Vault! vs Ball To Star
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vault!
Experience thrilling pole vaulting with intuitive tap-and-hold controls. Navigate challenging environments, collect coins to unlock characters, and compete for the highest score. Enjoy endless arcade fun with physics-based challenges.
- Intuitive single-touch pole vaulting
- Physics-based arcade action
- Unlockable unique characters
- Game Center support for competition
- Coin collection for upgrades
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Pole vaulting has never been so fun! Cascading cliffs, huge bouncy springs and those infuriating red balls! How far can you go? How long will you last? Can you get the highest score? Classic intuitive physics arcade action with easy to use, hard to master tap and hold controls, mean that things aren't as simple as they seem. Features: - Intuitive single touch pole vaulting gameplay. - Simple concept that anyone can grasp! - Collect coins to unlock unique characters - Full game centre support to compete with friends and foes Important information This game contains third party advertising which can be removed via a one time IAP. This game contains coins which can be collected within the game for free, bought with real money or via earned via promotions. This game contains cross promotion for other Nitrome games and this is not removed with the IAP for removal of ads.
Ball To Star
Navigate a ball through mazes to find stars, diamonds, and keys. Choose from different ball types like pool, basketball, or tennis. Control the ball using your phone's gyroscope or on-screen controls.
- Ball navigation through mazes
- Collect stars and diamonds
- Unlock chests with keys
- Multiple ball types (pool, basketball, tennis)
- Gyroscope and touch controls
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Control the ball and find the star. You can use phone controler or banlance your phone to control ball. You can change pool,basketball,tennis to play. HOW TO PLAY: 1 - Move the ball 2 - Find star 3 - Looking for diamonds 4 - Looking for key and open chest Get more diamonds can buy more balls. If you love the game. Give us your feedback: https://www.facebook.com/tutappgames Please subscribe to our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8HCOnYfcI3YCl_p7B8TtHQ Enjoy your time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ball To Star at none against Vault!'s 4. Ball To Star also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Vault!'s advantage is ratings volume (77 vs 2). On price and device support 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. Vault! sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Ball To Star asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ball To Star holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vault! has 77 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Vault!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Ball To Star's.
Vault! ships an update every 5 months, Ball To Star every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vault! | Ball To Star |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (77 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 77 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 121 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nitrome | 洁 任 |
Customer experience
Vault!
Ball To Star
Bugs and requests
Vault!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Pole glitching out after continuing from an ad
- Respawning in unwinnable positions after continuing
- Invisible walls causing unexpected deaths
Requested features
4 requests- More playable characters with unique abilities
- Different game modes (e.g., time trial, challenges)
- Varied environments and level designs
- Customization options for the vaulting pole
Ball To Star
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Vault!
- Buy Coins 1$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Buy Coins 2$2.99
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- Buy Coins 3$3.99
Ball To Star
No in-app purchases
