Comparison

HELLMET vs Patience Balls

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

Head to head
About

HELLMET

Experience a challenging one-tap platformer with handcrafted worlds and unique mechanics. Collect coins to unlock new characters and shields as you navigate treacherous levels. Prepare to die often in this old-school inspired adventure.

Highlights
  • One-tap controls
  • Handcrafted worlds
  • Collectible coins
  • Unlockable characters and shields
  • Wall sliding mechanics
  • Hidden levels
Features
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Easy games are no fun! Well, they are but our game designers forced us to say this. Hellmet is not for the faint of heart! You will die! You will die a lot! And just when you think you have it covered guess what happens next! What is this game about you ask? Well, let us tell you: Hellmet reinvents the old school platforming experience, bringing you new and innovating platforming concepts such as: - Taping the screen using only one finger. - Platforms - Keys - Treasure - Hidden levels - Hazards to avoid - Wall sliding - Walking on platforms... That's right, walking, we are big supporters of a healthy lifestyle and feel proud to implement this real-life feature on a mobile game for the first time! Yes, sir! Truly unique. Also, we hired elite specialists to come up with a unique concept system called "Coins"! What are coins you ask? Well, you can collect those yellow shiny things in order to buy characters and shields. Yes sir, yellow, as we said before, we like to do things differently. Our painters created a massive amount of truly terrifying and stunning handcrafted worlds, 2 to be precise, that total 40 unique levels, each different from the other, no two are the same. Except for the 20 green ones and 20 blue ones. We are blessed to own a PC-Computer and we have used this unholy tool to create digital sounds that mimic the real ones, thus bringing you the real-life dungeon crawling experience without the danger part. Experiences may vary. Also, feel free to enjoy our vast selection of 5 characters or "Hellmets" as we call them. We decided on keeping only the head and helmet because we feel that the body is overrated and not at all because we ran out of video memory. No sir! Please enjoy Hellmet and may you die a thousand deaths!

About

Patience Balls

Engage in a minimalist physics puzzle game designed for a calming and meditative experience. Solve intricate labyrinths and mazes using precision, patience, and logic. This game offers a serene escape while sharpening your reflexes and problem-solving skills.

Highlights
  • Relaxing Zen-like Gameplay
  • Mind-Teasing Labyrinths and Mazes
  • Physics-Based Challenges
  • Precision and Logic Puzzles
  • Beautiful Minimal Graphics
  • Unlockable Achievements
  • Global Leaderboards
Features
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Master your focus and conquer precision tilt controls in Patience Balls—the ultimate physics-based marble maze puzzle game! Whether you are navigating smooth logic labyrinths or tackling high-precision spatial challenges, test your steady hands, master fine balance, and guide every ball safely to its goal. Patience Balls combines realistic motion physics with clean, minimalist board design. Every movement requires complete spatial control, visual focus, and timing—offering a deeply satisfying physics experience where precision leads to victory. Key Features: • Precision Physics & Gyro Control: Calibrated tilt mechanics tuned for exact spatial accuracy. Every subtle wrist movement directly influences board gravity. • Challenging Marble Mazes: Navigate 3D labyrinths, narrow paths, moving obstacles, and gravity holes designed to test your hand-eye coordination. • Test Your Focus & Patience: Progress through 200+ handcrafted levels ranging from satisfying rolling puzzles to high-precision skill challenges. • Satisfying ASMR & Minimalist Design: Clean visuals paired with tactile rolling physics and crisp audio for an engaging, anti-stress atmosphere. • Seamless Offline Play: No Wi-Fi required. Enjoy zero-friction tilt puzzle gameplay anytime, anywhere. • Track Your Mastery: Unlock unique marble skins, achieve level milestones, and see how your precision balance stacks up on global leaderboards. Steady your hands, master the tilt, and download Patience Balls today!

Screenshots

HELLMET4 screens
Patience Balls4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HELLMET at none against Patience Balls's 7. HELLMET also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 68%). Patience Balls's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 27 months) and ratings volume (478 vs 13). On price, rating 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Patience Balls sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. HELLMET asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for HELLMET against 4.8 for Patience Balls. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Patience Balls has 478 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of HELLMET's written reviews are positive against 68% of Patience Balls's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HELLMET ships an update every 27 months, Patience Balls every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
HELLMET versus Patience Balls: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHELLMETPatience Balls
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (13 ratings)4.8 (478 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better68.2% of reviews
Number of ratings13478 — better
Update frequencyEvery 27 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size373 MB274 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperPronetisRicardo Mendonca

Customer experience

HELLMET

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Patience Balls

All ratings478 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral2.5%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive68.2%
Neutral18.2%
Negative13.6%

In-app purchases

None

HELLMET

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Patience Balls

One-time7
  • 250 Gems$0.99
  • Patience Balls Premium$1.99
  • 400 Gems$1.99
Show 4 more
  • Remove ads and get 1000 gems$2.99
  • Remove ads and get 1000 gems$3.99
  • Remove ads and get 1000 gems$4.99
  • Remove ads and 2500 Gems$7.99

Questions

Is HELLMET free?
HELLMET is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Patience Balls free?
Patience Balls is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HELLMET or Patience Balls?
HELLMET and Patience Balls are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 13 and 478 ratings respectively.
Do HELLMET or Patience Balls have ads?
Patience Balls shows ads; HELLMET does not.
Which is updated more often, HELLMET or Patience Balls?
HELLMET ships an update every 27 months, and Patience Balls every 3 weeks. Most recently, HELLMET was updated on October 7, 2026 and Patience Balls on October 17, 2026.

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