Brain Dots vs Popcorn 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
Popcorn Balls
Draw lines to guide kernels into a popcorn box and pop them. Discover creative ways to make delicious popcorn in this relaxing puzzle game. Features simple yet challenging levels with a sophisticated drawing mechanism.
- Free drawing mechanism
- Simple yet challenging levels
- Relaxing theme
- Creative gameplay
- Popcorn making simulation
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"Draw a line freely and put a grain in the popcorn box. Ta-da! Tasty popcorn popped! Find the most creative and good way to fry the yummy popcorn. ■Key Features: A sophisticated mechanism for free drawing. Simple but challenging levels Enjoy a relaxing theme that you can enjoy for a long time."
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Brain Dots at 8.2K against Popcorn Balls's 14. Popcorn Balls's advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 50%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 Popcorn Balls sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Popcorn Balls holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brain Dots has 8.2K ratings behind it against 14, 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 67% of Popcorn Balls's.
Brain Dots ships an update every 3 weeks, Popcorn Balls weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brain Dots | Popcorn Balls |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (8.2K ratings) | 4.6 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 49.9% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8.2K — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| 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 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Translimit, Inc. | Super Awesome Inc. |
Customer experience
Brain Dots
Popcorn Balls
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
Popcorn Balls
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
Popcorn Balls
- No Ads$1.99
Questions
Is Brain Dots free?
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