Mr Dig vs Ball Sort Puzzle®
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mr Dig
Guide a character through over 50 challenging levels to reclaim stolen treasures and food from underworld monsters. Dig, leap, and strategize to defeat enemies and collect items, ensuring an escape route to return to the surface.
- Over 50 progressively tricky levels
- Tap to dig left, right, or down
- Leap up to 2 tiles in any direction
- Destroy boulders from above or push from the side
- Collect treasures and defeat monsters
- Return to surface to complete levels
- In-game contact author for hints
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Mr. Dig loves collecting gems. One day he dug too deep. Monsters escaped from the underworld and stole his treasures and food! Help Mr. Dig and his friends battle his way through over 50 progressively tricky levels to get his stuff back. Tap to dig left, right, or down. Leap up to 2 tiles in any direction. Destroy boulders from above or push them from the side. Tap the hero for a menu of game options. To complete each level, collect treasures then return to surface. Make sure to leave an escape path! On monster-only levels, defeat all monsters then return to surface to clear. Stuck? Support page and handy in-game "Contact Author" button can be used to request hints.
Ball Sort Puzzle®
A challenging yet relaxing puzzle game where players sort colored balls into tubes. The goal is to group all balls of the same color together in a single tube. Enjoy hours of brain-teasing fun with simple one-finger controls and no time limits.
- Sort colored balls into tubes
- One-finger control
- No penalties or time limits
- Relaxing brain-teasing gameplay
- Restart levels if stuck
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Ball Sort Puzzle® is a challenging puzzle game that will keep you entertained for hours! Sort the colored balls in the tubes until all of the same-hued balls are in the same tube. A brain-teasing game that is both tough and relaxing! DIRECTIONS FOR PLAYING: - Tap any tube to shift the ball that is lying on top of it to a different tube. - You can only lay a ball on top of another ball if all of them are the same color and the tube into which you wish to travel has adequate space. - Try not to get stuck, but if you do, don't worry; you can always restart the level. FEATURES: - Control with just one finger. - Completely free and easy to play. - There are no penalties or time limits, so you can play Ball Sort Puzzle whenever you want!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mr Dig at 100% against Ball Sort Puzzle®'s 34%. Mr Dig also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Ball Sort Puzzle®'s advantage is ratings volume (233K vs 4). 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. Mr Dig sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Ball Sort Puzzle® sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mr Dig holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ball Sort Puzzle® has 233K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Mr Dig's written reviews are positive against 34% of Ball Sort Puzzle®'s.
Mr Dig ships an update every 2 weeks, Ball Sort Puzzle® every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mr Dig | Ball Sort Puzzle® |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.7 (233K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 34.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 233K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| 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 | 7.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 234 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Easy 8 Software | HM Games LLC FZ |
Customer experience
Mr Dig
Ball Sort Puzzle®
Bugs and requests
Mr Dig
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Ball Sort Puzzle®
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game freezes and crashes frequently
- Paid version does not remove all ads as promised
- Undo/extra tube features not working as expected
- Levels sometimes become unplayable after updates
Requested features
5 requests- Add more color themes and customization options
- Provide instructions and explanations for game mechanics
- Allow horizontal rotation of the game board
- Implement a hint system or level skip option
- Add a way to spend accumulated coins
In-app purchases
Mr Dig
- Remove Ads$0.99
Ball Sort Puzzle®
- Gold Pack 1$0.99
- No Ads$2.99
- Gold Pack 2$2.99
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- Gold Pack 3$4.99
- Premium$4.99
- Gold Pack 4$6.99
- Gold Pack 5$7.99
- Gold Pack 6$9.99
Questions
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