Comparison

Tiny Bubbles vs steks

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

steks

This physics-based puzzle game challenges you to build impossible towers using creative problem-solving. Navigate unique levels with new complexities and an evil doctor aiming to bring your structures down. Enjoy endless content and compete with friends in this ad-free, offline experience.

Highlights
  • Physics-based tower building
  • 40 hand-crafted levels
  • Infinite content and daily puzzles
  • Offline play
  • Leaderboard competition
  • Relaxing gameplay
Features
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"a brilliantly realised set of puzzles" - 8/10, The Metro steks is unlike any game you’ve played before; it’s a puzzle game that relies as much on creativity as it does on logic. Your objective sounds simple: build a tower out of shapes, but the challenges are nearly endless. Every level has been crafted to have thousands of possible solutions, but even more ways for it all to come crashing down around you. Each of the hand-designed levels introduces new complexities, from unstable foundations to mysterious voids and swirling blizzards. And soon you discover that a sinister force has been working to undermine you all along… the evil Dr. Gravity! Features: Physics-based Tower Building: Unleash your inner architect as you carefully position your blocks into a tower that defies gravity. Harness your spatial awareness and logical thinking to build the tallest tower possible, or complete the level by building the craziest tower you can think of. 40 Hand-Crafted Levels: Prepare to encounter a diverse range of mechanics that will keep you on your toes. From ice levels with reduced friction to mind-bending gravity-inverted stages, each level presents a unique challenge. No Ads Or In-app Purchases: Just lots and lots of towers. The way games should be. Infinite Content: A brand new puzzle every day and an infinite mode means that you'll always find something new and exciting to test your brain. Compete With Friends: Compete on the leaderboards, show off your creations, and see how your towers measure up to the brain-melting structures designed by the world’s best. Great For Kids: steks is a problem-solving game that encourages creative play, just like playing with blocks, making it perfect for children. steks has no adverts and no in-app purchases - so you can leave your child playing with peace of mind. Fully Offline: play steks anywhere. Relaxing Gameplay: Unwind and enjoy steks at your own pace. There are no time constraints, making it the ideal game for those seeking a tranquil gaming experience. Challenging Puzzles: steks may be relaxing, but it’s great for challenging your puzzle-solving skills. Each level has unique obstacles and complexities. Forty unique levels alongside an infinite mode and daily challenges means steks has hours of replay value. Beautiful Visuals: Immerse yourself in steks’ lo-fi world completely uninterrupted by adverts, channelling vintage arcade games and the best cosy puzzle games.

Screenshots

Tiny Bubbles4 screens
steks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: steks at every 4 days against Tiny Bubbles's every 2 months. steks also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and price ($2.49 vs $3.99). Tiny Bubbles's advantage is ratings volume (3.8K vs 4). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Tiny Bubbles costs $3.99 and steks $2.49 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

steks 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 4, 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 88% of steks's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tiny Bubbles ships an update every 2 months, steks every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tiny Bubbles versus steks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTiny Bubblessteks
Price$3.99$2.49 — better
Rating4.8 (3.8K ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.4% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.8K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPine Street Codeworks LLCBleppo

Customer experience

Tiny Bubbles

All ratings3,814 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral1.8%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews193 reviews
Positive83.4%
Neutral6.7%
Negative9.8%

steks

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%

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

steks

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Tiny Bubbles

No in-app purchases

None

steks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tiny Bubbles free?
Tiny Bubbles costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is steks free?
steks costs $2.49, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tiny Bubbles or steks?
steks is rated higher. Tiny Bubbles averages 4.8 out of 5 from 3.8K ratings, while steks averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Tiny Bubbles or steks have ads?
Neither Tiny Bubbles nor steks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tiny Bubbles or steks?
Tiny Bubbles ships an update every 2 months, and steks every 4 days. Most recently, Tiny Bubbles was updated on October 10, 2026 and steks on October 4, 2026.

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