Brain Dots vs Love Balls
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brain Dots
A challenging puzzle game where you draw lines and shapes to make two balls collide. Collect different drawing tools and create your own levels to test the skills of players worldwide. It's a test of logic and flexible thinking.
- Bump two balls to clear stages
- Draw lines and shapes freely
- Collect over 25 varieties of pens
- Create and share custom stages
- Review and share victory moments
- Tests logical thinking and flexibility
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Over 50 million downloads! The only thing you need to do is to “bump two balls.” Will you be able to clear these simple-looking but actually difficult stages? ▼ The rules are simple! ◆ Let's bump the two balls All you need to do to clear a stage is to “make the blue and red balls bump”. Draw lines and shapes freely to move and roll the balls. Flexible thinking is going to become the key to victory. ◆ Let's collect pens Starting off with a simple pencil, moving onto color pencils, crayons and so on. We have prepared more than 25 varieties of pens of different colors and sizes. Collect various pens and walk through the stages. ◆ Share the moment of victory You can review the moment you cleared a stage on video or picture. Share it on SNS to show off your superior skills to your friends. Not to mention that watching your friends’ gameplay might also become a hint!? ◆ Create Stages Create your own stages and see if users all over the world can solve them. Over 3 million stages already created! ◆ Your brain abilities will be tested This game, continuing after Brain Wars, also tests your logical thinking and the flexibility of your mind. As this game includes the elements of riddle and “Escape the Room” type of games, we would recommend Brain Dots to people who enjoy brain-type puzzles, cards and strategy games. It might also have an impact on your children’s intellectual growth and preventing brain deterioration? ▼ Languages 15 languages! Brain Dots is played all over the world! Japanese / English / Korean / Traditional Chinese / Simplified Chinese / Spanish / French / Portuguese(Brazil) / Swedish / Finnish / Russian / Vietnamese / Thai / Indonesian / Hindi ▼ Latest information Twitter:@braindots_app Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/braindotsapp
Love Balls
Use your brain and imagination to draw lines and shapes to make balls collide. This puzzle game offers simple rules with challenging levels that increase in difficulty. Collect unique pens and compete for high scores.
- Draw lines and shapes
- Bump balls together
- Challenging levels
- Collect pens
- Weekly level updates
- Suitable for all ages
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It's time to use your brain and find a way to bump the balls! The rule's easy, just draw lines or shapes to bump the balls, you will need your wisdom and imagination. You'll surely love this game once you get how it works! Features: * Free to play, play it anywhere anytime * Suitable for all ages * Simple rules but a little difficult to clear the level, you'll find the addiction. * You can also enjoy the fun of collecting pens * Now try to get a higher score and share it with your friends! * New levels update every week
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Brain Dots at every 11 days against Love Balls's every 3 months. Love Balls's advantage is ratings volume (557K vs 8.2K). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Brain Dots sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Love Balls sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Love Balls holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Love Balls has 557K ratings behind it against 8.2K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Brain Dots's written reviews are positive against 55% of Love Balls's.
Brain Dots ships an update every 11 days, Love Balls every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brain Dots | Love Balls |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (8.2K ratings) | 4.6 (557K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 49.9% of reviews | 55.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8.2K | 557K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 264 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Translimit, Inc. | Lion Studios |
Customer experience
Brain Dots
Love Balls
User reviews
Brain Dots
From 8.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🧠 Challenging and engaging puzzles
- 🎨 Variety of pen styles and customization options
- ⚙️ Interesting physics-based gameplay
- 👍 Fun for all ages
Room to improve
- 💢 Excessive and intrusive ads
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 📱 Compatibility issues with older devices
- 👀 Difficulty seeing around finger when drawing
Love Balls
From 557K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Addictive and fun gameplay
- 👍 Challenging and engaging puzzles
- 💡 Customizable balls and backgrounds
- 🤩 Enjoyable for all ages
Room to improve
- 🔥 Excessive and intrusive ads
- 🐛 Glitches and crashes
- 🔋 Battery-draining
- 🤯 Hints and solutions too readily available
Bugs and requests
Brain Dots
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes when trying to create own levels
- Hint feature not working as expected
- Inability to play on iOS 17 devices
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to save and transfer progress across devices
- Option to disable hint prompts
- More advanced level creation tools
- Improved Apple Pencil support
Love Balls
Reported bugs
3 issues- App freezes and crashes
- Ads open unrelated apps
- Hints not working as expected
Requested features
4 requests- More level packs and updates
- Custom level creator
- Option to disable ads for a fee
- Improved drawing accuracy
In-app purchases
Brain Dots
- Mechanical pencil$0.99
- Pen$0.99
- Colored pencil$0.99
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- Crayon$1.99
- Brush$1.99
- Watercolor painting brush$1.99
- Decorated pen$2.99
- Rainbow pencil$2.99
- Fountain pen$3.99
- Remove Cut-In Ads$3.99
Love Balls
- 900 Coins$0.99
- Pen - Candy Cane$0.99
- Pen - Loving Heart$0.99
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- Pen - Balloon$0.99
- Pen - Icecream Cone$0.99
- Skin - Wedding$0.99
- Pen - Father Christmas$0.99
- Pen - Bat$0.99
- Pen - Witch$0.99
- No Ads!$3.99
- 5000 Coins$4.99
- Super Gift!$4.99
- 11000 Coins$9.99
- 24000 Coins$19.99









