tom Gold Run (S) and more. 29 of them sell in-app purchases. 3 report no in-app purchases.
Which running game app has the best App Store rating?: Flying Gorilla at 4.9 from 57,586 ratings.
How many running game apps reach S or A tier?: 21 of 40. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.