Orble vs Once Upon a Tower
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Orble
Test your reflexes in this minimalist game where you control a gray ball. Avoid orange balls and collect green ones by tapping to jump between four orbits. Compete for high scores on the Game Center leaderboards.
- Minimalist reflex-based gameplay
- Simple tap controls
- Four-orbit jumping mechanic
- Collect green balls
- Avoid orange balls
- Game Center leaderboards
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Think you've got hand-eye co-ordination? Well, think again! Put your reflexes to the ultimate test! Challenge yourself in this minimalist reflex-based game. Simple yet mercilessly difficult to master! The rules are simple: • You are the Gray ball. • Avoid the Orange balls. • Collect the Green ball. Jump across the 4 orbits to survive: ◉ Left-tap to jump to an inner orbit. ◉ Right-tap to jump to an outer orbit. Post your scores on the Game Center leaderboards and show them who's boss!
Once Upon a Tower
Break free from your tower prison in this adventure game. Armed with a war hammer, you'll battle enemies and escape a dragon. Your rescue is up to you!
- Tower escape adventure
- Battle enemies
- Fight a dragon
- Princess protagonist
- Offline gameplay
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Ever wanted to escape somewhere else? Ever felt like you were trapped in a high tower? Ever found yourself waiting for the valiant knight to save you? Wait no more! Cause he isn't coming -- No, really, he isn't. He was literally eaten by that guardian dragon over there. But fear no more, you have all you need to set yourself free. The brave knight left behind his war hammer, I'm sure you can put it to good use, right? You can beat the enemies. You can escape the dragon. YOU CAN DO THIS! Now let the adventure begin, once upon a tower.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Once Upon a Tower at 3.2K against Orble's 1. Once Upon a Tower also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Orble's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Orble sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Once Upon a Tower sells 24 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Orble holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Once Upon a Tower has 3.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Orble ships an update every 6 days, Once Upon a Tower every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Orble | Once Upon a Tower |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (3.2K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 75.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 226 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Chandramohan Sudar | Pomelo Games |
Customer experience
Orble
Once Upon a Tower
Bugs and requests
Orble
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Once Upon a Tower
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game freezes when watching ads
- Progress resets after crashes
- Challenges not tracking properly
- Compatibility issues on older devices
Requested features
5 requests- More character/princess variety
- Ability to save progress
- Difficulty settings
- Multiplayer mode
- Level editor
In-app purchases
Orble
- Remove Ads$0.99
Once Upon a Tower
- Oscura$0.99
- Sigrid$0.99
- Noriko$0.99
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- Lives Pack x10$0.99
- Myrina$0.99
- Loriel$0.99
- Denise$0.99
- Ali'i$0.99
- Lilith$0.99
- Dragon scales x20$0.99
- Lives Pack x25$0.99
- Rita$0.99
- Linda$0.99
- Muffin$0.99
- Xochi$0.99
- Nzinga$0.99
- Draculina$0.99
- Lives Pack x25$1.99
- Lives Pack x60$3.99
- Dragon scales x100$3.99
- Lives Pack x200$4.99
- Lives Pack x200$9.99
- Lives Pack x1,500$49.99
- Lives Pack x9,999$99.99
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