Bouncing Ball 2 vs Merge Smile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bouncing Ball 2
Bounce on platforms to create music while avoiding spikes. Collect diamonds to unlock new cosmetic balls. Enjoy a visually appealing and musically engaging experience.
- Bounce on platforms
- Create music
- Avoid spikes
- Collect diamonds
- Unlock new balls
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Bounce on the center of platforms to create beautiful music. Stay clear of the spikes and collect diamonds to unlock new and gorgeous balls!
Merge Smile
Combine identical smiles to create larger ones and clear levels. Progress through increasingly challenging stages with unique smile arrangements. Discover a variety of smiles as you aim to create the biggest one possible.
- Merge identical smiles
- Clear stages
- Discover various smiles
- Increasingly challenging levels
- Unique smile arrangements
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Merge cute Smiles to clear stages and discover various Smiles! When Smiles of the same shape meet, a larger smile is created. Your goal is to create the biggest smile you can. It may be easy at first, but progressing through the stages will become more challenging. That's because each stage has different types and sizes of smiles waiting for you. How far can you progress through increasingly difficult stages?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Merge Smile at 5.0 against Bouncing Ball 2's 3.9. Merge Smile also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 61%) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). Bouncing Ball 2's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (48 vs 1). On price 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. Bouncing Ball 2 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Merge Smile asks for nothing beyond the download.
Merge Smile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bouncing Ball 2 has 48 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Bouncing Ball 2's written reviews are positive against 100% of Merge Smile's.
Bouncing Ball 2 ships an update monthly, Merge Smile every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bouncing Ball 2 | Merge Smile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (48 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | 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 | 7.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 164 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ketchapp | JooHyung Kim |
Customer experience
Bouncing Ball 2
Merge Smile
Bugs and requests
Bouncing Ball 2
Reported bugs
4 issues- Ads interrupt gameplay
- Physics feel weird
- Ball doesn't go down quick enough
- Glitches
Requested features
6 requests- More avatars to play as
- Different game modes
- More skin options
- Tutorial or instructions on how to play
- Easier levels
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- Fix glitches
Merge Smile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bouncing Ball 2
- Watermelon Ball$0.99
- Flower Ball$0.99
- Gingerbread Ball$0.99
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- Basketball Ball$0.99
- Redchip Ball$0.99
- Rainbow Ball$0.99
- Zen Ball$0.99
- Smiley Ball$0.99
- Cola Ball$0.99
- Radiation Ball$0.99
Merge Smile
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Bouncing Ball 2 free?
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