Tiny Bubbles vs Zero Below Zero
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tiny Bubbles
An award-winning puzzle game where players manipulate squishy soap bubbles. Mix colors, create chain reactions, and solve hundreds of unique challenges. Offers a relaxing experience with atmospheric music and fluid physics.
- Inflate, mix, match, and pop bubbles
- Physics-based bubble manipulation
- Hundreds of unique puzzles
- Multiple game modes (Puzzles, Arcade, Infinity)
- Relaxing ambient music and sounds
- Color-blind accessibility mode
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Winner of over a dozen gaming awards. Play with squishy clusters of soap bubbles in this mesmerizing puzzle game. Inflate, mix, match, pop, and win with hundreds of goals to complete. INNOVATIVE NEW GAMEPLAY Fill bubbles with colorful air and push nearby bubbles around using the physics of real bubbles! Break edges between bubbles to mix new colors and create matches of 4 or more. Plan your strategy from a list of moves to build up cascading chain reactions for dazzling bonuses. HOURS OF AMAZING CONTENT Experience unique surprises down every path! Each of the over 170 handmade puzzles requires new thinking and twisting strategies with ever increasing challenges. Play in 3 different game modes: PUZZLES, ARCADE, and INFINITY. Try to beat 35 bubbly achievements that will give your brain a workout. RELAXING AND ATMOSPHERIC Relaxing ambient music gracefully integrates with the satisfying sounds of popping bubbles. Put on a pair of headphones and experience a new level of flow and mindfulness. Play Infinity mode to earn helpful hint tickets. LIFE-LIKE SOAP BUBBLE PHYSICS From the vision of artist/coder/designer Stu Denman and inspired by the work of his MIT scientist grandfather, the game brings the beauty of nature to your screen. Incredibly fluid “molecular dynamics engine” animates hundreds of bubbles at 60 FPS. CHARMING CREATURES Help tiny aquatic creatures that are trapped in the bubbles. Avoid greedy jelly crabs and spiky urchins. Love him or hate him, a curious fish named Bloop will surely reveal your nature as an optimist or a pessimist. COLOR-BLIND MODE Featuring an innovative color-blind mode that provides an authentic and accessible game experience without intrusive icons or patterns. * No advertisements or in-app purchases. * ------ AWARDS ------ ● Winner, Best Mobile Game, Gamer's Voice Award at SXSW ● Winner, Best Quickplay, 14th International Mobile Gaming Awards ● Winner, Google Indie Games Festival ● Grand Prize Winner, The Label's Indie Showdown ● Official Selection, The PAX 10, Penny Arcade Expo West ● Winner, Amazon Games Forum Showdown ● Winner, Seattle Indie Game Competition ● Winner, Best Overall Game, Intel Buzz Workshop ● Official Selection, Indie Megabooth, PAX West ● Official Selection, Made With Unity Showcase ● Finalist, Intel Level Up ● Finalist, Best Gameplay, AzPlay, Spain
Zero Below Zero
A challenging puzzle game with simple mechanics but extreme difficulty. Achieve a perfect score on free levels to unlock the rest at no cost. No hints are provided, requiring strategic thinking to solve each unique circle-based puzzle.
- Extremely challenging gameplay
- Unique circle-based puzzles
- Free levels unlockable
- No hints provided
- Inspired by math puzzles
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Don’t let the cute graphics deceive you - this game is HARD. It’s so difficult, that if you get a perfect score on the free levels, you get the rest of the levels for free. The goal sounds easy - all you have to do is make each circle at least zero. The trouble is there are gazillions of moves you can make, and just one will give you a perfect score. Oh, and there are no hints. There are also no ads, subscriptions, tracking, or anything else you wouldn’t want. If you can’t achieve a perfect score on the free levels, you can always admit defeat and pay to unlock the other levels ;) This game is inspired by the dollar game maths puzzle as seen on Numberphile. Don’t expect that to help you though - Zero Below Zero has been made much more difficult!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Zero Below Zero at Free against Tiny Bubbles's $3.99. Zero Below Zero also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Tiny Bubbles's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (3.8K vs 6). On 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
Zero Below Zero is free to download; Tiny Bubbles costs $3.99 up front. Zero Below Zero sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tiny Bubbles asks for nothing beyond the download.
Zero Below Zero holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tiny Bubbles has 3.8K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Tiny Bubbles's written reviews are positive against 100% of Zero Below Zero's.
Tiny Bubbles ships an update every 2 months, Zero Below Zero every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tiny Bubbles | Zero Below Zero |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.8K ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.8K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 127 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pine Street Codeworks LLC | Omar Fahmy |
Customer experience
Tiny Bubbles
Zero Below Zero
Bugs and requests
Tiny Bubbles
Reported bugs
2 issues- Incorrect level completion conditions
- Hint system not functioning properly
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and worlds to explore
- Endless/infinite mode without time limits
- Improved hint system and accessibility
- Cloud save/sync across devices
Zero Below Zero
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tiny Bubbles
No in-app purchases
Zero Below Zero
- Unlock all levels$3.99
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