Comparison

Cube Koala vs Tako Bubble

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

Head to head
About

Cube Koala

Navigate a koala through challenging, trap-filled levels by manipulating gravity. This intense puzzler offers increasingly difficult stages with a focus on skill and precision.

Highlights
  • Brutally difficult gameplay
  • Gravity manipulation
  • Intense puzzler
  • Increasingly difficult levels
  • Skill-based progression
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"This is a brutally difficult game that takes great pleasure in killing you over and over and over again, as you try to get a koala through the spike-laced gauntlets” - Pocket Gamer - Game of the Week "Cube Koala is so well designed that you can pick it up and play it with ease, learning its intricacies as you go along" - Touch Arcade - 4.5/5 "Now here's a game that's thrusting giant buzzsaws at us upon first sight. There are also dark backgrounds filled with electronic guts and spikes shining sharp in the foreground" - Pocket Gamer Cube Koala is an intense puzzler where you play as a koala placed in a kafkaesque tesseract containing deadly traps. Guide our little hero through increasingly difficult levels, manipulate gravity and employ every skill you have learned to bounce through the level’s exit…just to appear in a new one. ○○○ More from Happymagenta: · Spyglass - outdoor GPS with augmented reality · Scany - WiFi scanner and network utility

About

Tako Bubble

Help Octopus Tako pop colorful bubbles to recover lost beetle gems. Navigate deep-ocean levels, defeat monsters, and collect all the hidden treasures in this turn-based casual puzzler. Enjoy 60 levels with simple controls and no turn limits.

Highlights
  • Turn-based casual puzzler
  • Pop 3 colored bubbles to advance
  • Defeat cartoonish creatures
  • Collect hidden beetle gems
  • 60 timeless levels
  • 1-finger swipe control
  • 13 achievements
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Octopus Tako's beetle collection was blown away by a magical swirl of bubbles! Could you help it pop all the bubbles and find them back? Tako Bubble is a turn-based casual puzzler; as soon as three glittering colored bubbles are popped, Tako can get to the next level by magic! Please help it crawl through deep-ocean environments, defeat ferocious monsters, pop all the bubbles, and find back the hidden beetle gems! Features: - Simple 1-finger, 4-direction swipe control - 3 glittering, colored bubbles to pop to get past each level, easy! - 10 types of cartoonish creatures, bump them out before you’re surrounded! - 13 achievements: start your career as a secret octopus agent - 31 different pixel beetles waiting for your rescue - 60 timeless levels, no turn limit either: a pure brainpower game 60 brand new levels made exclusively for this mobile version; we hope you enjoy it! Ally & CH, 2018

Screenshots

Cube Koala4 screens
Tako Bubble4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Tako Bubble at 4.6 against Cube Koala's 1.7. Tako Bubble also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 29%) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). Cube Koala's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 9.0). On price, ratings volume, 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

Both are free to download. Cube Koala sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Tako Bubble sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tako Bubble holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Cube Koala's written reviews are positive against 67% of Tako Bubble's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cube Koala ships an update every 2 months, Tako Bubble every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Cube Koala versus Tako Bubble: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCube KoalaTako Bubble
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.7 (7 ratings)4.6 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.6% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better9.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB31 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperHappymagenta UABI Chen Sheng

Customer experience

Cube Koala

All ratings7 ratings
Positive14.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative85.7%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative71.4%

Tako Bubble

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Cube Koala

One-time3
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Level Pack 2$0.99
  • Level Pack 3$0.99
1 purchases

Tako Bubble

One-time1
  • No Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Cube Koala free?
Cube Koala is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tako Bubble free?
Tako Bubble is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cube Koala or Tako Bubble?
Tako Bubble is rated higher. Cube Koala averages 1.7 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Tako Bubble averages 4.6 from 5 ratings.
Do Cube Koala or Tako Bubble have ads?
Tako Bubble shows ads; Cube Koala does not.
Which is updated more often, Cube Koala or Tako Bubble?
Cube Koala ships an update every 2 months, and Tako Bubble every 2 days. Most recently, Cube Koala was updated on October 4, 2026 and Tako Bubble on September 27, 2026.

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