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Head-to-head

Fruit Ninja® vs Crossy Road

Fruit Ninja® 4.7★ · Free + IAP 60
Winner Crossy Road
Crossy Road 4.7★ · Free + IAP 75

Crossy Road offers a more stable and enjoyable experience with fewer critical bugs, despite both games suffering from excessive ads.

Full reviews: Fruit Ninja® · Crossy Road

Fruit Ninja, a classic, is plagued by severe technical issues like crashing and unplayability, alongside a high volume of ads. Crossy Road, while also criticized for frequent ads and difficulty, generally provides a more functional and engaging gameplay experience for its users.

Head to head

Features & Gameplay edge: Crossy RoadR2R8R11R34
Fruit Ninja® Fruit Ninja offers classic fruit-slicing fun, which many users find satisfying and stress-relieving, with some enjoying special modes like Pac-Man and Bluey R2R8R11. However, some long-time players note that options have been removed and the method for unlocking new blades and dojos has become a 'cheap ploy' involving loot boxes and duplicates R34. There are also requests for more mini-games to combat boredom .
Crossy Road Crossy Road is praised for its addictive 'frogger-style' gameplay, variety of characters, and unique biomes, with users enjoying the challenge and finding it a good way to pass time . Some players appreciate the 'Easter eggs' and intricate details . However, new players find the game too hard due to too many cars and obstacles . Some users are disappointed by the focus on unlocking characters rather than level progression .
Ease of Use & Accessibility edge: Crossy RoadR3R14R30R44
Fruit Ninja® Many users find Fruit Ninja easy to pick up and play, enjoying the simple, satisfying mechanics R44. However, the game requires an internet connection for play, which limits its use for road trips or offline situations R3R14R45. Some users also report visually overloading flashes in certain modes that can be problematic for sensory issues R30.
Crossy Road Crossy Road is generally considered easy to understand but challenging to master, with some new players finding it too difficult due to high traffic . The game can be played offline, making it suitable for travel .
Reliability & Performance edge: Crossy RoadR4R6R10R12
Fruit Ninja® Fruit Ninja suffers from significant reliability issues, with numerous reports of the app crashing on startup, freezing during gameplay, or kicking users out R4R6R10R12. Some users also experience glitches, sound issues, and problems with in-app purchases leading to crashes R13. There are also reports of game progress disappearing R33 and blade powers not working R34.
Crossy Road Crossy Road generally performs well, with users praising its high-quality graphics . However, some users report lag and the game getting stuck on the loading screen .
Price & Value tieR3R13R22R25
Fruit Ninja® Fruit Ninja is a free game with in-app purchases, but users are overwhelmed by 'way too many ads' that are often unskippable and even predatory, forcing app closure R3R13R22R25. The option to remove ads for $1.99 sometimes fails, playing an ad and crashing the app instead R13. Some users recall a time when the game relied more on in-app purchases than ads . There's also confusion about a potential subscription model .
Crossy Road Crossy Road is also free with in-app purchases, but it is heavily criticized for 'too many ads' that are frequent, annoying, and sometimes unskippable, forcing users to close and reload the app R66R67R68R70. The ad-free pack is considered expensive at £8 . Users note that the Apple Arcade version, Crossy Road+, is ad-free and doesn't require Wi-Fi .
Support & Updates tieR6R15R28R33
Fruit Ninja® Users report issues with customer service, receiving copy-pasted responses that don't address their concerns R28. There are also complaints about a lack of new updates and features, with some feeling the game needs a 'major update for 2025' R28. Unresolved bugs like crashing and disappearing items suggest a lack of effective support R6R15R33.
Crossy Road Reviews do not provide specific feedback on Crossy Road's customer support. However, users mention recent updates adding advertisements R70 and some changes not being for the better . There are requests for better animals and easier gameplay for younger children .
Pick Fruit Ninja® if

You enjoy the simple, classic fruit-slicing mechanic and are willing to tolerate significant technical issues and a high volume of ads R2R8R11.

Pick Crossy Road if

You enjoy challenging 'frogger-style' arcade games with a variety of characters and biomes, and you can tolerate frequent ads or are willing to pay to remove them .

Evidence note: Both apps have a high volume of negative reviews related to ads, which is common for free-to-play mobile games. Fruit Ninja's recent reviews are heavily skewed towards critical technical issues, overshadowing general gameplay enjoyment.

Frequently asked

Can Fruit Ninja be played offline?
No, Fruit Ninja requires an internet connection to play, which frustrates users who want to play it during travel or in areas without Wi-Fi R3R14R45.
Are there many ads in Crossy Road?
Yes, Crossy Road is heavily criticized for having 'way too many ads' that are frequent, annoying, and often unskippable, appearing every other round or after every death R66R67R68R70.
Does Fruit Ninja crash frequently?
Yes, many users report that Fruit Ninja frequently crashes on opening, freezes during gameplay, or kicks them out of the app, making it unplayable for some R4R6R10R12.

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

  1. [R2] Fruit Ninja® 5/5 · US It’s the best thing ever and it’s so much fun: Very fun I like when there’s the rewards
  2. [R8] Fruit Ninja® 5/5 · US Game: Good game. It is very fun
  3. [R11] Fruit Ninja® 5/5 · US I actually like this,: So I don’t want to add attention to myself or anything but I get stressed a lot and when I get stressed I cvt myself and this game helped me a lot throughout my stress and it help me feel better in life and keeps me clean,I’ve been playing this game for abt 8 months and that’s how long I’ve been clean,I’ve also struggled with depression so it helps a lot thank you for this g
  4. [R34] Fruit Ninja® 1/5 · US Blade powers not working: Some blade powers don’t work anymore such as extra points close to a bomb in the laser blade or bonus XP points for the crown jewel blade. It used to work but now that they don’t it makes the game less fun to play
  5. [R3] Fruit Ninja® 3/5 · US Good, but…: I love Fruit Ninja, but it has too many ads, and it doesn’t let you play offline, due to “servers.” This is why I’m rating it 3 stars, some pros in this game, others cons.
  6. [R14] Fruit Ninja® 5/5 · US Fun: Fun game for when your bored to bad that you can’t play it with out internet other then that it would’ve been the perfect road trip game
  7. [R30] Fruit Ninja® 3/5 · GB Nostalgia Returns, But Game still inaccessible: Love the fact I have reunited with this game. Just happened so randomly. Still as good as I remember. The problem is - why all the flashes?! In certain modes like Events and Arcade, the stripy background is visually overloading. It’s distracting, it’s annoying and it can be very problematic for anyone with sensory issues and/or photosensitive. Plea
  8. [R44] Fruit Ninja® 5/5 · US Good game bro: I love Fruit Ninja. I like to play it when I’m bored my sister always acts that I wanna play it. This is why I like it. You get a cut fruit and one slice.
  9. [R4] Fruit Ninja® 1/5 · US Fix your app please: I downloaded it and I tried getting in but the app reseted its self so I tried 10 more times and nothing, what a peace of trash never downloading this app again! 😡
  10. [R6] Fruit Ninja® 3/5 · US Keeps crashing: When I open the game, it takes me to a black screen, then crashes. Halfbrick please fix this
  11. [R10] Fruit Ninja® 1/5 · US Sucks: Whenever I click the app I have one second until it kicks me out of it
  12. [R12] Fruit Ninja® 3/5 · US I just downloaded it and it won’t work .: I keep trying and trying but it’s still not working
  13. [R13] Fruit Ninja® 2/5 · US Rip off?: The game is fun but it glitches sometimes I have to close the app and restart it (it’s not my device it only happens with this app). Ads are annoying and everytime I click to pay the $1.99 to remove Ads, it plays an Ad then the app crashes out. Sound comes in and out sometimes. Paid $10 for the Bluey theme thinking that would get rid of Ads all together but nope I still get the Ads.
  14. [R22] Fruit Ninja® 1/5 · US Unplayable: So many ads it’s unplayable my children can’t even play the game because it gives them an unskipable ad every 2 seconds
  15. [R25] Fruit Ninja® 2/5 · US Ads: To many ads and trying to make you buy ads is too much
  16. [R15] Fruit Ninja® 3/5 · US Very fun but excessive lag and crashes: I’m a long time player to this game, I have 41 ish blades and 20ish dojos and a good amount of them are maxed out. But the problem is is that there are moments during gameplay when the game randomly freezes for brief moments, which ruins my scores sometimes, and on top of that recently Zen mode keeps crashing every time I try to access it. Please fix.
  17. [R28] Fruit Ninja® 1/5 · US The game no longer pushes updates: For at least a week, no new updates have been pushed. Uninstalling and reinstalling didn't help. When I messaged customer service, they just copied and pasted a bunch of text without reading my message at all. · translated
  18. [R33] Fruit Ninja® 3/5 · GB Give me my stuff!!!: I’m writing this review because today I logged on to fruit ninja and for some reason it made me use the basic blade and dojo which I didn’t have equipped last time I played so I went to armoury only to realise that all my blades and dojos had disappeared. I had some ltm stuff so it really sucked. Please fix this as soon as possible. 3/5
  19. [R45] Fruit Ninja® 3/5 · GB WE. NEED AN OFFLINE VERSION PLS: pls can we have a offline version so we can play on the bus and things
  20. [R66] Crossy Road 3/5 · US From Jack: To much add fix it so as your PAC man 256
  21. [R67] Crossy Road 1/5 · US why did you guys add advertisements 😭: it was like a 4 1/2 until yall added the advertisements :(
  22. [R68] Crossy Road 4/5 · US Good but…: Crossy road is a good game game but when I want to play again after I die it says “ now a word from our sponsors” and it’s so annoying!!!!!! And the duplicate stuff when I spend 100 coins!!!!! That’s annoying too
  23. [R70] Crossy Road 1/5 · US Never-ending advertisement: The new update will have an ad from a sponsor. There is no way to exit out of the ad. Have to continuously shut down the program and reload it.

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store