Strategically place pipes and boosters to guide a ball from start to finish. Compete for the world's best score on over 760 community-created maps or build and share your own challenging levels.
5.0
June 3, 2026
After 12 years, PipeBall is back — completely rebuilt for modern iOS but keeping the same maddeningly addictive gameplay that hooked everyone in 2013. WHAT'S NEW • Rewritten from scratch in Swift + SpriteKit. Universal app — runs natively on iPhone and iPad • Brand new Google Cloud backend replacing the legacy SQL Server / ASP.NET stack • 760+ community-created maps from the original PipeBall catalog have been migrated and are playable again, along with their world-record holders and likes/dislikes • Work-in-progress on every map saves automatically — pick the phone up mid-puzzle and your pipes are still where you left them • Map editor reborn — drop walls, keys, start, and finish on grids up to 30×30 with a real color picker; your map stays private until you solve it yourself • Challenge a Friend now uses iOS Universal Links — send any map via Messages, Mail, AirDrop, or any share sheet; it opens straight to that map in your friend's PipeBall • Per-map World's Best Solution unlock at $0.99 — buy one to see how the record was set; if a better record is posted later, you get the new solution too WHAT'S CHANGED • Native iOS share sheet replaces the old email / Facebook share button • No ads, no subscriptions, no third-party analytics, no tracking • Anonymous device identifier replaces the old account system; purchases and best scores follow your device through reinstalls • Privacy-by-default — see Settings → PipeBall for what data is collected WHAT'S THE SAME • The same 45° / 90° elbows, 2-way and 4-way boosters, bounce walls, kill walls, keyed walls, and color-coded keys • The same global world's-best leaderboard • The same maps from 2013 — go beat your old records • The same "easy to solve, exponentially harder to optimize" curve If you had PipeBall on your old iPhone, welcome back. If you're new, start with the Tiny map and try not to get hooked.
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Map Solution
This is the current best solution for the map, using the least number of pipes.
PipeBall is a puzzle game where players strategically place pipes and boosters to guide a ball from a starting point to an end point. The core challenge is to complete each map using the fewest pipes possible, aiming for the world's best score.
You play by dragging and dropping 45° and 90° elbow pipes onto a grid to steer the ball. You can also use speed boosters to overcome friction, bounce off walls, dodge kill walls, and collect keys to unlock corresponding colored walls.
Yes, PipeBall features a built-in editor that allows you to create your own maps by placing walls, keys, boosters, and defining start and finish points. Your maps are private until you solve them, after which they can be shared with the community.
PipeBall is a paid application, costing $0.99. It does not have ads or subscriptions, and it does not track user data. The only in-app purchase is an optional $0.99 unlock for the 'World's Best Solution' on individual maps.
No, PipeBall is ad-free. The developer explicitly states that the game has no ads, no subscriptions, and no tracking, ensuring an uninterrupted gameplay experience.
PipeBall is available on iOS devices. The latest version is 5.0, and it was last updated on June 3, 2026.
The primary scoring metric in PipeBall is the number of pipes used to complete a map. The game displays the lowest pipe count achieved by any player worldwide for each map, encouraging players to find the most efficient solutions.
Yes, you can challenge friends by sharing any map directly through Messages, Mail, AirDrop, or other sharing applications. The shared link will open the specific map within the recipient's PipeBall app or direct them to the App Store if they don't have it.
