Steer the Marbles vs Hexballs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Steer the Marbles
Guide marbles and balls to their goals by tilting your device. Navigate through challenging levels with obstacles, mazes, and multiple holes while avoiding red balls. Collect gems and earn stars in this physics-based puzzle game.
- Tilt device to steer
- 100+ playable levels
- Avoid red balls
- Collect gems
- Physics game engine
- Maze and obstacle levels
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Tilt your mobile device to steer the marbles and balls towards the goals. This classic roll-the-balls game has twists and many levels. It's not as easy as it sounds because you must also avoid the red balls from entering the holes. Variety of levels include obstacles, maze level, multiple holes, and different ball sizes. Collect all the gems and earn star ratings. Have fun steering, balancing, and aiming the balls and watch them interact with physics using the accelerometer. A great game to relax and spend a few minutes. • Very easy to play, just tilt your device to steer the marbles/balls to the holes. • 100+ levels, all playable, no In App Purchase. • Relaxing and addictive game play. Straightforward interface. • Built using physics game engine. • Variety of challenges and things to discover, such as maze/labyrinth levels, pipe/tunnel, and gems.
Hexballs
Match same-colored balls on a hexagonal board to clear them as new ones descend. Compete for high scores in timed or move-based challenges. Enjoy simple controls and a visually engaging experience.
- Hexagonal board matching
- Timed game mode
- Move-based game mode
- High score leaderboards
- Simple one-finger controls
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Match balls of the same color to clear them from the hex board as new balls fall in. Clear as many balls as you can! Features: • Two different game modes - timed based and move based. • Simple one finger controls • Compete against your friends and the rest of the world on the high score leaderboards • Lots of hexagons
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Hexballs at daily against Steer the Marbles's every 18 months. Hexballs also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Steer the Marbles against 5.0 for Hexballs. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.
Steer the Marbles ships an update every 18 months, Hexballs daily. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Steer the Marbles | Hexballs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | F Permadi | Patrick Watkins |
Customer experience
Steer the Marbles
Hexballs
In-app purchases
Steer the Marbles
No in-app purchases
Hexballs
No in-app purchases
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