Comparison

Build Your Palace vs Smoosh!

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Build Your Palace

This app combines a game with mental training to enhance your memory. Concentrate to memorize icons in order and build your virtual palace as you progress. It features over 150 animated icons and won a German Design Award.

Highlights
  • Memory icon memorization
  • Progressive palace building
  • Over 150 animated icons
  • Mental training and concentration
  • Customizable memorization techniques
Features
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“Build Your Palace”, that is game and training in one - for your head! Concentrate, memorize as many icons as possible in the correct order and you will be amazed what your memory can do. Make up a story with the icons shown, or place the objects in an imaginary space - find out what works best for you. The further you go, the bigger your palace. “Build Your Palace” won the German Design Award in 2017 for its outstanding design with more than 150 animated icons.

About

Smoosh!

This addictive puzzle game challenges players to guide colorful characters through intricate levels. Mix colors, avoid obstacles, and strategize moves to reach the goal within a set number of actions.

Highlights
  • 180 addictive puzzles
  • Color mixing mechanics
  • Unique obstacles
  • Play at your own pace
  • Achieve Par score
Features
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Smoosh your Blops together in the funnest game ever, brimming with puzzles so amazing you’ll probably break your phone in a fit of joyous frustration! Get Smoosh now and we’ll give you a free cat (although we actually won’t… you have to earn it). In other words, Smoosh is an addictive puzzler full of brain bending challenges and a slew of colorful, smoosh-able Blops. Guide your Blop buddies to their color-coordinated Blop Drops through 180 fantastic (and puzzling) levels. Smash Blops together to mix new colors, avoid treacherous Pits of Despair, and work around deviously placed obstacles to master every level and drop those Blops! Think you’re good? Complete each level within a set number of moves to achieve Par or under and prove you’re a real Blop droppin’ pro! --- WHY YOU’LL LOVE SMOOSH --- • MASTER 180 addictingly fun puzzles full of Blops, blocks, tubes, and drops. • EXPLORE 9 Platforms with unique obstacles. • INTERACT with Blops to mix new colors and watch Blops respond as you play. • PLAY at your own pace and plan moves without the stress of a clock. • BEAT each level at Par or better and become the ultimate Blop Dropper. • WIN & feel great!

Screenshots

Build Your Palace4 screens
Smoosh!2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Smoosh! at Free against Build Your Palace's $2.99. Build Your Palace's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.9) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). On review sentiment, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Smoosh! is free to download; Build Your Palace costs $2.99 up front. Smoosh! sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Build Your Palace asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Build Your Palace holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Build Your Palace has 324 ratings behind it against 32, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 74% and 73% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Build Your Palace ships an update every 3 months, Smoosh! every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Build Your Palace versus Smoosh!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBuild Your PalaceSmoosh!
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (324 ratings) — better3.9 (32 ratings)
Positive reviews73.6% of reviews — better72.7% of reviews
Number of ratings324 — better32
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size328 MB138 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPascal MonacoCurious Labs

Customer experience

Build Your Palace

All ratings323 ratings
Positive89.2%
Neutral5.6%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews121 reviews
Positive73.6%
Neutral5.8%
Negative20.7%

Smoosh!

All ratings32 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral21.9%
Negative15.6%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral13.6%
Negative13.6%

In-app purchases

None

Build Your Palace

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Smoosh!

One-time4
  • Platform 7$0.99
  • Platform 8$0.99
  • Platform 9$0.99
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  • Platform Pack 7, 8, 9$1.99

Questions

Is Build Your Palace free?
Build Your Palace costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Smoosh! free?
Smoosh! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Build Your Palace or Smoosh!?
Build Your Palace is rated higher. Build Your Palace averages 4.6 out of 5 from 324 ratings, while Smoosh! averages 3.9 from 32 ratings.
Do Build Your Palace or Smoosh! have ads?
Neither Build Your Palace nor Smoosh! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Build Your Palace or Smoosh!?
Build Your Palace ships an update every 3 months, and Smoosh! every 2 months. Most recently, Build Your Palace was updated on October 26, 2026 and Smoosh! on October 26, 2026.

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