Popcorn Chef 2 vs Patience Balls
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Popcorn Chef 2
Experience the original popcorn cooking simulator. Enjoy fun and addictive gameplay with various popcorn flavors, unique music, and unlockable cooking pots. Challenge friends in exciting 1v1 multiplayer matches.
- Popcorn cooking simulation
- Multiple popcorn flavors
- Unlockable cooking pots
- 1v1 Multiplayer mode
- Unique music and effects
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The original popcorn cooking simulator! • Fun and addictive gameplay • Easy to learn, fun to master • Different flavors of popcorn with unique music and effects • Original cooking pots, unlocked as you progress • 1v1 Multiplayer This is the game that will have you craving for a real pot of popcorn every time you play!
Patience Balls
Engage in a minimalist physics puzzle game designed for a calming and meditative experience. Solve intricate labyrinths and mazes using precision, patience, and logic. This game offers a serene escape while sharpening your reflexes and problem-solving skills.
- Relaxing Zen-like Gameplay
- Mind-Teasing Labyrinths and Mazes
- Physics-Based Challenges
- Precision and Logic Puzzles
- Beautiful Minimal Graphics
- Unlockable Achievements
- Global Leaderboards
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Master your focus and conquer precision tilt controls in Patience Balls—the ultimate physics-based marble maze puzzle game! Whether you are navigating smooth logic labyrinths or tackling high-precision spatial challenges, test your steady hands, master fine balance, and guide every ball safely to its goal. Patience Balls combines realistic motion physics with clean, minimalist board design. Every movement requires complete spatial control, visual focus, and timing—offering a deeply satisfying physics experience where precision leads to victory. Key Features: • Precision Physics & Gyro Control: Calibrated tilt mechanics tuned for exact spatial accuracy. Every subtle wrist movement directly influences board gravity. • Challenging Marble Mazes: Navigate 3D labyrinths, narrow paths, moving obstacles, and gravity holes designed to test your hand-eye coordination. • Test Your Focus & Patience: Progress through 200+ handcrafted levels ranging from satisfying rolling puzzles to high-precision skill challenges. • Satisfying ASMR & Minimalist Design: Clean visuals paired with tactile rolling physics and crisp audio for an engaging, anti-stress atmosphere. • Seamless Offline Play: No Wi-Fi required. Enjoy zero-friction tilt puzzle gameplay anytime, anywhere. • Track Your Mastery: Unlock unique marble skins, achieve level milestones, and see how your precision balance stacks up on global leaderboards. Steady your hands, master the tilt, and download Patience Balls today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Patience Balls at 4.7 against Popcorn Chef 2's 4.4. Popcorn Chef 2's advantage is review sentiment (79% vs 68%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Popcorn Chef 2 sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Patience Balls sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Patience Balls holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 207 and 542 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of Popcorn Chef 2's written reviews are positive against 68% of Patience Balls's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Popcorn Chef 2 ships an update every 2 weeks, Patience Balls every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Popcorn Chef 2 | Patience Balls |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (207 ratings) | 4.7 (542 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.7% of reviews — better | 68.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 207 | 542 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| 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 | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 198 MB | 274 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ramsay Amarin | Ricardo Mendonca |
Customer experience
Popcorn Chef 2
Patience Balls
Bugs and requests
Popcorn Chef 2
Reported bugs
6 issues- Ads not available
- Button for removing ads not working
- Game freezes
- Randomly expands and moves during play
- Loses progress after update
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- Constant freezing
Requested features
5 requests- Bring back old version
- Option for old and new game versions
- Easier way to get coins
- Fix bugs and improve gameplay
- Add gross popcorn skins
Patience Balls
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Popcorn Chef 2
- Breakfast$0.99
- Ice cream$0.99
- Cats$0.99
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- Sketchy$0.99
- Cupcakes$0.99
- Taco$0.99
- Dogs$0.99
- Gold$0.99
- 300 Coins$0.99
- Premium$1.99
- Remove Advertisements$3.99
Patience Balls
- 250 Gems$0.99
- Patience Balls Premium$1.99
- 400 Gems$1.99
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- Remove ads and get 1000 gems$2.99
- Remove ads and get 1000 gems$3.99
- Remove ads and get 1000 gems$4.99
- Remove ads and 2500 Gems$7.99









