Comparison

Drip vs sugar (game)

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

Head to head
About

Drip

Features
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Match the falling drops to the colours on your wheel. Hold the left or right side to turn, release to slow down, and keep the matching colour facing up as the pace increases. • Simple hold-and-release controls • The original colourful wheels, drops, music and sound effects • Pause, retry and return to the menu • Best score and play statistics saved on your device • Optional Game Center leaderboard Small contextual banner ads may appear on menus and are hidden during gameplay. Remove menu banner ads with an optional one-time Remove Ads purchase. Existing purchases can be restored from Settings. No subscription or app account is required.

About

sugar (game)

Draw lines on your screen to guide falling sugar into cups. Enjoy a calming puzzle experience with visually satisfying sugar particles. This game offers a fresh, free puzzle challenge.

Highlights
  • Draw to direct sugar
  • Soothing particle physics
  • Relaxing puzzle gameplay
  • Free puzzle experience
  • Creator of color puzzle series
Features
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Draw on the screen to direct sugar into the cups. Experience the soothing puzzling with sugar particles trickling across the screen. A relaxing puzzle game from the creator of the color puzzle series and the "sugar, sugar" games. It was time for a brand new free sugar puzzle experience so I hope you'll enjoy this! @BartBonte

Screenshots

Drip2 screens
sugar (game)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Drip at none against sugar (game)'s 1. sugar (game)'s advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 119 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. sugar (game) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Drip asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drip ships an update every 119 months, sugar (game) monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Drip versus sugar (game): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDripsugar (game)
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.3 (410 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—81.6% of reviews
Number of ratings—410 — better
Update frequencyEvery 119 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB21 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperWahlu Labs Pty LtdBart BONTE

Bugs and requests

Drip

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

sugar (game)

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Levels not progressing after completion
  • Sugar disappearing or not registering correctly
  • Restart button accidentally pressed instead of gravity switch

Requested features

6 requests
  • Undo/reset option per level
  • Ability to skip difficult levels
  • Colorblind mode or options
  • More levels and content updates
  • Landscape mode support on tablets
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  • Customization options

In-app purchases

None

Drip

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

sugar (game)

One-time1
  • premium unlock$2.99

Questions

Is Drip free?
Drip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is sugar (game) free?
sugar (game) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Drip or sugar (game) have ads?
Both Drip and sugar (game) show ads.
Which is updated more often, Drip or sugar (game)?
Drip ships an update every 119 months, and sugar (game) monthly. Most recently, Drip was updated on October 24, 2026 and sugar (game) on October 25, 2026.

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