Eat Snakes vs Snake Balls
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Eat Snakes
Control a growing snake, eat dots to get bigger, and outmaneuver opponents in a fast-paced arena. Avoid colliding heads and strategically use your tail to eliminate other worms. Collect gems to unlock new snake skins and enjoy offline play.
- Grow by eating dots
- Eliminate opponents with tail
- Collect gems for unlocks
- Offline AI play
- Record and share gameplay
- Vibration feedback
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Glide around with your little snake, eat dots to grow and kill other worms in this fast paced brand new Snake game! Avoid to hit other snakes with your head. Try to let the enemies run into your tail to kill them - size doesn't matter. Eating their remains gives you a growing boost and higher scores. Collect gems and unlock more crazy snakes :-) Good luck, and crawl away as quickly as you can in this super addictive game. Hint: Move in circles. Make spiral patterns with your snake to survive! + Touch and move your finger to move the snake + Vibration feedback + Snakes to unlock + Record your gameplay video and share it on many social channels + Continue feature + Play offline: AI driven computer players will chase you + Optimized for Toilet gameplay :-) Download Eat Snakes now !
Snake Balls
Engage in an addictive ball-matching puzzle game. Shoot colored balls to create matches of three or more, causing them to explode. Clear the entire board before the snake reaches the end of the path.
- Match 3 or more colored balls
- Exploding ball mechanics
- Clear the board
- Prevent snake from reaching the end
- Addictive gameplay
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Simple to learn, difficult to master and devastatingly addictive! Shoot balls to match 3 or more of the same color and make them explode! Clear all the balls before the snake reaches the end of the path!
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Verdict
Eat Snakes and Snake Balls both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 50% of Eat Snakes's written reviews are positive against 12% of Snake Balls's. Eat Snakes also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). Snake Balls's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Eat Snakes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Snake Balls asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Eat Snakes against 4.3 for Snake Balls. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 944 and 825 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Eat Snakes's written reviews are positive against 12% of Snake Balls's.
Eat Snakes ships an update every 2 months, Snake Balls every 6 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | Eat Snakes | Snake Balls |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (944 ratings) — better | 4.3 (825 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 12.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 944 — better | 825 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 223 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Heinrich Tillack | Ketchapp |
Customer experience
Eat Snakes
Snake Balls
User reviews
Eat Snakes
From 944 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Fun and engaging
- 💡 Unique concept
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy and unstable
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 👎 Difficult and frustrating
Snake Balls
From 825 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Smooth controls
- 🎨 Bright, vibrant colors
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
- 💰 Excessive ads interrupting gameplay
- 🎮 Unintuitive, reversed controls
- 🕹️ Lack of difficulty progression
Bugs and requests
Eat Snakes
Reported bugs
3 issues- Worms spawning and causing instant death
- Frequent crashes and freezes
- Compatibility issues with older devices
Requested features
3 requests- Improved performance and stability
- More game modes and content
- Better tutorial and onboarding
Snake Balls
Reported bugs
2 issues- High scores not updating properly
- Leaderboard issues
Requested features
3 requests- Add a pause button
- Improve colorblind accessibility
- Introduce different game modes and levels
In-app purchases
Eat Snakes
- Remove Ads$2.99
Snake Balls
No in-app purchases
