Comparison

Heponoid vs Bubblarium

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

Head to head
About

Heponoid

Features
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Heponoid is a brick breaker set in deep space. Guide your ship along the bottom of the field, keep the ball in play and clear every brick across four worlds: Outer Rim, Nebula, Asteroid Belt and Dark Matter. TWO WAYS TO PLAY • Relax: no lives and no pressure. A lost ball comes straight back to your ship. Play any level you have opened and beat the clock for up to three stars. • Arcade: a run through a whole world on three lives. Your score carries from level to level, and your best run in each world is kept. Lose the last life and you can spend one of your stars to continue. ELEVEN PRIZE SPHERES Some bricks drop a glowing sphere when they break. Catch it with your ship: • Wide and Small change the size of your ship • Guns mount two cannons that fire at the bricks • Triple splits the ball into three • Piercing sends the ball straight through bricks, stone included • Magnet holds the ball on your ship until you launch it again • Radar steers the ship for you • Slow and Fast change the speed of the ball • Remote turns the ball around in flight • Extra Ball gives you one more life 41 LEVELS Every level of the original Heponoid is back, rebuilt with glossy neon bricks, armoured bricks that take several hits and stone that only a piercing ball can break. STEER YOUR WAY • Tilt your iPhone or iPad to move the ship, as in the original game • Or choose touch steering in Settings and slide your finger • Game controllers work too ALSO • Original space music and sound effects, each with its own switch • Nebula backdrops made for the game • Your progress stays on your device • No accounts, no ads, no tracking

About

Bubblarium

Immerse yourself in a vibrant underwater world with two distinct play modes. Enjoy a relaxing screensaver experience or engage in a fast-paced arcade challenge. Customize your aquatic environment with various creatures and decorative elements.

Highlights
  • Animated underwater world with diverse sea life
  • Zen Mode for relaxation and screensaver
  • Bubble Rush arcade mode with timers and scores
  • Customizable aquarium with creature toggles
  • Unlockable difficulty tiers in Bubble Rush
  • Optional cosmetic and gameplay add-ons
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Bubblarium fills your screen with a beautifully animated underwater world: colorful fish drift past, a dolphin leaps above the waves, crabs scuttle along the sandy floor, and bubbles rise gently toward the surface. Tap any bubble to pop it, or just sit back and watch. TWO WAYS TO PLAY Zen Mode is pure relaxation. No timers, no pressure, no score. The aquarium runs as a living screensaver you can interact with whenever the mood strikes. Pop a bubble, watch the shark prowl, spot the UFO abducting your fish — or just let it breathe in the background. Bubble Rush turns the aquarium into an arcade challenge. Race the clock and pop as many bubbles as you can before time runs out. Combo chains multiply your score. Special bubbles — golden, pearl, danger, and mystery — change the rules on the fly. Watch out for the shark, crabs, barracuda, and UFO; they all have their own ideas about your bubbles. THE AQUARIUM IS ALIVE • Sharks prowl and snap at bubbles, costing you points in Rush • Dolphins leap above the water and dive back in • Crabs scuttle the floor and occasionally grab bubbles mid-swim • A barracuda darts through in a flash • A UFO surfaces and beams your bubbles into the sky • Angelfish, neon tetras, and seahorses drift through it all BUBBLE RUSH FEATURES • 8 difficulty tiers that unlock naturally as your lifetime score grows — from Reef Rookie to Bubble Legend • Golden and pearl bubbles worth bonus points; danger bubbles that punish careless pops • Mystery bubbles that trigger random events: score multipliers, bubble bursts, shark frenzies, and more • Combo multipliers for rapid pops • Game Center leaderboards and achievements • Round summary with stats after every game MAKE IT YOURS! Customize the scene from the menu: toggle creatures on or off, adjust fish count, bubble count, and crab count. Everything is saved so your aquarium always looks exactly how you like it. OPTIONAL ADD-ONS (one-time purchases, all $0.99) • Additional submarine scenery and a sunken shipwreck for the aquarium floor • Game Sub Pack: a navy submarine that patrols during Bubble Rush and fires torpedoes at your bubbles • Torpedo Pack: unlocks upgraded and danger torpedo variants for the game sub • Squid Pack: a squid drifts through your aquarium and hunts bubbles during Bubble Rush All add-ons are optional — the full Zen and Bubble Rush experience is complete with no additional purchase required.

Screenshots

Heponoid4 screens
Bubblarium4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Heponoid at none against Bubblarium's 6. Bubblarium's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 130 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Bubblarium sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Heponoid asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Heponoid ships an update every 130 months, Bubblarium every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Heponoid versus Bubblarium: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeponoidBubblarium
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 130 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple TV
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB638 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAleksei NeronovCharles Condron

In-app purchases

None

Heponoid

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Bubblarium

One-time6
  • Game Add On - Submarine Pack$0.99
  • Game Add On - Torpedo Pack$0.99
  • Old Rusty Submarine$0.99
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  • Scenery Sub 2$0.99
  • Shipwreck Scenery$0.99
  • Squid Pack$0.99

Questions

Is Heponoid free?
Heponoid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bubblarium free?
Bubblarium is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Heponoid or Bubblarium have ads?
Neither Heponoid nor Bubblarium shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Heponoid or Bubblarium?
Heponoid ships an update every 130 months, and Bubblarium every 2 weeks. Most recently, Heponoid was updated on November 6, 2026 and Bubblarium on November 5, 2026.

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