Tiny Bubbles vs Petal
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
Petal
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The coziest little corner of your phone. Petal is a cozy, calming glide game about drifting through a storybook cottagecore garden. Hold anywhere to flutter up, let go to float back down, and glide through soft watercolor meadows gathering petals as they fall. One thumb, one gesture, no timer, no rush. Just a calm place to breathe. Stay a while and the day drifts by. Warm golden afternoon light melts into a starlit night, fireflies wake in the tall grass, the moon rises over the hills, and dawn comes again. A gentle little world that keeps going at its own quiet pace, whether you play for one minute or twenty. Now and then the garden's spirit leaves you a quiet line, and that's as loud as this game ever gets. A relaxing game to unwind with: - One-touch calm. Hold to rise, let go to fall. That is the whole game, and you'll have it in three seconds. - A living cottagecore garden that moves through day, dusk, night, dawn, and around again, with the light, the sky and the meadow changing as it goes. - Quiet surprises on the breeze. A dandelion seed that carries you weightless, a wisteria vine that showers you in blossoms, a sleeping moth that wakes and clears your path. - Fireflies, shooting stars, moonlight on the meadow, and little cottage windows that glow when night falls. - Dreamy watercolor art in a soft cottagecore palette of cream, sage, dusty rose and butter yellow. - A gentle acoustic soundtrack and quiet nature ambience that shift with the time of day. - Mind the beehives and the laundry lines. Clip one and you tumble, and then you're right back in the garden, no fuss and nothing lost. - Your petal count is there if you want something to beat, and easy to ignore if you don't. Made for the moments in between: - Winding down before sleep, when you want something soft instead of a feed. - Coffee breaks, commutes, waiting rooms and long queues. - Anxious, restless evenings when you want to slow your breathing down. - Anyone who likes cozy games, idle games, zen and mindfulness apps, aesthetic games, or just a pretty thing to hold. Plays offline, anywhere. No wifi, no account, no sign-up, no daily streaks to keep, no notifications nagging you back. Pick it up, drift for a while, and put it down whenever you like. Gentle enough for kids, quiet enough for a late night, and easy on your battery. Cozy up. Drift. Gather. Breathe.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Petal at Free against Tiny Bubbles's $3.99. Petal also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). Tiny Bubbles's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads 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
Petal is free to download; Tiny Bubbles costs $3.99 up front. Petal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tiny Bubbles asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tiny Bubbles ships an update every 2 months, Petal every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tiny Bubbles | Petal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.8K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.8K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 127 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pine Street Codeworks LLC | Rectangle Circle, Inc. |
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
Petal
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tiny Bubbles
No in-app purchases
Petal
- Remove rests forever$4.99









