Cubway vs Bloomstream
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cubway
Navigate a cube through a challenging abstract world, experiencing a story of rebirth. Master diverse mechanics like timing, avoidance, and interaction with obstacles. Enjoy a visually stunning and atmospheric journey with unique animations and ambient music.
- Abstract story of rebirth
- Cube navigation through obstacles
- Diverse interaction mechanics
- 55 unique levels
- 3 alternative endings
- Minimalistic graphics and animations
- Atmospheric ambient soundtrack
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Cubway is a journey with an abstract story of lifecycle of rebirth, called Samsara. Guide the cube through the long way full of dangers and difficulties, visit many interesting and mysterious places. Mechanics of the game are concentrated around different types of interaction with the obstacles. Some of them are: finding correct spot to overcome the obstacles, blowing them, correct timing of your movement, avoiding dangers, changing your movement directions by the switchers and many more. All this is accompanied by beautiful background arts that tell an abstract story, unique animations, minimalistic graphics, different astonishing effects, and relaxing ambient. • 55 different levels • 3 Alternative Endings • Several game mechanics • Elegant and stylish design • A lot of obstacles and unique animations • Astonishing effects of rain, slow motion, change of day and night and many others • Atmospheric ambient by the Composer SiJ Follow us @armnomads Find us on Facebook
Bloomstream
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Water always finds its way. Your job is to show it where to go. Bloomstream is a cozy water-flow puzzle. Tap a mound of earth to dig it out and the spring pours through the gap — down, sideways and up again, filling every space it can reach, just like real water. Tap open ground to build a wall and hold the flood back. One finger, two moves: dig or dam. Everything else is the water. WHAT THE WATER IS FOR • Seedlings bloom the moment the water reaches them. Every one has to bloom. • Fish need their pool filled before you can finish. • Cats must stay dry. Flood the cat and the level is over — so wall it off before you open the channel that would soak it. • Frost spreads along any water it touches and turns it solid. Ice levels are races: dig your route before the cold gets there. Built a wall too late? Build another. Cutting a pool off from the spring drains it away again, the blooms fold back into seedlings, and you can try a different line. Nothing is wasted, nothing is punished. NO PRESSURE, EVER • No timers. • No move limits, no par, no star ratings. • No lives, no energy, no waiting to play again. • Play offline, anywhere, for as long as you like. You lose a round only by making a genuinely wrong move, and you can start it over instantly. Most levels come apart in a minute or two, once you spot the one dig that routes the water around the thing you were trying to protect. That moment — "oh, THAT's where the channel goes" — is the whole game. HAND-BUILT LEVELS, EVERY ONE PROVED SOLVABLE Over fifty levels, ordered so the gardens grow with you: a tiny board and two taps at the start, then bigger gardens, cats to protect, and finally the frost. Every level has been checked by a solver before release, so there are no impossible boards and none that solve themselves by accident. GENTLE ON THE EYES AND EARS A warm little garden diorama, soft toy-like blocks, water that sweeps across each tile as it arrives, and the small sounds of digging, splashing and blooming — each dig a step up a scale as you carve a channel. Sound and vibration can be switched off in settings. A PUZZLE GAME FIRST No farm to decorate, no story to sit through, no meters to refill. Just a garden, a spring, and the question of where to dig. Something calm for the end of the day that still makes you feel clever. Grab a level. Let it flow.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bloomstream at none against Cubway's 1. Cubway's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). 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. Cubway sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bloomstream asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Cubway | Bloomstream |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (118 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 79.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 118 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 361 MB | 143 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ArmNomads LLC | Pixel Envision Ltd. |
Bugs and requests
Cubway
Reported bugs
10 issues- Screen edges cut off on iPhone 11, 12, 13, 14, XR, XS, XS Max
- Game interface extends beyond screen boundaries
- Player character invisible or off-screen at edges
- Buttons and menu items not visible on screen
- Checkpoint save function not working properly
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- Achievement system not tracking completed levels
- App crashes on iPad Pro and older devices
- Controls become unresponsive or too sensitive
- Game freezes or lags during gameplay
- In-app purchase not restoring after reinstall
Requested features
10 requests- Fix screen resolution and optimization for iPhone 11, 12, 13, 14, XR, XS Max and newer devices
- Adjust game scaling to fit full screen properly
- Make checkpoint/save feature free or ad-supported instead of paid
- Add in-game tutorial or hints system
- Improve controls responsiveness on older devices
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- Add Japanese language support
- Create more levels and content
- Provide clearer explanation of game rules and mechanics
- Move ads to after levels instead of during gameplay
- Add dark mode option
Bloomstream
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cubway
- No Ads$1.99
Bloomstream
No in-app purchases









