Emoji Drop vs Broken Grounds
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Emoji Drop
Guide a character through challenging levels filled with traps and obstacles. Utilize shields and one-tap controls to help the character reach their goal and complete each stage. Features include 50 levels, an endless mode, and the ability to earn free level skips.
- Guide emoji through traps
- Use shields on tricky parts
- Earn free level skips
- One tap controls
- 50 levels
- Endless Mode
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Guide Emoji through traps and other dangers to reach his Girl and complete the levels! FEATURES: • Use Shields on tricky parts • Earn FREE level skips • One tap controls • 50 levels • Endless Mode • Totally addictive #emoji drop - STALK US: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeadCoolApps Twitter: https://twitter.com/DeadCoolApps Web: http://www.DeadCoolApps.com
Broken Grounds
Explore 80 hand-crafted levels across 9 unique worlds, uncovering paths, avoiding traps, and rescuing lost critters. This adventure features a minimalist art style and a relaxing soundscape, with each world introducing new gameplay mechanics.
- Explore 80 hand-crafted levels
- Discover 9 unique worlds
- Uncover hidden paths
- Avoid dangerous traps
- Rescue lost critters
- Minimalist art style
- Relaxing soundscape
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In Broken Grounds, traverse through the mysterious and beautiful worlds, uncovering the path, unlocking the way, avoiding traps and rescuing lost critters. Explore 80 hand-crafted levels across 9 worlds in a beautifully designed, minimalist art style and a calming, relaxing soundscape, with each new world adding new ways to play.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Broken Grounds at 100% against Emoji Drop's 35%. Broken Grounds also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 7 months vs every 15 months). Emoji Drop's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (55 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Emoji Drop sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Broken Grounds sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Broken Grounds holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Emoji Drop has 55 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of Emoji Drop's written reviews are positive against 100% of Broken Grounds's.
Emoji Drop ships an update every 15 months, Broken Grounds every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Emoji Drop | Broken Grounds |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (55 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 55 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | 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 | 8.0 — better | 15.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 170 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dead Cool Apps | Motionlab |
Customer experience
Emoji Drop
Broken Grounds
Bugs and requests
Emoji Drop
Reported bugs
5 issues- Game resets to level 1
- App closes unexpectedly
- Emoji doesn't jump when tapped
- Ads interfere with gameplay
- Paid ad removal not permanent
Requested features
5 requests- Fix game progress resets
- Improve jump responsiveness
- Add more levels
- Allow choosing different emojis
- Implement a store for in-game items
Broken Grounds
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Emoji Drop
- No Ads$1.99
- Skip Level$1.99
- Level Skip$2.99
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- Buy 5 Shields$2.99
- Buy 25 Shields$4.99
- Buy 100 Shields$12.99
Broken Grounds
- Remove Ads$2.99
