Crossy Road vs Mormon Trail

How do Crossy Road and Mormon Trail compare on difficulty, ad pressure, in-app-purchase pressure and what real reviewers say? A side-by-side look, grounded in App Store data.

	Crossy Road	Mormon Trail
Genre	Family	Family
Price	Free	Paid
Difficulty	medium	hard
Ad intensity	high	none
In-app-purchase pressure	medium	none
Typical session	short	long
Rating	4.7 / 5	4.2 / 5
Ratings count	734,126	26
Reviews say	What players like Highly addictive and entertaining gameplay Large character collection (300+ skins to unlock) Works offline without WiFi requirement Common complaints Excessive ads after just 2 runs; many ads even with optional viewing Difficulty spikes sharply for new players with too many cars No character preference switching; locked into random unlocks	What players like Faithful Oregon Trail adaptation with nostalgia No ads or in-app purchases, clean experience Well-made by solo developer with few bugs Common complaints Cannot save game progress between sessions Game scores not recorded for replay comparison Confusing mechanics with no tutorials or explanations

Crossy Road — An endless arcade hopper where you guide quirky retro characters across roads, trains, and rivers while collecting 300+ unlockable characters. (rated medium difficulty, high ad pressure) Mormon Trail — A faithful, ad-free adaptation of Oregon Trail reimagined as a journey on the Mormon Trail to settle Utah. (rated hard difficulty, none ad pressure)

Data: Apple App Store, as of 2026-08-24. Last updated 2026-08-24.